i am a junior, and i do not support any political party, and i'm a survivor of the douglas massacre. i'm here today to advocate for stricter gun laws on behalf of the 17 whose lives were ripped away from them on the day of february 14, 2018. on the day of love, our loved ones were ripped away from us in a horrific manner that should never transpire. many would like to blame this event on the fbi's lack of action or the trump administration, but the simple fact is that the laws of our be loved country allowed for a deranged gunman to purchase a gun legally. the law has failed us and has let the events in parkland to occur. what we must do now is enact change because that is what we do to things that fail, we change them. to not change the law in our time of need would be a huge disservice to 17 dead in parkland, the 13 dead in