talking to? reporter: we re right outside of st. louis. this is clayton high school. i want to show you, there is civil disobedience and then there is political activism. right now it s lunchtime, we saw the walkout a little bit earlier. these students are writing letters. i want to show you this booth they set up here at lunch, check this out. can i squeeze by you real fast? this is a little bit of information, roy blunt s e-mail. then we ve got these contact forms for the senator here in missouri. fun facts that the kids have written down, it has taken $4.5 million from the nra, third highest beneficiary in congress. this is part of the organization that high school students are putting together here. they say that they want those letters to go to their congressmen. there are some writing them, do you mind if i peek over your shoulder? go for it. reporter: read me some of what you ve written here. okay. so first i wrote, we are aware of the fact that you ve taken over $4.5 mi
that was just passed. thankfully, governor scott, that was just passed for florida. but the president just put forth the safety plan for the schools, for the country, and it just wasn t enough. i was in the white house with justin and some of the other families from stoneman, and, you know, he seemed like he wanted to do something. he seemed like he wanted to get something done, especially when he was with the legislators and the congressmen at the table, standing up to the nra on tv. he showed that he doesn t need the nra, that s what he said. obviously something else happened the next day behind closed doors and he s pushed back. and he can t do that. this is something he has to do. there is no reason anybody should have a gun, you have to be 21. if you can t drink, you should not buy a gun. you can kill people drinking. they re saying that s not okay, but you can go out and buy an
thank god he got out and he wasn t in that line of fire and i was lucky to get him home. but these other families, i mean, these guys lost their children. and how the legislators can t see about doing something real, you know, not this and i just saw that the nra filed a lawsuit against the state of florida after governor scott, after governor scott signed this bill. and i hope, and i don t know the legal aspect of this, i hope that that s not a way for them to tie up this bill for it not to go in force because they filed a lawsuit. so i think someone needs to look at that and make sure that doesn t happen, because that would be horrific. and i don t think anybody s going to stand for this. we re not going to stand for this. this community is unbelievable. we will not stand for anything less than change. cary, stand by for me, if you can, i want to show our viewers at home, again, some of the pictures that are coming in from around the country. can we go back to that san fernando v
i m here to remind you that the nra does not elect you to office, we do. hear our voice. our generation is not happy. as we move into the voting booths, prepare yourself for some shocking changes. reporter: interestingly enough, this looks a lot like a voter registration project. it is. reporter: are you 18? i will be in a few weeks and i m very excited. reporter: what do you have here? this is your voter registration? one of my friends organized sorry my information. this is a voter registration form. one of our teachers is collecting them and nun going to give them to the government. reporter: so you re planning on voting? yes, i m planning on voting because it is i m not going to let politicians be scared of the nra and let them think they can stay in office if they act this way. reporter: craig, just a little bit about you were asking about missouri and their gun rights. we ve got a bunch of students here. missouri has got some laws, some very loose gun laws
seattle walking out of class one month to the day since 17 students and teachers were mowed down in parkland nra. whatever your politics, it is hard to argue with how powerful these scenes are student activism have been throughout this wednesday. we ll continue to keep a close eye on what s happening in our schools around america. right now we ll take a break. it s good! it s refreshing. this is what our version of financial planning looks like. tomorrow is important, but she s only seven once. spend your life living. find an advisor at northwesternmutual.com. gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea can start in the colon and may be signs of an imbalance of good bacteria. only phillips colon health