In florida, where a group of teenagers who survived a School Shooting in the us state have announced a National March on washington to demand action on gun control. They say theyre determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three members of staff were killed, will be a turning point in the National Debate on guns. The bbcs david willis has more from washington. After this Florida Shooting it seemed that the National Debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing, but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. These are people who, of course, dont remember the columbine massacre in 1999, they were not born at that particular time, at unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of ringing that about, including this seemed to have a march on the capital, w
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where a group of teenagers who survived a School Shooting in the us state have announced a National March on washington to demand action on gun control. They say theyre determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three members of staff were killed, will be a turning point in the National Debate on guns. The bbcs david willis has more from washington. After this Florida Shooting it seemed that the National Debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past. You know, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing. But now we have these students calling for some sort of action. These are people who, of course, dont remember the columbine massacre back in in 1999. They werent born at that particular time. And unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calli