Remain unnoticed. They want to be back on top, unquestioned in their corruption. But we cannot and will not let that happen. [ cheers and applause ] today and everyd day, we will continue to fight for those things that are right. We will continue to fight for common sense. We will continue to fight for our lives. We will continue to fight for our dead friends. There will be no faltering, no pauses in our cause. Every moment will be dedicated to those pieces of legislation. Every march, every meeting, every moment, all for that assault weapons ban to keep these weapons out of the hands of civilians who do not need them. A or for the prohibition of high magazines, because no hunter will need access to magazines that can kill 17 people in mere minutes. For the closing of loopholes. There are so many things, so many steps to take, like right now. Sign our petition. It takes two seconds and it matters. We will take the big and we will take the small. But we will keep fighting. When they giv
Enough murder. Enough violence. Enough inaction. Moments ago, Stoneman Douglas survivor spoke in denver on what should have been her spring break. Heres maddie king. I borrowed my friends phone to text my mother because mine was on the backpack in the other side of the room. Its maddy, i told her. Shooter at school. On the news. Unsafe. I love you. Later i learned i may not have been as safe as i thought. My building was directly next to the building that the shooter went in and he shot out windows directly at the wall that i was sitting against. One bullet aimed directly in my classroom could have been painted with blood. So how do we change . How do we stop another School Shooting . I can tell you how we dont. By caring more about our guns than our children. Arming teachers is not a solution. Trained soldiers dont always hit their mark. The nypd misses four out of every five shots. My 60yearold Science Teacher whos 511 with heels on cannot be expected to make any of her shots at a ch
Historic crowd out there. Today showed the movement that began on that fateful day last month has spread across the country. We saw young people mobilize and take to the streets and in every state sending a clear signal to lawmakers that enough is enough. Most important, we heard from the survivors of the gun violence from around the country and including many students from parkland who made impassioned speeches demanding action. Among them was Emma Gonzalez who stared down the cameras and in a poemt of silence that lasted six minutes. The time it took for the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to carry out the murder of 17 students and staff. All of the survivors of Mass Shootings were brought together today by the pain they suffered with the loss of a classmate or their parent, sibling or friend. They showed the country they have a voice and theyre not afraid to use it. Help us but screaming as loud as you can, that were tired of being forced under the rug. Were tired of