Later this summer, a group of students will march from Worcester to Springfield to ask one of the nation's largest gunmakers to stop "colluding" with the National Rifle Association and putting gun rights and profits before public safety - especially the safety of American schoolchildren, who are frequently the targets of mass shootings.
i feel pretty safe with our position; smoking hot is what we got, and them; a twink and dink [or whatever it is today] and a falling down drunk in the tub
Since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, more than 187,000 students at almost 200 primary or secondary schools in the U.S. have experienced a shooting on campus during school hours, according to a recent analysis by the
Washington Post.
A total of 26 students have been killed in school shootings across the country this year so far, or
double the number of U.S. military personnel killed in combat since Jan. 1.
On Aug. 26, a group of student protesters is expected to gather outside the Springfield headquarters of Smith & Wesson, the nation's third-largest gun manufacturer, to ask the company to donate $1 million to youth violence prevention initiatives and stop putting profits before people.
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Students to hold gun control march from Worcester to Smith & Wesson headquarters in Springfield