There’s something very different about this incident.  Parkland has touched a nerve.  After Las Vegas, business returned to usual.  The story faded from the front pages.  Same for Sandy Hook and countless others.  But angry students have kept this story front and center.  Gun control may have found an unfortunate champion.  Pollster Nate Silver writes Parkland is resonating.

Students demanded yesterday to be the last mass shooting in America.  They’re taking their fight to the streets, announcing nationwide protests on March 24th called “March for our Lives.”

 

But that march is just the beginning.  From CNN: 

“Women’s March organizers have lent their voices to the call, encouraging students, teachers and their allies to walk out of schools on March 14 to protest gun violence. It’s scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in every time zone and last for 17 minutes — one for each victim who lost their life in the massacre.”
Then on April 20th, another walkout is being organized, this one by The Network for Public Education on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado.
“We urge teachers, families, students, administrators and every member of the community to engage in acts of protest in and around their schools. Create actions that work best in your community.  Organize sit-ins, teach-ins, walkouts, marches–whatever you decide will show your school and community’s determination to keep our students safe. One elementary teacher suggested that teachers and parents link arms around the school to show their determination to protect children.”