Students take to the streets to demand gun control

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Students From A Maryland High School Organize Walkout And March On Capitol Demanding Gun Control Action From Congress

Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation in Silver Spring, Maryland. Getty Images

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SILVER SPRING, MD – FEBRUARY 21: Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation February 21, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In… Getty Images

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SILVER SPRING, MD – FEBRUARY 21: Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation February 21, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In… Getty Images

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SILVER SPRING, MD – FEBRUARY 21: Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation February 21, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In… Getty Images

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SILVER SPRING, MD – FEBRUARY 21: Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation February 21, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In… Getty Images

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SILVER SPRING, MD – FEBRUARY 21: Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation February 21, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In… Getty Images

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SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND – FEBRUARY 21: Students from Montgomery Blair High School march down Colesville Road in support of gun reform legislation February 21, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. In… Getty Images

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Students participate in a protest against gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Getty Images

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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 21: Students participate in a protest against gun violence February 21, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Hundreds of students from a number of Maryland… Getty Images

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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 21: Students participate in a protest against gun violence February 21, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Hundreds of students from a number of Maryland… Getty Images

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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 21: Students participate in a protest against gun violence February 21, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Hundreds of students from a number of Maryland… Getty Images

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APTOPIX School Shooting Student Activists

Demonstrators listen as the names of the victims of the Florida school shooting are read during a student protest for gun control legislation in front of the White House. AP

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Sofia Hidalgo, 15, of Glenmont, Md., chants during a student protest for gun control legislation in front of the White House. AP

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High school students hold candles in memory of the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as they stand in front of the North Carolina State Capitol… REUTERS

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Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School meet with Florida state legislators in Tallahassee

Tyra Hemans, a senior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks with Florida Rep. Wengay “Newt” Newton, (D-St. Petersburg), during a meeting at Leon High School after the students arrived… REUTERS

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Sen. Bobby Powell, D-Riviera Beach, looks on his computer at gun control bills moving through the Senate as he talks with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and those… REUTERS

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A student is comforted by the others as names of gun violence victims are read out during a protest outside the White House. Getty Images

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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 21: Students participate in a protest against gun violence February 21, 2018 outside the White House in Washington, DC. Hundreds of students from a number of… Getty Images

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Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School bow their heads as the names of the victims are read, at a rally for gun control reform on the steps of the state capitol, in Tallahassee, Florida. AP

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Students at schools across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in South Florida planned short walkouts Wednesday, the one week anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. AP

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Protesters rally against gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018. Students at schools across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in South… AP

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Seventeen year-old Gwendolyn Frantz, of Kensington, Md., stands in front of the White House during a student protest for gun control in Washington. AP

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Montgomery County students demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington

Students who walked out of their classes at Montgomery County, Maryland schools, protest against gun violence in front of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque REUTERS

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Students who walked out of their Montgomery County, Maryland, schools protest against gun violence in front of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque REUTERS