Tallahassee students march in the name of gun safety
Season 11 Episode 15 | 2m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Students from FSU and FAMU as well as others march from the Westcott building to Florida's Capitol.
Just days after a gunman killed two and injured several others on Florida State University's campus, students from local colleges as well as many others marched from FSU's Westcott Administration Building in Tallahassee all the way to the Historic Capitol building on Monroe Street. Holding signs and chanting, the group protested bills that would roll back gun safety legislation. (4/23/2025)
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Tallahassee students march in the name of gun safety
Season 11 Episode 15 | 2m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Just days after a gunman killed two and injured several others on Florida State University's campus, students from local colleges as well as many others marched from FSU's Westcott Administration Building in Tallahassee all the way to the Historic Capitol building on Monroe Street. Holding signs and chanting, the group protested bills that would roll back gun safety legislation. (4/23/2025)
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Ho ho!
Gun violence has got to go!
Hey hey ho ho!
Gun violence has got to go.
Hey hey ho ho!
Gun violence has got to go!
Hey hey ho ho!
Gun violence has to go.
So we're here today calling on all lawmakers to oppose this dangerous rollback.
Instead focusing on strengthening Florida's secure storage laws.
Our generation deserves to grow up in a world where we don't have to worry about getting shot at school.
I went to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and my brother was a freshman during that shooting.
We went through a lot of protesting with the March for Our Lives, which is the shirt that I'm wearing, and went through a lot of issues to try and get some gun laws repealed or to make them stricter with the, with the laws surrounding 18 to 21 year olds.
And seven years later, it feels like nothing's really changed.
And now my friends had to go into hiding at another school that I went to.
What do we want?
Gun Safety!
When do we want it?
Now!
What do we want?
There's been a lot of emotions this week.
It.
It comes in waves.
I'm heartbroken that this is now the second time that I've had to do this.
I'm heartbroken that my friends at FSU now know what this feels like.
It's the worst club in America, and no one should have to understand what this feels like.
I'll just never forget having to text everyone where they were and text my family back home, and having my parents fear from my life and the life of my friends.
And I'm here because I care, and I'm here because I love FSU, and I love my classmates and my friends and everything that we stand for.
And I'm tired of, like, being being made to feel afraid in places that are supposed to be safe.
This is not like a tornado drill or a fire drill.
This is something that can be completely prevented by, the lawmakers in our community.
And so that is what I would like to happen.
Well, it starts with response gun ownership.
It starts with universal background checks.
It starts with if you own a gun, you need to store it safely so that it doesn't get into the hands of someone who shouldn't be having the gun in their hands.
We demand universal background checks and safe gun storage.
We demand that no Floridian for fear going to class, the movies, or even a place of worship.
Let your voices ring out and tell legislators to act now.
We deserve to feel safe in our schools, in our homes, and in our communities.
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