THERE IS A NEW WALKOUT THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY, BUT IT IS
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER STUDENT WALKOUTS.
THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE WALKING OUT IN FAVOR OF THE
SECOND AMENDMENT, SO THEY SAY.
THE QUOTE IS ACCORDING TO USA TODAY:
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT TOGETHER THE MOVEMENT, WILL
RILEY, AN 18-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW MEXICO SAYS:
SO THEY'RE WALKING OUT.
AS A COUNTER PROTEST TO THE HUGE GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN
WALKING OUT AFTER THE SHOOTING IN PARKLAND.
THERE'S ALSO AN ARTICLE THAT HE WROTE IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO
WHERE HE SAYS MILLENNIALS AREN'T MORE CONSERVATIVE ABOUT
GUNS AND WANT TO HAVE GUNS.
HE SAYS 66% OF MILLENNIALS, A WEIRD NUMBER.
WHAT I WILL SAY THAT I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC THAT YOUNG ADULTS,
THE YOUTH OF AMERICA CURRENTLY HAS THE WHEREWITHAL AND THE GUTS
AND THE INITIATIVE TO GALVANIZE AND MOBILIZE AND TO THE SINK,
IT'S IMPRESSIVE BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOST ON THIS WILL
RILEY GUY BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING A STAND SO PEOPLE
AREN'T DYING.
IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE SINGLE CAN HAVE GUNS.
WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO DIE AT THE HANDS OF GUNS
AND FURTHERMORE, HE SAYS THAT THE PARKLAND KIDS NOW HAVE AN
UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF FUNDS SUPPORTING THEM SO THAT RUBBED
HIM THE WRONG WAY SO I THINK IN THE SAME VEIN THAT THE WHOLE
CONVERSATION IS MISSED ON ADULTS WHO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE
PARKLAND KIDS THE SAME WAY THAT THIS HE HAS TO ENOUGH
TO PUT HIS ARTICLE IN THE PAPER.
I SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO WALK OUT AND TO HAVE WHATEVER
DEMONSTRATION THEY WANT TO HAVE.
IT IS LIKE THEY ARE DOING IT FOR 16 MINUTES.
I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE WAS WHEN THE LENGTH
OF THE WALKOUT FOR THE PARKLAND MARCH WAS 17 MINUTES, IT
CORRESPONDED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED AND IT WAS THAT
AMOUNT OF THOUGHTFULNESS SURROUNDING IT.
THEY WANTED TO BE THOUGHTFUL BUT NOT QUITE AS THOUGHTFUL
AS THE OTHER PROTEST ARE
I THINK WE OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF US ON THIS PANEL SUPPORT
THEIR RIGHT AND THEIR ACTIVISM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WALKOUT.
I WISH THAT THESE KIDS, I THINK JASON SAYS SOMETHING REALLY
IMPORTANT WHICH IS THERE IS A PARODY OF THAT THE PARKLAND KIDS
FELT THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING SLAUGHTERED AND BEING
SLAUGHTERED IN SUCH BIG NUMBERS SO FREQUENTLY THAT SOMETHING HAD
TO BE SCREAMED OUT AND THIS WAS THE WAY TO DO IT, THAT THEY'RE
WALKING OUT FOR THE CONSTITUTION, FOR SOMETHING THEY
CARE ABOUT.
THIS MATTERS.
I WISH THERE WAS THIS DEGREE OF ACTIVISM ASSOCIATED WITH
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
IF THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT, THEN I AM VERY EXCITED BUT
I THINK THIS GUN ISSUE IS JUST MORE IDENTITY POLITICS THAT IS
BEING PLAYED OUT.
THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS THAT PARKLAND PROCESS WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH MODIFYING LEGISLATION.
IT IS NOT WIPING AWAY THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN THIS, THE
UNITED STATES OF GUNS.
IT IS ABOUT MODIFYING AND RESPONSIBLY ALTERING THE GUN
LEGISLATION IN THIS COUNTRY'S STATE-BY-STATE IF NECESSARY.
WE'LL SEE.
WHEN YOU ASKED THE PARKLAND KIDS TO KIND OF ELABORATE ON
THEIR AIMS, A LOT OF THEM ARE LIKE JUST FULFILL THE
PROMISES THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE.
SECOND AMENDMENT, OKAY IT'S SUPPORTED.
IT IS IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS BUT LET'S FULFILL THE
BACKGROUND CHECK PROMISES AND GO BACK TO THINGS WE'VE
ALREADY DONE LIKE ASSAULT WEAPONS BANS.







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