‘Never Again’: The students pushing for US gun control
24 February 2018 |
7:30 am
Many of the students who survived a horrific February 14 high school shooting in Florida have become activists demanding changes to US gun laws. Their campaign could well mark a turning point for an issue that has left previous generations at a partisan impasse.
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