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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPerhaps we need a walkout on the 14th of every month until Congress passes serious gun control.
A general strike would help. Shit everything down. The GOP really thinks they can wait this out. Its time to call their bluff.
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Perhaps we need a walkout on the 14th of every month until Congress passes serious gun control. (Original Post)
OrlandoDem1
Mar 2018
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No that would hurt them. We want the students to go as far as they can in schools.
applegrove
Mar 2018
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applegrove
(131,123 posts)1. That will radicalize all the youth against assault weapons. Do it!
OrlandoDem1
(73 posts)2. Another idea would be to walk out during AP and IB exams May.
Dont sit for them!! Pit the testing industry against the gun lobby. Its time for more radical action because Congress wont act until we shut the country down.
applegrove
(131,123 posts)3. No that would hurt them. We want the students to go as far as they can in schools.
OrlandoDem1
(73 posts)5. I know some students who are willing to take the risk.
applegrove
(131,123 posts)6. That is wrong to encourage them to risk not passing a course.
OrlandoDem1
(73 posts)7. They can pass the course regardless of their exam score.
if its their choice, then so be it.
applegrove
(131,123 posts)9. I don't think we should be encouraging kids to create mayhem with
their marks or their passing. That is just reckless on our parts.
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)4. Here you go...
Lars39
(26,509 posts)8. Id rather they had mandatory active shooter drills,
with someone firing blanks in the lobby so theyll know what gunfire sounds like the way some of these schools do. Oh, and learning their dead pose like some kids have to do. They need their fair share of anxiety disorders.
