Students helped organize rallies to demand Congress ban assault rifles, expand background checks and pass other new gun laws
, and several people interviewed said recent bloodshed pushed them to attend or help organize protests for the first time.
In City Heights, dozens honored victims at Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, according to Ron Marcus, president of San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention. The local nonprofit helped organize Saturday’s events with a host of groups that advocate for more gun laws, including March for Our Lives and Team Enough, as well as the ministry Shaphat Outreach.
All spoke fluently about the active shooter training they’d received at Francis Parker School. Few could have been much taller than 5 feet, but they said they knew to “grab a limb” if they ever had to fight an armed man.“We’re empathetic to the other schools that don’t have what we have,” said Scarlett Cline, a seventh grader.
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