Today schools across the state and country staged walkouts in response to gun violence in schools. At the state Capitol, a few dozen people gathered to show their support.
“I don’t think any kid should be afraid to go to school.”
Kelly Hansen is a sophomore at Michigan State University studying secondary education. She was at the march to support the high school students who walked out earlier in the day.
“I think it’s important to rally for anything you care about. And if we don’t, who will? And if not now, when?”
The walkouts and the rally follow a deadly mass shooting at a Florida school a month ago. Activists at the rally called for lawmakers to impose limits on the sale of firearms.