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(CNN)Student activists in Wisconsin are building on momentum from this weekend's March for Our Lives by embarking on a four-day, 50-mile march to House Speaker Paul Ryan's hometown to call for stricter gun control laws.

The group of 40 students set off from Madison in the direction of Janesville on Sunday in 37-degree weather, wearing their warmest winter clothes and best walking shoes. Some wore shirts that said "50 Miles More."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/25/politics ... index.html

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https://www.theonion.com/millions-of-am ... 1824092456

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FAIRFAX, VA—In response to the March For Our Lives protest led by student activists who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, the National Rifle Association reportedly issued a statement Monday calling for more common-sense gun deaths. “Now, more than ever, what we need are more shooting deaths resulting from defending one’s family from home invaders or getting revenge—the types of clear, logical gun deaths with widespread approval,” said NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, adding that the contentious national conversation on gun control overlooked many common-sense gun deaths that both sides could agree on. “We believe that owning a gun is a Second Amendment right, and the solution here is certainly not harsher gun deaths. We can avoid senseless tragedies by encouraging more Americans to kill someone with a firearm in a more defensible and reasonable way. I’m sure we all can agree that we’d rather see a teen accidentally shoot their friend from a deer blind or unintentionally kill their sibling after finding their parents’ rifle under the bed than turn a gun on their classmates. We’re calling on law enforcement to kill more African Americans during traffic stops and more people with mental health issues to use guns for suicide—the kinds of gun deaths that we as Americans can live with.” LaPierre also told reporters that any action on the issue should take inspiration from the kinds of common-sense gun deaths in other countries perpetuated by American soldiers.
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Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

[Seabass]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Eat shit. You really are fucking despicable.

[Joe]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Does the attempt to co-opt them invalidate what they're saying?

[JimC]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Whatever groups are getting on board didn't start the ball rolling, that was clearly the kids themselves...

[Woodbutcher]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Does the attempt to co-opt them invalidate what they're saying?

The opposition to gun control is funded solely by each individual patriot who only looks for the public safety of American citizens. The kids are probably allied with jihadists, satanists and atheists who are trying to institute the collapse of the American Pie as we know it. ChAR15T will come back any day now, Billy Graham went to get him.

[Joe]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Does the attempt to co-opt them invalidate what they're saying?

The opposition to gun control is funded solely by each individual patriot who only looks for the public safety of American citizens. The kids are probably allied with jihadists, satanists and atheists who are trying to institute the collapse of the American Pie as we know it. ChAR15T will come back any day now, Billy Graham went to get him.

It's so sad when pie collapses. Those darn kids.

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Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Whatever groups are getting on board didn't start the ball rolling, that was clearly the kids themselves...

Don't bet on it.

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Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Does the attempt to co-opt them invalidate what they're saying?

It makes it astroturf. The attempt to portray this as some grassroots rising up of the people is just politics as usual. Both sides do it. The kids like Hogg and Gonzalez were recruited.

And, then you have one netork (NBC) saying 800,000 people were marching the other day, and CBS reports 200,000, which is now the accepted figure. ABC, CBS and NBC cover "March for Our Lives" 13 times more than the March for Life (which had many more attendees). Youtube places "warning, offensive content" restrictions on parodies of David Hogg, lol.

[pErvinalia]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Wow, hundres of thousands of people were coordinated to march on Washington demanding a solution to the gun problem. That's an impressive company. They should be running the country.

[pErvinalia]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Whatever groups are getting on board didn't start the ball rolling, that was clearly the kids themselves...

Don't bet on it.

Oh hello Galaxian.

[Joe]

Ahh, the grassroots student movement of high schoolers demanding justice and making those in power shake....totally from the ground up, students just motivated to solve the problems that their parents won't solve -- doing it on their own.... says CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, BBC, etc.... etc. etc...

....or, they're well funded and well coordinated by public relations firm 42West, and financed by a variety of left wing organizations who are opportunistically using some of the kids as public relations tools....

Does the attempt to co-opt them invalidate what they're saying?

It makes it astroturf. The attempt to portray this as some grassroots rising up of the people is just politics as usual. Both sides do it. The kids like Hogg and Gonzalez were recruited.

And, then you have one netork (NBC) saying 800,000 people were marching the other day, and CBS reports 200,000, which is now the accepted figure. ABC, CBS and NBC cover "March for Our Lives" 13 times more than the March for Life (which had many more attendees). Youtube places "warning, offensive content" restrictions on parodies of David Hogg, lol.

None of which invalidates what they're saying, any more than the same assertions about the Tea Party did.

Should I assume you don't really have a problem with what they're saying, but just want the smug little bastards off your team's lawn?