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In commemoration of lives lost in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, the students of the school held a non-academic day.
At least seventeen people were shot and killed by an ex-student of MSD school. While galore around the world celebrated the day of love or Valentine's day, families of the students and others who lost their lives in the disastrous occurrence grieve for their loved ones.
Comfort dogs and mental health professionals were available throughout the day to comfort students. The city likewise sponsored a day of service at a park near the educational institution.
The necessity for new gun restrictions seems to have declined.
In the immediate wake of the shooting, 71 percent of Americans wanted laws around the sale of firearms to be stricter, while at present the number is 51 percent. There are partisan, age and racial divide too, where more Republicans were less liable than Democrats to support gun restrictions. Besides, non-whites wanted gun violence to be a prime concern in Congress.
In order to mark the Parkland anniversary, schools across the country carried out art projects or statements.
The Buffalo Teachers Federation in New York recommended people to wear bright orange, as hunters do for safety, and hold a moment of silence. Boardman High School in Ohio held a shooter drill that was planned to help students feel protected from danger.
President Donald Trump said: "Today, as we hold in our hearts each of those lost a year ago in Parkland, let us declare together, as Americans, that we will not rest until our schools are secure and our communities are safe."
Former President Barack Obama took to Twitter to praise the survivors. He noted everything accomplished by the students in the past year. “the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are.” Instead, the students “marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country. I’m proud of all them,” he tweeted.
In the year since their friends were killed, the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are and marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country. I'm proud of all of them.
In the year since their friends were killed, the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are and marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country. I'm proud of all of them.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 14, 2019
-Sowmya Sangam
