ST. LOUIS • A national tour organized by survivors of a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school stopped in St. Louis on Sunday to spark a conversation about gun crimes and put pressure on politicians to pass gun restrictions. David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting in Parkland, Fla., addresses a crowd of people during a March for Our Lives rally at Cardinal Ritter High School in St. Louis on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Photo by David Carson, “I want you guys to realize that the only way we’re going to be able to create positive, effective change for the future, the future of this nation, the future of our children, and this epidemic of poverty, and this disease of violence in our country, is by one thing,” activist David Hogg told about 250 people here Sunday night. “Your vote.” Hogg, a survivor of the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead, was among speakers from Florida, Chicago and St. Louis who participated in a panel at Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in Grand Center. They emphasized putting political pressure on elected officials two days after the March for Our Lives Road to Change tour began in Chicago, where activists helped register voters. Recent mass shootings and the political activism that have followed may be bearing fruit for proponents of gun restrictions. Legislation in Illinois aimed at curbing gun violence — […]

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ST. LOUIS • A national tour organized by survivors of a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school stopped in St. Louis on Sunday to spark a conversation about gun crimes and put pressure on politicians to pass gun restrictions. David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting in Parkland, Fla., addresses a crowd of people during a March for Our Lives rally at Cardinal Ritter High School in St. Louis on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Photo by David Carson, “I want you guys to realize that the only way we’re going to be able to create positive, effective change for the future, the future of this nation, the future of our children, and this epidemic of poverty, and this disease of violence in our country, is by one thing,” activist David Hogg told about 250 people here Sunday night. “Your vote.” Hogg, a survivor of the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead, was among speakers from Florida, Chicago and St. Louis who participated in a panel at Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in Grand Center. They emphasized putting political pressure on elected officials two days after the March for Our Lives Road to Change tour began in Chicago, where activists helped register voters. Recent mass shootings and the political activism that have followed may be bearing fruit for proponents of gun restrictions. Legislation in Illinois aimed at curbing gun violence — […]

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