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23 School shootings in the U.S. this year

22 school shootings since 2009 in Mexico, South Africa, India, and Afghanistan combined

21 weeks into the year

20 injured in Sutherland Springs, Texas

19 years since Columbine

18 year olds can own guns in this country

17 lives taken at Parkland

16 killed at the University of Texas

15 minutes of gunfire in Las Vegas

14 lives taken in San Bernardino, California

13 lives taken at Columbine

12 lives taken in Aurora, Colorado

11 years since Virginia Tech

10 lives taken in Santa Fe

9 lives taken in Red Lake, Minnesota

8 lives taken in Omaha, Nebraska

7 year olds at Sandy Hook

6 year olds at Sandy Hook

5 students killed at Red Lake High

4 months since Winston-Salem State University

3 months since the Parkland shooting

2 years since Orlando

1 life lost to gun violence is 1 too many

0 has been done by the U.S. government to change this

I’m so angry. All the time. I can’t understand for the life of me why Sandy Hook wasn’t the end of it.

Something has to change. My generation is fighting for change, and we are being backed by sensible adults. But we don’t have the power to make laws that will stop the death toll from rising.

We have the vote. But November is far away. We have to change something. Right here, right now.

We have to fight. We have to win. We have to resist.