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May 27, 2022

U.S. Students Walk Out of Classes to Demand Gun Control Laws
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Students at scores of schools across the United States walked out of
classrooms at the stroke of noon Thursday in a coordinated protest
demanding passage of gun control laws. In Michigan, hundreds of Oxford
High School students assembled on their school's football field, forming
a giant "U" in solidarity with victims of the massacre in Uvalde. Four
Oxford students were killed in November by a 15-year-old gunman. Data
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows firearms have
surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death for
children in the U.S.


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