10 Times Florida Shooting Survivors Stood Up And Refused To Be Silenced About Gun Control
1. The time this teen called out Trump on Twitter
My sentiments exactly Sarah @chaddiedabaddie @sarahmara16 pic.twitter.com/ehDAOabrk0
— Makaphanie (@makadeymea) February 15, 2018
2. And then later challenged him to a face-to-face conversation
Dear Donald Trump,
I’m the 16 year old girl who tweeted you and told you i didn’t want your condolences, I wanted gun control, and went viral because of it. I heard you’re coming to my community soon and I would like to express my opinions on gun control to you face to face.— Sarah Chadwick (@Sarahchadwickk) February 16, 2018
3. Not to mention called out some pretty insensitive Twitter trolls who were too busy criticizing them to empathize
Fuck him up, Sarah pic.twitter.com/sJPzI9438e
— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) February 15, 2018
4. This young woman who put Tomi Lahren on blast for suggesting guns weren’t the problem
Can the Left let the families grieve for even 24 hours before they push their anti-gun and anti-gunowner agenda? My goodness. This isn't about a gun it's about another lunatic. #FloridaShooting
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) February 15, 2018
A gun has killed 17 of my fellow classmates. A gun has traumatized my friends. My entire school, traumatized from this tragedy. This could have been prevented. Please stfu tomi https://t.co/qNo03ZE3Ev
— Kyra Parrow 🦋 (@longlivekcx) February 15, 2018
5. And her classmate, who had a lot of things to say to Tomi, too
I was hiding in a closet for 2 hours. It was about guns. You weren't there, you don't know how it felt. Guns give these disgusting people the ability to kill other human beings. This IS about guns and this is about all the people who had their life abruptly ended because of guns. https://t.co/XnzhvuN1zd
— carly (@carlynovell) February 15, 2018
6. Who happens to be the same woman who revealed her grandfather had been a survivor of a mass shooting, too — the first in U.S. history
This is my grandpa. When he was 12 years old, he hid in a closet while his family was murdered during the first mass shooting in America. Almost 70 years later, I also hid in a closet from a murderer. These events shouldn't be repetitive. Something has to change. #douglasstrong pic.twitter.com/nDctTNlUNs
— carly (@carlynovell) February 15, 2018
7. This student who criticized the media for sympathizing with the attacker
https://twitter.com/matt_odonnell/status/964113580093247488
https://twitter.com/reckIex/status/964163200001429505
8. This teen who showed the terrifying reality of what it’s like to be in a mass shooting when all she did was go to school
https://twitter.com/arixali/status/963950661523079168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esquire.com%2Fuk%2Flatest-news%2Fa18206917%2Fflorida-shooting-trump-nra-victims-david-hogg-lori-alhadeff%2F
9. This student who called out the government for refusing to take action, despite this being the 18th school shooting this year
Whoa. David Hogg, survivor of Florida school shooting:
"This is the 18th one this year. That’s unacceptable. We're children. You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role.”pic.twitter.com/WjUAQDKV93#ThursdayThoughts #GunReformNow
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) February 15, 2018
10. This teacher who changed her stance on gun control policies after the shooting
After surviving the Florida school shooting, a teacher — and registered Republican — says she has a new view on gun laws: We need to "take the catalyst out of the equation…the catalyst is the assault rifles…nobody needs to own one" https://t.co/RvESG5lCRM pic.twitter.com/Wgk8nUtcjc
— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2018
Never let anyone silence you. You’re the heroes of this story.