WBUR: Students march to State House to call for stricter gun laws

Students across Massachusetts walked out of classes, marched and rallied on March 14 in solidarity with a national day of activism calling for stricter gun laws.

The #Enough walkout occurred exactly one month after the deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. With high-schoolers in more than 40 states participating, the walkouts in many places lasted at least 17 minutes, one minute for every person killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14.

While about 150 schools across Massachusetts signed on to participate, hundreds of students in eastern and central parts of the state could not walk out of classes because schools were closed following a powerful nor'easter that smacked the region all day Tuesday.

But, hundreds of local students affected by snow closures — including those from Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline and Andover — walked out of their homes Wednesday morning and headed to downtown Boston to show their support en masse for the #Enough movement.

Trudging along snowy sidewalks, the students first gathered at Boston's historic St. Paul's Cathedral on Tremont Street for training on how to be advocates for tighter gun regulations.

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