2018 United States gun violence protests

In 2018, protests against gun violence in the United States increased after a series of mass shootings, most notably at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 that year.

The anti-gun violence group Never Again MSD, formed and led by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,[2] held a rally on February 17 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which was attended by hundreds of students.

[28] The colleges would not penalize high school students who face disciplinary action as a result of participating in a peaceful Never Again MSD protest.

[34] The event followed the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which was described by many media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation.

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, hundreds of students walked out of their Miami high school to protest gun violence after four current or former classmates were shot off campus.

They staged the protest after the weekend shooting deaths of 17-year-old Kimson Green, a 10th-grader who was about to become a member of the National Honor Society, and 18-year-old Rickey Dixon, a former Northwestern student.

[46][47][48] On the day of the walkout, student demonstrators wore safety orange and departed from over 2600 schools to push for legislative action against gun violence.

Students protesting gun violence at the White House, February 19, 2018
U.S. gun sales have risen in the 21st century, peaking in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] "NICS" is the FBI's National Instant Background Check System.
Students at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, California raise their fists during the walkout, wearing orange wristbands symbolic of the movement [ 11 ]
Students at Ingraham High School in Seattle launch a walkout against gun violence.
Total deaths in U.S. mass shootings since 1982—defined as four or more people shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrator, at a public place, excluding gang-related killings. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]