Students who survived Wednesday’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida unequivocally rejected the “prayers and condolences” offered by President Donald Trump—calling on him to enact strict gun control laws instead.
“We’re children. You guys are the adults.” —David Hogg, student
One student, identified as Sarah on her Twitter account, angrily called the president a “fucking piece of shit” and said of the deaths of her classmates, “Prayers won’t fix this. But gun control will prevent it from happening again.”
Seventeen people were killed in the shooting in Southern Florida, which was allegedly carried out by a former student, Nikolas Cruz, with a legally-purchased AR-15 assault rifle.
Sarah’s sentiments were echoed by David Hogg, a 17-year-old senior at the high school, who told CNN that in light of the 18th school shooting in the first six weeks of 2018, action to pass stricter gun control laws is needed to prevent more mass shootings.
“Ideas are great, ideas are wonderful and they help you get re-elected and everything, but what’s more important is actual action,” Hogg said. “We’re children,” he added. “You guys are the adults.”
The students’ words directly contradicted those of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and conservative commentator Tomi Lahren, who chastised gun safety advocates, lawmakers, and journalists for bringing up gun control legislation after the shooting.
“The reaction of Democrats to any tragedy is to try to politicize it,” Cruz, who has received among some of the biggest NRA donations in Congress, told Fox & Friends. “They immediately start calling that we’ve got to take away the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. That’s not the right answer.”
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