Hundreds of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida rallied at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee Wednesday to pressure lawmakers to approve tougher gun control laws one week after one of the most deadly U.S. school shootings.
Students Rally for Tighter Gun Laws in Tallahassee, Florida
![Lital Donner, youth director for Congregation Kol Tikvah, comforts Aria Siccone, 14, a 9th grade student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where over a dozen were killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b4bdc8a4-e010-42f5-8214-a64654b9f3db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lital Donner, youth director for Congregation Kol Tikvah, comforts Aria Siccone, 14, a 9th grade student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where over a dozen were killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday.
![U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn becomes emotional as he testifies during the Select Committee investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2c04640f-c8f3-43eb-924e-dfa09605acc6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn becomes emotional as he testifies during the Select Committee investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill.
![Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School walk through the halls of the state capitol to challenge lawmakers on gun control reform, in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a7e900aa-d3be-4b21-b680-746a76bbc1b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School walk through the halls of the state capitol to challenge lawmakers on gun control reform, in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018.
![Students gather on the steps of the old Florida Capitol protesting gun violence in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d143f1fd-06bc-4a38-8da4-18b76da9e587_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students gather on the steps of the old Florida Capitol protesting gun violence in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018.