Florida shooting: Students in mass walkout over gun control

Image: Students waving banners in Washington

Young people across the United States have walked out of classrooms to demand tighter gun safety laws after 17 people were killed in a Florida school shooting last month.

The #ENOUGH demonstrations, led by the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, saw students commemorate those killed on Valentine's Day and take to the streets in protest.
Students at the school filled its football field holding banners and signs.

Image: The Florida shooting saw 17 people shot killed

The grassroots movement comes after survivors of the attack lobbied politicians in the aftermath of the shooting.
Some met with President Donald Trump to call for further restrictions on gun ownership - a right protected by the US constitution's Second Amendment.
Crowds of students also poured into the streets of New York - with many dressed in orange, representing the gun control movement.
Addressing the response of politicians to the shooting, one placard read: "Thoughts and prayers are not enough."