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Article snippet: Hundreds of students gathered on Capitol Hill Friday to argue for gun control ahead of a Saturday march expected to bring hundreds of thousands to Washington, D.C. Flanked by a handful of Democratic lawmakers, including former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), the young advocates accused Congress of bowing to the wishes of the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) at the expense of school safety. “Students are stepping up to the NRA because our elected officials are afraid to,” Antiqua Flint, a 15-year-old high school student from North Minneapolis, Minn., said during a press briefing in front of the Capitol. “The solution to violence is not more guns. We need to pass sensible laws to keep guns out of dangerous hands.” The briefing marked an introduction of sorts to Saturday’s March for Our Lives demonstration. The student-driven event was sparked by last month’s mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., where a gunman killed 17 people. Rep. MORE, a Democrat who represents Parkland, said the student survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School “have energized the nation,” launching a new movement that could mark a “sea change” in the decades-old debate over gun reform. “We knew that it would be different,” he said. "Students decided that they weren’t going to simply allow this tragedy to become another statistic in a long line of horrific tragedies or horrific acts of gun violence.” Sen. MORE (D-Minn.) offered another explanation ... Link to the full article to read more