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Following a Sunday shooting[1] in Jacksonville, Florida that[2] left at least three people, including the gunman, dead and several others injured, student activists—galvanized[3]in the wake of the massacre[4] at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February—are planning to protest Tuesday afternoon at the offices of Republican senators backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Just hours after the Jacksonville shooting, 15-year-old Rebecca Heimbrock of Middletown, Maryland tweeted[5]: "In light of Jacksonville, on Tuesday @ noon we are sitting in at the offices of senators that have taken money from the NRA. We are TIRED of the BS. The only way to take down the NRA is to keep the pressure high."
Heimbrock's call for Tuesday afternoon protests quickly spread virally across the social media network, with a retweet from David Hogg, who survived the February shooting in Parkland, Florida, and since then has gained national attention for his activism promoting stricter gun laws.
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Friends in D.C. If you have time
This is on Tuesday at noon!
This is a direct action to demand change. https://t.co/r1cW5yIPHV[6]
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111)
Protests are reportedly planned for the offices of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell[8](R-Ky.) as well as Sens. Ted Cruz[9] (R-Texas), Marco Rubio[10] (R-Florida), Rob Portman[11] (R-Ohio), who have garnered high praise and substantial support from the NRA's political action committee.
As with the nationwide walkouts[12] that followed the Parkland shooting earlier this year, students will wear orange, and plan to share updates on social media with the hashtag #OrangeOut[13].
