LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — A rally organized in West Michigan came to the steps of the state Capitol in Lansing with a message: It’s time for things to change when it comes to gun violence.
The Thursday gathering included senior citizens and a group of teens from Kalamazoo determined to see their voices are heard and action is taken.
In the eight days since the teen gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, took 17 lives, young people across the country have led the charge for substantive change in how America regulates — or fails to regulate — guns.
In West Michigan, students at Kalamazoo Central High School launched a petition drive that has more than 111,000 signatures.
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