The US needs a big nationwide solution to this problem. Some states have seen success with universal background checks and licensing requirements on handguns. But legislation moves very slow through Congress, it needs a lot of time. And I don't know if these teens, as inspiring as they may be, can accomplish that.
Something changed this week. Teenagers managed to break the deadlock over gun control. Marches, walkouts, and serious policy debates are on the way. To understand what's different about the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Sean Rameswaram speaks with Vox reporter German Lopez, Georgetown psychiatry professor Liza Gold, and Elizabeth Love, a Utah teenager who's a bit of a badass.
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