Students At Florida School Walk Out In Support Of Gun Rights Sensible Children? WOW!

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One week after students took to the streets advocating for stricter gun laws, one group of Florida high school students walked out of class in support of gun rights. That was one of the original rights that we should have the right to bear arms. It was nice. We got to come out and class to support the rights of our right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be in fringe. So joining us now is one of those students who organized the walk out sophomore at Rockledge High School in Florida, Chloe Deaton. Chloe, thanks for being with us this morning. Good morning, happy Easter. Happy Easter to you too. So why was this so important to you? It was important to me because the other walk out that happened on March 14th for the Parkland students turned political and was big support for gun control. And personally, I don't believe that gun control is the best idea. Everyone has the right to have their own opinion and I believe that our right should have just been expressed and that's what we wanted to do. So a small group of us got together and felt the same way so we wanted to express our feelings. Well, not just a small group. 75 kids joined it. You walked out of class and your basic argument is the Second Amendment isn't political. It's constitutional and we have a right to stand up and defend it. What is what overall? What was the reaction amongst the school? Generally supportive or you know, are you taking a big risk here by stepping out? In the beginning, it was a very big risk to step up and do this. It took a lot of fight with our school to get them to approve it and support us. But in the end, they did support us. We did have our administration out there with us. It just took a lot. Well, Chloe, you are part of this mass shooting generation. I mean, you know, you go to school every day and I'm sure your parents are nervous dropping you off. You never know what's going to happen anymore in the world we live in. What do you think the answer is? How do you think we move forward as a country? You've seen how divisive just this topic is? Yes, ma'am. Personally, I believe that getting through this, it would be better to have more school resource officers at school on school campuses and even the Marshall program with arming teachers. That would be so much help for all of us because I know specifically that the group that we did, all of us felt that there are some teachers at our school. There are actually quite a few teachers at our school that we'd trust to have a gun and if something did happen, we'd go to their classroom because we feel safer there. That's right. And if they were armed, it'd be better. Well, certainly similar to the argument the president has made. You walked out not for 17 minutes in honor of the 17 Parkland students, but for 19, meaning you're honoring the 17, but also honoring the two additional minutes that represent the second amendment. So from your perspective, protecting that second amendment is part of ensuring that something like Parkland doesn't happen again. Yes, sir. Chloe, you're getting great to have you on this morning. Chloe, thank you. Happy Easter to you and family. And thank you for the courage of doing something that administrators are not going to support initially. And if you don't have the courage to do it, it wouldn't have happened. You're setting an example for a lot of great high school. It's not easy. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks, Chloe.