{"id":219806,"date":"2025-09-04T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=219806"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:18:20","slug":"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"National School Walkouts Target &#8216;Assault Weapons&#8217; \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">5<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Students Demand Action, the youth wing of Everytown for Gun Safety, is organizing a nationwide school walkout on <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsdemandaction.org\/report\/walkout-activation-toolkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">Friday at noon<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The campaign is framed as a call for Congress and state legislatures to ban \u201cassault weapons\u201d and so-called \u201chigh-capacity magazines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timing isn\u2019t accidental. The push comes in the wake of the Annunciation Church School tragedy in Minneapolis, where two children were killed and 21 wounded on the first week of school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers and activists <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/5484042-uk-gun-laws-us-contrast\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">contend<\/a> the only solution is to outlaw <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=Savage%20MSR%2010\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs)<\/a> and magazines that hold more than ten rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-red-dot-ready-revolvers-does-old-and-new-come-together\"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/red-dot-ready-revolvers-does-old-and-new-come-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">Red Dot Ready Revolvers \u2013 Does Old and New Come Together?<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Students stage walk-out in Minneapolis against gun violence\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hTxvycCIldE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-student-argument\">The Student Argument<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and survivors, like Timberlyn Mazeikis of Minnesota, argue that gun violence is a \u201cnational crisis.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mazeikis said she and her peers will walk out because \u201cuntil we get these weapons of war off our streets, gun violence will continue to wreak havoc in our schools, homes, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-political-push\">The Political Push<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has seized on the tragedy to call a special legislative session. Walz, once praised by Everytown as \u201cGun Sense Lawmaker of the Year,\u201d now openly says there are \u201ctoo many of the wrong types of guns in legal possession.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His allies, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, want bans not only at the state level but also the authority for local governments to write their own restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Walz hasn\u2019t addressed? Security for private schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-taurus-66-combat-a-modern-fighting-revolver\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/taurus-66-combat-a-modern-fighting-revolver\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">Taurus 66 Combat: A Modern Fighting Revolver<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As NSSF\u2019s Mark Oliva recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/gov-walz-exploits-tragedy-to-snatch-away-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">wrote<\/a>, Walz twice ignored pleas from Catholic bishops for school safety funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only debate, in Gov. Walz\u2019s estimation, is how much freedom he can take away from those who obey the law in the name of \u2018safety,\u2019\u201d Oliva argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliva points out that the Annunciation murderer used not just an MSR but also a <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/firearms\/shotguns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\">shotgun<\/a> and a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that Minnesota\u2019s new \u201cred flag\u201d law\u2014signed by Walz\u2014failed to stop the killer, raising questions about whether more gun laws do anything to prevent mass violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-false-choice\">A False Choice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Walz and Everytown are presenting a false binary: surrender constitutional rights or surrender the safety of children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reality, there are other options \u2014 from school security investments to mental health interventions \u2014 that <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-control-activists-call-for-tougher-laws-in-wake-of-chattanooga-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70\">gun control activists<\/a> downplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-question-for-parents\">A Question for Parents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the challenge for pro-gun families: when these walkouts hit your child\u2019s school, how should your kids respond?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Join in<\/strong> to avoid standing out?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stay in class<\/strong> as a quiet act of defiance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Offer a counter-message<\/strong> that defends the Second Amendment while honoring victims?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The gun control lobby understands the optics: classrooms emptied by students chanting for bans make powerful headlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For parents who believe in the right to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/appeals-court-non-serious-convictions-not-permanently-erase-right-keep-bear-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71\">keep and bear arms<\/a>, the question is urgent: what\u2019s the best way to help your kids navigate this pressure while standing firm in their values?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"national-school-walkouts-target-assault-weapons\" title=\"National School Walkouts Target 'Assault Weapons' \u2014 What Should Pro-2A Families Do?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mazeikis said she and her peers will walk out because \u201cuntil we get these weapons of war off our streets, gun violence will continue to wreak havoc in our schools, homes, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":219807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4024],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-buzz","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National School Walkouts Target &#039;Assault Weapons&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National school walkouts target \u201cassault weapons\u201d after the Minneapolis shooting. 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