Gun control
Enough is enough
Today the streets of Washington and more than 800 other cities within the US and beyond will swarm with supporters of stricter gun-control laws at the March For Our Lives rally. Its message is simple yet powerful: “not one more”. Twelve weeks into the year there have already been 17 different school shootings in the US; that’s 1.5 shootings a week. Since the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day, demonstrations have gained momentum. Even corporations such as Citigroup and Walmart have been inspired to take action but the US gun lobby is powerful and, so far, lawmakers have been slow to react (president Donald Trump seems to believe that arming teachers is the solution). A major moment of truth will come in this year’s US midterm elections when some of these students will be eligible to vote.