Gelillo took to Facebook and called on other Montgomery County students to leave school Wednesday morning and venture to the U.S. Capitol to rally for legislation that would aim to curb gun violence. Students from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring on Wednesday began the first leg of a protest calling for legislation to curb gun violence. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)To generate more visibility, Montgomery County students walked from their high schools to the nearest Metro station. Montgomery County school officials said about 1,000 students walked out of county high schools including Richard Montgomery, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Blair, Albert Einstein, Northwood High School and Wootton High School. Caption In the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, students from around the country are demonstrating for gun control legislation.

Source: Washington Post February 21, 2018 22:03 UTC