‘Enough is enough’: US students walk out over gun violence

Declaring enough is enough, tens of thousands of young people from Maine to Alaska walked out of school to demand action on gun violence Wednesday in one of the biggest student protests since the Vietnam era.

Braving snow in New England and threats of school discipline in places like Georgia and Ohio, they carried signs with messages such as “Am I next?,” railed against the National Rifle Association and bowed their heads in memory of the 17 dead in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Over and over, students declared that too many young people have died and that they are tired of going to school every day afraid of getting killed.

Students rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Students rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Hannah Grinbank, 13, left, cries as she and Morley Prager, right, listen to students speak at Pine Trails Park, as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Students lie in the grass outside Congressman Rick Allen's office during a walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Augusta, Ga., one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

Demonstrators raise their fists in the air during a student-led march against gun violence at the Civic Center Plaza Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in San Francisco, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Boston area high school students rally on the steps of the Statehouse in Boston, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. As part of a nationwide school walkout, students from several Boston area schools, closed after Tuesday’s snowstorm, marched from a downtown church to the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at stemming gun violence. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Students gather on their soccer field during a 17-minute walkout protest at the Stivers School for the Arts, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Dayton, Ohio. Students across the country participate in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Students and gun control advocates march to the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. One month after a mass shooting in Florida, students and advocates across the country participate in walkouts and protests to call on Congress for action. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kaelyn Bracco, 12, a sixth-grader at Westglades Middle School, participates in a walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla., one month after the deadly shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)

Students at Brophy College Preparatory high school pray as they gather to remember the 17 victims killed in a recent school shooting in Florida and demanding action regarding gun violence Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Students from City High Middle School in Grand Rapids, Mich., hold pictures of victims killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., as they take part in a national school walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Students from high schools in Pittsfield, Mass., and surrounding towns stand with signs on Park Square to rally for gun law reform in light of the recent tragedy in Parkland, Fla. Students around the nation are participating in a school walkout. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)

East chapel Hill students hug as they take part in a student walkout on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Students across the country participated in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after a deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. (Bernard Thomas/The Herald-Sun via AP)

Boston area students chant on the Statehouse steps during a rally in Boston, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. As part of a nationwide school walkout, students from several Boston area schools, closed after Tuesday’s snowstorm, marched from a downtown church to the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at stemming gun violence. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Helena Cameron, 15, of Medford, Mass., listens to speeches during a rally in St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston before a student march to the Statehouse, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. As part of a nationwide school walkout, students from several Boston area schools, closed after Tuesday’s snowstorm, marched from a downtown church to the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at stemming gun violence. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Diamond Bryant, center, a freshman at James Ferris High School walks with classmates during a student walkout, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Jersey City, N.J. Students across the country participated in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Students their way up East Washington Ave. toward the state Capitol during a walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Madison, Wis., one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Students at Roosevelt High School take part in a protest against gun violence Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Seattle. Politicians in Washington state are joining students who walked out of class to protest against gun violence. It was part of a nationwide school walkout that calls for stricter gun laws following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)

This gallery was curated by Courtney Dittmar  in New York.

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