(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Over 70 members of March For Our Lives SLC, high school students and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas. The participants staged a 22-minute die-in for the 22 school shootings already in 2018.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brighton High School students Lydia Barrett and Josh Carlucci hold hands as they participate in the 22-minute die-in for the 22 school shootings already in 2018. Members of March For Our Lives SLC members and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) West High School freshman Zoey Doulson participates in the 22-minute die-in for the 22 school shootings already in 2018. Members of March For Our Lives SLC members and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) "I'm tired of the violence, especially toward kids," said Wally McGovern who holds a freshly printed poster he designed and had made Friday, May 18, 2018 after the 22nd school shooting of 2018. Members of March For Our Lives SLC members and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Over 70 members of March For Our Lives SLC, high school students and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.The participants staged a 22-minute die-in for the 22 school shootings already in 2018.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Over 70 members of March For Our Lives SLC, high school students and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform, honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas. The participants staged a 22-minute die-in for the 22 school shootings already in 2018.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) West High School students participate in the 22-minute die-in for the 22 school shootings already in 2018. Members of March For Our Lives SLC members and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) l-r Copper Hills High School student Haley Brewster cries during the 22-minute die-in while next to classmate Daud Mumin. Members of March For Our Lives SLC members and concerned citizens gather at the Utah Capitol, Friday, May 18, 2018, to demand gun reform and honor the 10 dead who were killed during Friday morning's shooting spree inside Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.
Local March for Our Lives organizers gathered at the Utah Capitol on Friday, hours after a gunman killed 10 people at a Houston-area high school.
“We are heartsick and furious about the inaction on the part of Congressional leaders that has allowed this violence to take hold of the lives of students across the country,” the group wrote in a news release. “Lives were ruined today because of the continued prioritization of weapon access over human lives.”
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