As I drove by the corner of Wadsworth and Alameda in Lakewood on Friday, I saw a group of high school students on the corner holding up signs. As I got closer, I could see their hand-drawn signs condemning gun violence in schools.

The kids are not OK.

They are not OK going to school every day knowing that theirs might be the site of the next mass shooting.

They are not OK knowing that someone with a gun could make them another victim before their graduation.

They are not OK with parents, policymakers and politicians fretting for a few days and then forgetting about them.

They are not OK with learning how to hide under desks, away from windows, behind locked doors, while staying silent, in between English Lit or Social Studies lessons.

I pulled over and talked to the students and ask

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