Another student from the high school, David Hogg, urged the crowd: “Get out there and vote.”
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PHOTO: People join together after a school shooting that killed 17 to protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse, Feb. 17, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Even beyond voting, Hogg said, \"Run for office.'
The rally at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale was sponsored by gun-control advocacy groups such as Moms Demand Action as well as other organizations including the PTA, the League of Women Voters, Women's March Florida and the Broward Teachers Union.
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PHOTO: Teen survivors of the Florida high school shooting rallied a passionate crowd with calls for gun control in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.
Delaney Tarr, a classmate of Hogg and Gonzalez, told the rapt audience that the gun laws that allegedly allowed 19-year-old suspect Nikolas Cruz to buy an AR-15 rifle make no sense.
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PHOTO: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez hugs her father Jose after speaking at a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 17, 2018.
\"Because of these gun laws, people I love have died,\" Tarr said. \"Where's the common sense in that? People are dying every day.\"
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