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Metro Detroit students walk out for stricter gun laws on Friday

Posted at 6:13 AM, Apr 20, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-20 17:31:38-04

For the second time in two months, metro Detroit students and students across the country will walk out in protest of gun laws in the United States.

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The walkouts come on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine School Shooting and just over two months after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.

On March 14, one month after the Parkland shooting, students walked out for 17 minutes in honor of the 17 victims in the shooting.

The walkouts are planned across the area, with larger, more organized walkouts in Farmington Hills, Troy, Auburn Hills, Royal Oak and South Lyon.

According to the National School Walkout page, there are more than 2,700 events planned across the country.