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Emma Gonzalez

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[Wikipedia] X González is an American activist and advocate for gun control. In 2018, they survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, and, in response, co-founded the gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD.

Quotes by Emma Gonzalez

I shaved my head a week or two before senior year. People used to ask me why, and the main reason is…

People

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Trees face many difficulties, what with deforestation and pollution, but that didn't stop me from wanting to be one - to just…

Face

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Since the time of the Founding Fathers, and since they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution, our guns have developed at…

Constitution

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The problem of gun violence goes beyond the countless demographic differences between people.

Differences

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We're not saying 'no guns.' We are saying we want to regulate semi-automatic weapons and the accessories that make them fully automatic…

Accessories

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My parents wouldn't let me shave it earlier, so I made a PowerPoint presentation to convince them. I strategically put pictures of…

Bald

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It's Florida. Hair is just an extra sweater I'm forced to wear.

Extra

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I draw, paint, crochet, sew, embroider - anything productive I can do with my hands while watching Netflix.

Anything

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Insecurities are debilitating a lot of times.

Debilitating

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You don't drive a NASCAR on the street, no matter how fun it might be, just like you don't need an AR-15…

Fun

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We need to digitize gun-sales records, mandate universal background checks, close gun-show loopholes and straw-man purchases, ban high-capacity magazines, and push for…

Close

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Mental illness and gun violence are not directly correlated, but when the two go hand in hand, Americans - often children -…

Children

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I think there's an incredible amount of people who know not only what we're feeling but know people who have lost their…

Gun

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What matters is that the majority of American people have become complacent in a senseless injustice that occurs all around them. What…

American

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Meeting with people is awesome in every sense of the word. It can inspire you with glee. It can inspire you with…

Happiness

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That's the number one rule after you lose someone is go to somebody else, go to the people around you, be with…

Around

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Teachers do not need to be armed with guns to protect their classes; they need to be armed with a solid education…

Education

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I feel like in my senior year of high school, I had my clothes a lot more figured out. I had my…

Clothes

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In Florida, to buy a gun, you do not need a permit, you do not need a gun license, and once you…

Florida

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I was born in 1999, just a few months after 13 people were left dead after a shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.

Born

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The pro-gun propaganda peddled by the National Rifle Association feeds myths about gun ownership, and these myths arguably perpetuate the suffering of…

Gun

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In a little over six minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us. Fifteen were injured. And everyone - absolutely everyone…

Community

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I'm so indecisive that I can't pick a favorite color, and I'm allergic to 12 things.

Allergic

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If you want to help arm the schools, arm them with school supplies, books, therapists - things they actually need and can…

Books

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You might not be a big fan of politics, but you can still participate. All you need to do is vote for…

Believe

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