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March 24, 2018 - Mass Demonstrations All Over the World in Support of the Parkland Students.

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March 24, 2018 - Mass Demonstrations All Over the World in Support of the Parkland Students.  Unless you were sleeping under a rock somewhere, you are aware of the mass demonstrations on Saturday, 800 to be exact, more or less, all over the world in support of sensible gun laws and in support of the survivors of the Parkland shootings on February 14, where 17 students and teachers lost their lives. This is the cover of the Time magazine that hit the news stands today.   Will these demonstrations make a difference? Will it be different this time? Will it soften the hearts and mind of the politicians and the NRA? Will the NRA see sensible gun laws as a slippery slope to the eradication of the 2nd amendment? 73 more students have been shot to death since the Parkland massacre 37 days ago  according to a review of a database compiled by Gun Violence Archive , a not-for-profit organization that tracks shootings across the country. Can these young students keep this intensity going for