Iowa students to stage statewide walkout after school shooting
Following a fatal shooting at Perry High School, students in Iowa are organizing a walkout on Monday and a march to the state capitol to express their disapproval of politicians' perceived lack of action about gun violence.
March For Our Lives Iowa invited kids to take part in the event just hours after police reported that a Perry High School student had shot and murdered a sixth-grader on Thursday while also injuring seven other classmates. Students' persistent complaints about the school massacre prompted the organization to plan the walkout.
According to Akshara Eswar, one of the executive state directors of the group, "the shooting has hit close to home for a lot of us," she told the USA TODAY Network affiliate, Des Moines Register. "People are upset. They can't stop thinking ab...