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X González (born Emma González; November 11, 1999) is an American activist and advocate for gun control. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2018, they survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting , [ 7 ] the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history , and, in response, co-founded the gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD .
[90] [91] [92] González ended their speech saying, Since the time that I came out here, it has been 6 minutes and 20 seconds. The shooter has ceased shooting, and will soon abandon his rifle, blend in with the students as they escape, and walk free for an hour before arrest. Fight for your lives before it's someone else's job. [93]
Emma Gonzalez, one of the students from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, stood in silence eon live TV, and we're downright amazed.
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David Hogg (far left) and X González (second to right) at a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 17, 2018. The group was co-formed by Cameron Kasky and his friends at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the first four days after the shooting, [12] which was committed by a 19-year-old former student of the school armed with an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle.
A Republican candidate for the Maine legislature used Twitter to attack Emma Gonzalez, who's spoken out to support gun control since the shooting.
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In March 2018, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine along with fellow activists Jaclyn Corin, X Gonzalez, David Hogg, and Alex Wind. [ 24 ] Kasky called President Donald Trump a "professional liar" on CNN after Trump delivered a pro-gun speech at the annual NRA convention in Dallas in May 2018, in contrast to Trump's prior call for gun ...