Students Walkout On 19th Anniversary Of Columbine

Students across the country have decided that one walkout to protest gun violence wasn't enough, so they chose to empty their schools again Friday, the 19th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School.

According to organizers, the walkouts are planned in hundreds of schools across the country on Friday. The protests follow a round of activism spurred by the student leaders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The shooting in Parkland left 17 people dead and students from the school have given a new voice to youth leaders affected by gun violence.

For Friday's walkouts, students plan to gather for moments of silence honoring the victims of Columbine and other mass shootings. Some students will head to rallies at their statehouses. Others will stay at school to discuss gun violence. Some are holding voting registration drives.

On the same day as the walkout, a school shooting at a Florida high school left one student wounded.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Photo: In this March 14, 2018, file photograph, 15-year-old Leah Zundel waves a placard during a student walkout to protest gun violence on the soccer field behind Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Students at high schools across the country are expected to walk out of classes Friday, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, in their latest push for gun control. But they won’t be protesting at the Colorado school where the violence took place. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)