This weekend, the epidemic of gun related violence, particularly mass shooting in schools, has once again focused our nation on the issue of gun control.
Some 200,000 people converged on Washington DC for the “March for Our Lives.” 800-plus sibling marches took place in cities around the world, including here in Baltimore.
Students of all ages and races took to the podium Saturday with impassioned appeals to elected officials to act on the issue of gun control, and for the wider citizenry to assert their power at the ballot box this November.
Thirteen year-old Asiane Phillips joins Tom in Studio A this afternoon. The 7th grader at Hampstead Hill Academy, a Baltimore public school, is a student activist who organized a recent walkout at her school in response to gun violence. Asiane also created a list of demands for changes to legislation and school policy aimed at reducing gun violence and improving school safety, and she's been engaging in dialogues with school administrators and community leaders.
