After the news broke, Judson immediately headed to the airport to try and catch a flight home to be with her family in Florida.

Parents, teachers and students affected by school shootings over the past two decades have met President Donald Trump as the White House sought to show resolve against gun violence.

Survivors of the Florida school shooting have descended on the state legislature to deliver one overarching message on gun control: It is time for action.

"But if us students have learned anything, it's that if you don't study, you will fail. And in this case, if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead."

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"It doesn't seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools."