TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Before the meeting with lawmakers, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began with a march to the capitol.
For 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, a night in the Civic Center was a night well spent.
"We're feeling empowered, we're feeling united, we're feeling anxious and nervous," said Demitri Hoth, a student at Stoneman Douglas high.
Those students traveled six and half hours Tuesday night to the Capital City all for the purpose of speaking out against what they call lax gun policy in Florida.
"We come here today to talk about a variety of issues that all encompass one unifying theme which is gun reform," said Hoth.
Gun reform that some lawmakers say they've been working diligently to bring about for years.
"I've been trying to pass bills that would strengthen gun laws that get nowhere. But NRA backed bills don't have a problem," said Senator Gary Farmer, who holds the seat for district 34. "Hopefully that changes now."
Many say that change starts with the 100 Parkland students, their parents, and teachers making the trek from the Civic Center to the capital.
"We're marching for our classmates," said Isabella Pfeiffer, who's also a student at Stoneman Douglas high. "We're marching because we don't want this to happen again."
Inside the capital, students were crying as they plead with lawmakers to do something about the laws in Florida.
"My friends are dead because someone easily got a gun, walked into my school, and gunned him down," said Pfeiffer. "Look me in my eyes and tell me that you'll make sure that never happens again."
And while those students met with lawmakers inside the Capitol, House, and Senate buildings, students from Leon County high schools and supporters gathered at the state capitol stairs to show their support with chants, signs, even a voter registration drive.
The students head back to Broward Wednesday night, but they say this isn't a one day mission and they want lawmakers to something about it in the next three weeks of session.
