My name is Brandon Dasent, and I live in what was considered the safest community in Florida until February 14, 2018.

My name is Amina Henderson, and I live on the south side of Chicago, where young people experience the carnage of gun violence nearly daily.

We are two young people from very different communities, but we have both experienced the trauma caused by gun violence and are pleading for immediate action from local, state, and federal policy makers.

Can you imagine living 50 feet from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, coming home to realize that the lives of some of your classmates were taken away? As you try to comprehend the events of the day, and even just fall asleep, the sounds of helicopters and sirens are a reminder that your life will never be the same.

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