Citation

Dziobak M. Ad Americam 2023; 24: 15-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University, Publisher Księgarnia Akademicka Publishing)

DOI

10.12797/AdAmericam.24.2023.24.02

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The United States gives citizens the right to own guns and has developed a specific culture of gun presence in everyday life. However, this privilege raises many controversies, and gun-related deaths are one of the most common causes of death in the U.S. Media often report on tragic shootings in the country. Nonetheless, there is still no clear regulation of legal issues in the field of gun control. This text is devoted to the issue of the March for Our Lives (MFOL) social movement created by a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The movement was established in response to a shooting that occurred at the school on February 14, 2018. The massacre caused shock almost all over the United States and gave rise to a series of great demonstrations in favor of gun control, which turned into the March For Our Lives social movement. Why did this movement appeared after the events at the Parkland school, and what was its formation like? Did the term "potential tipping point" in the context of gun control and MFOL come true? What is the balance between the organizers' assumptions and the actual results? This text analyzes the events of 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and attempts to answer the question about the essence of the March for Our Lives movement.

Language: en