Students from the Flathead Valley and across the nation walked out of their classrooms in protest on March 14, a month after 17 students were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. At Columbia Falls High School, students both for and against gun control stood outside the school for 17 minutes.
Justin Franz
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Kathleen Foley Helton, a senior at Columbia Falls, reads the names of victims from last month's shooting in Parkland, Florida. Students for and against gun control walked out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students for and against gun control walk out of Columbia Falls High School on March 14, 2018 as part of a nation wide protest following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Students at Glacier High School in Kalispell walkout in honor of the victims of last month's school shooting in Florida. Molly Priddy | Flathead Beacon
Flathead High School students have a moment of silence on March 14, 2018 for the victims of last month's school shooting in Florida, part of nation-wide walkout. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Teachers, students and local citizens protest at Depot Park in Kalispell on March 14, 2018 for gun control, a month after 17 people were shot and killed in Parkland, Florida in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Teachers, students and local citizens protest at Depot Park in Kalispell on March 14, 2018 for gun control, a month after 17 people were shot and killed in Parkland, Florida in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Teachers, students and local citizens protest at Depot Park in Kalispell on March 14, 2018 for gun control, a month after 17 people were shot and killed in Parkland, Florida in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon
Teachers, students and local citizens protest at Depot Park in Kalispell on March 14, 2018 for gun control, a month after 17 people were shot and killed in Parkland, Florida in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Justin Franz | Flathead Beacon