Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took several buses to meet with lawmakers in Tallahassee, Florida, on Tuesday, February 20. The survivors-turned-activists, who have mobilized since the February 14 shooting that left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida, weren't alone as they traveled to put pressure on state representatives to pass gun control measures.

They were joined by four survivors of the 2016 Pulse night club shooting in Orlando, Florida, according to the Palm Beach Post. The Palm Beach Post published a photo of the survivors of the two attacks hugging they boarded a bus to the state capital.

CBS Miami reports that one of the Pulse survivors offered these words of encouragement: “Y’all got this. Y’all strong. Make sure your voices are heard."

The students from the Parkland, Florida, school have rallied in Tallahassee this week, traveling over six hours from Parkland on the same day Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives voted down a motion that could have led to a ban of large capacity magazines and assault rifles in the state. Some of the students are expected to participate in a town-hall style meeting hosted by CNN with lawmakers and the N.R.A. at 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 21, and their recent efforts to push for change to gun laws have been joined in solidarity by young people around the country. Using the hashtag #NeverAgain, the survivors have planned a March 24 rally in Washington D.C., titled "March for Our Lives."

Pulse survivors have been involved in gun control advocacy since an attack on the Orlando nightclub by Omar Mateen killed 49 people. They were joined by parents of children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. In all three instances, similar types of assault rifles were used by shooters.

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