Several hundred Free State High School students protested gun violence in schools by walking out of class, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Students, who returned to school for the first time since learning of a shooting threat made by a classmate on social media, held signs with the names and ages of the 17 victims of the recent school shooting in Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School senior Fares Elattar lets go of a tear as he and several hundred other students at the high school participate in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout and stood for 17 minutes in silence to honor the lives lost in the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and also to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School students leave the school as they participate in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

A line of Free State High School students leave the school as they participate in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School senior Maya Hodison holds a sign with the name of Carmen Schentrup, a sixteen-year-old student who was one of 17 people killed during the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Hodison and several hundred Free State students and faculty participated in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School freshman Sophia Hamilton stands in silence with several hundred other students while participating in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School sophomore Harper Kalar-Salisbury holds a sign with the name of Luke Hoyer, a fifteen-year-old student who was one of 17 people killed during the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Hodison and several hundred Free State students and faculty participated in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School students stand in silence as they participate in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School students stand in silence while participating in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Participants in a Free State High School walkout stand in silence on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State High School students stand in silence with signs as they participate in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

photo by: Nick Krug

Hundreds of Free State High School students stand in silence as they participate in a walkout on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 outside the school. Students organized the walkout in an effort to push lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws in light of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.