Parkland shooting survivor gives powerful testimony at Kavanaugh hearings
In the months since a gunman ended 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students from Parkland, Florida have pushed for the passage of a state gun control law, organized a massive march in the nation's capital, and embarked on a nationwide bus tour.
On Friday, they notched one more milestone: Testifying at a Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
Aalayah Eastmond, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas senior, was one of several witnesses who spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the fourth day of confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, who in 2011 dissented in a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that upheld the city's gun registration law and ban on automatic weapons.
Speaking calmly, Eastmond described her experience during the shooting at her school. Hiding under the body of her classmate who'd already been shot. Calling her mom to say her final goodbyes. Police officers later picking body matter from her hair.
"I began talking to God. I told God that I knew I was going to die, I asked to please make it fast," she said. "I didnt want to feel anything. I asked for the bullet to go through my head so I wouldnt endure any pain. I laid there for about 30 seconds still protected by his lifeless body, waiting for the shooter to move onto the next class."
She ended her story with a plea: for the senators to think of gun violence victims as they weighed Kavanaugh's nomination.
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Kavanaugh probably thinks your dead friend doesn't negate a gun owner's rights.