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Letter: Young people may serve as catalysts to end the epidemic of violence in US

Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School bow their heads as the names of the victims are read, at a rally for gun control reform on the steps of the state capitol, in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

02222018 FLORIDA SHOOTING — Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School bow their heads as the names of the victims are read, at a rally for gun control reform on the steps of the state capitol, in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The resolution to one of our most devastating national crises may lie in the very institutions bearing the brunt of the attack. Students of our public schools today are the future national leaders of tomorrow.