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Hundreds of students bundled up against the cold and headed out of Maryland鈥檚 Parkdale High School to join the nationwide walkout on gun control. More than 2,000 students attend the school, in the Prince George鈥檚 County school district outside Washington. Student government leaders at the largely Hispanic and African-American campus led the march and rally, chanting 鈥渂ooks, not bullets,鈥� and 鈥渉ey hey, ho, ho, gun violence has got to go鈥�. They observed a moment of silence for the lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month and released 17 balloons, one for each victim at the Florida school. Students say they will lobby lawmakers to make it tougher for troubled individuals to get guns, and they pledged to keep up the pressure long after today鈥檚 marches were over. 鈥淲e shouldn鈥檛 have to worry about getting hurt in school,鈥� said sophomore Jordan Cooper. 鈥淔rom here we keep marching, keep protesting, keep speaking, keep tweeting鈥� until we see change.鈥�