Several hundred Hellgate High School students didn't mince words on Wednesday when shouting down the National Rifle Association and calling on the nation's lawmakers to get serious about adopting common-sense gun measures.

The students left class at noon to take part in a national wave of walkouts following the shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 dead last week. It was just the latest in a series of mass murders, and the Missoula students said they've had enough.

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