Two weeks after a rampage killer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida killed 17 people, several of the surviving students have been eloquently pushing for stronger gun control. It's inspired a common refrain about how Generation Z is coming of age, ready to make a difference. Allow me to resist this temptation in this simplest possible way: There is no Generation Z.

Listen along to find out more, and how this appears to have more to do with these particular kids, at this particular school, at this particular time, then with whatever generation they comprise.

Atari wave Xers remember the Video Game Crash; Nintendo wave were probably a bit too young

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983

Currently for sale in Parkland, Florida: https://www.zillow.com/homes/Parkland-FL_rb/

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kirklandcitywashington,mountainviewcitycalifornia,beverlyhillscitycalifornia,losangelescitycalifornia,parklandcityflorida/PST045217

Easy comparison of Parkland with other cities around the United States.

 

http://enr.electionsfl.org/BRO/1642/Precincts/ - Parkland is basiclly the Q040, QO42, and QO45 precincts 

https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/20-deadliest-mass-shootings-in-u-s-history-fast-facts/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Arena_bombing  - in June 2017, this al Qaeda bombing killed 22 and injured more than 500. 

https://twitter.com/CharleneCac/status/966124262254960641  A too-reasonable complaint that Oprah and Clooney didn’t give the same sort of support to Black Lives Matter.