--- title: Jimmy Fallon Pledges to March With Parkland Students description: Jimmy Fallon has officially pledged to join the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas shooting in marching for increased gun control next month. canonical: https://time.com/5177293/jimmy-fallon-parkland-pledge-march-for-our-lives/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-27T16:36:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:00:39.905Z og:title: Jimmy Fallon Will March With Parkland Students for Gun Control og:description: "That strength that they have is inspiring" og:url: https://time.com/5177293/jimmy-fallon-parkland-pledge-march-for-our-lives/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c7cf54ca007b5be/698928f9929fad7a85befc22/screen-shot-2018-02-27-at-9-53-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1140&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1140 og:image:height: 641 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-02-27 at 9.53.33 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon Will March With Parkland Students for Gun Control twitter:description: "That strength that they have is inspiring" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c7cf54ca007b5be/698928f9929fad7a85befc22/screen-shot-2018-02-27-at-9-53-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1140&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Fallon Makes Moving Pledge to March With the Parkland Students for Gun Control > Sponsored content. 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David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, pleaded with lawmakers to act_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 27, 2018 4:36 PM UTC David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, pleaded with lawmakers to act  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 27, 2018 4:36 PM UTC [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/5104113/jimmy-fallon-donald-trump-james-taylor-parody/) has officially pledged to join the survivors of the [Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting](http://time.com/5159944/nikolas-cruz-charged-17-counts-murder-florida-school-shooting/) in marching for [increased gun control](http://time.com/5174165/colleges-gun-control-protests-admission/) next month. During Monday’s episode of _The Tonight Show_—the first since the Valentine’s Day massacre—the host spoke about how moved he has been by the Parkland students’ actions in the wake of tragedy while wearing a red ribbon lapel pin. “What they had to live through, and what they have to live with, is something that I can’t even imagine,” he said. “And I think what the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are doing is unbelievable. They’re speaking out with more guts, passion, conviction and common sense than most adults. They’re high school students, it’s beyond impressive. That strength that they have is inspiring.” Fallon then vowed to walk alongside the students on March 24 in Washington D.C. at the [March for Our Lives](http://time.com/5167102/march-for-our-lives-parkland-school-shooting-protest/), a peaceful protest to demand action to prevent gun violence. Watch the clip below. ## Transcript [00:00] People are gonna keep saying, this is just another [00:02] shooting. It's never gonna happen to me. But what [00:05] happens is when you don't take action, things like this [00:07] eventually will happen to you. And that's not [00:09] acceptable, and that's why I call on people to stand [00:11] up. Talk to their Congressman, talk to people, and [00:14] don't stop fighting. Because children will Continue to [00:17] die if we don't take a stand now. What we really need [00:20] is action. Because we can say yes, we're gonna do all [00:22] these things, thoughts and prayers. What we need [00:24] more than that is action. Please, this is the 18th one [00:28] this year. That is unacceptable. We're children. You [00:32] guys are the adults. You need to take some action and [00:36] play a role. 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