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After she learned that 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed at a Texas elementary school last week, Muna Jayllani, a senior at Franklin High School, immediately thought of her two elementary school-aged siblings. 

“It’s really concerning to allow them to be sitting ducks for whoever decides to purchase another assault gun and take more lives,” Jayllani said.

It’s why she decided to show up at a student-led rally Wednesday at Seattle City Hall to call attention to the need for mental health specialists at every school — specialists who could help students come to grips with the anxiety and fear caused by mass shooting events.

“You look back and you realize, ‘I’m really desensitized,’ and I think that’s the saddest part at this point,” said Sebastian Pallais-Aks, a senior at Lincoln High School. “You’re sitting there and feeling so emotional and you’re also thinking, ‘Wait, 19 [children] just died — how am I able to get up and go to school? What has happened to this world where I can still do that?’”

The Wednesday rally was followed by a walkout Thursday at Roosevelt High School, when more than 100 students walked out of class to demand stricter gun regulations.