Bumble, the "female-first" Tinder alternative, has just joined [MetLife](https://twitter.com/MetLife/status/967092823345516545), [United Airlines](https://twitter.com/united/status/967420501017747457), and a [growing movement of companies](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/23/588233273/one-by-one-companies-cut-ties-with-nra) taking a stand for gun control&#x2014;by banning its users from posting firearm photos on their dating profiles, the _New York Times_ [reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/business/bumble-dating-app-gun-images.html).

According to a [new post on the Bumble website](http://thebeehive.bumble.com/bumbleblog/bumble-bans-guns), the company will begin blocking photos of guns on its app in the same way it's already been doing with nudity and hate speech. The post clarifies that guns will still be allowed in photos of "users in military or law enforcement," if they are in uniform. Instagram photos, which Bumble allows to be synced with a dating profile, will not be censored, either.

"As mass shootings continue to devastate communities across the country, it's time to state unequivocally that gun violence is not in line with our values, nor do these weapons belong on Bumble," the company wrote.

When it comes to dating profile pictures, the ones of dudes holding firearms are just about as ubiquitous as [women posing with elephants](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvx8zw/photos-of-women-with-elephants-on-tinder). In the past, posing with a handgun or rifle has been a go-to move for lame-ass dudes wanting to flex their pseudo-masculine prowess. Now, thanks to the ban, they'll have to pad out their profiles with more fishing pictures or whatever.

The _Times_ reports that around 5,000 moderators will now start combing the profiles of its nearly 30 million users and axe gun-related content. Bumble's founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, told the _Times_ that the company is still figuring out the edges of the new rule, acknowledging that it is "not super black and white" and saying that individual users could still be allowed to have photos with guns on a case-by-case basis.

Along with the new firearms ban, Bumble announced Monday that it will make a $100,000 donation to the Parkland survivors' new, student-led gun control organization, [March for Our Lives](https://marchforourlives.com/). "We stand with them, and join them in working towards a non-violent future," the company said.

Currently, Bumble is the first dating app to ban gun photos, but seeing as how Tinder has been known to [ape Bumble's successes](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/business/bumble-dating-app-gun-images.html) in the past, we could see the gun ban spreading to other apps any day now. Folks who are really into the Second Amendment might want to consider changing their account over to [Trump.Dating](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5bd4g/theres-now-a-dating-site-for-trump-supporters).

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Generation Z have grown up in a world where active shooter threats and lockdown drills are the norm, and they’ve had enough.

In the wake of the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead and 14 injured, it’s the student survivors whose voices — angry, exasperated, heartbroken — have emerged as forces of change.

Now, high school students across the country are organizing in solidarity with their peers in Parkland. Frustrated by what they say is the older generations’ failure to keep them safe in their schools, Gen Z are taking matters into their own hands. VICE News spoke to students across the country — from Parkland, to nearby Boca Raton, Florida, to Pittsburgh, to Washington D.C., to the suburbs of Chicago, to Iowa City, Iowa, and to Decatur, Georgia — who are determined to ensure that another mass shooting never happens.
This week, some of the Parkland survivors boarded buses and traveled six hours to Tallahassee to rally on Wednesday outside of the state capitol, where they were joined by local high schoolers.

On the same day, other Parkland students joined survivors of other school shootings for a listening session with President Donald Trump at the White House.

Students are also trying to ensure that renewed anger over the issue doesn’t fade. High schoolers from West Boca Raton, for example, have launched an initiative called “535 Letters for Change,” which entails writing to members of Congress demanding reforms to gun laws. The Women’s March’s “Youth Empower Group” is working with local activists and high schoolers to coordinate a nationwide school walkout on March 14 at 10 a.m. in all time zones. The walkout will last for 17 minutes — one minute for each Parkland victim.

Student survivors from Parkland, meanwhile, from their parents’ living rooms, have organized a march on Washington, D.C., for March 24, called “March for Our Lives.” And another movement, called #NationalStudentWalkout, is being organized and coordinated by a high school student in Connecticut for April 20. They chose that date because it marks 19 years since the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado that left 13 dead — the first school shooting of the modern era.

Some students said they could be reprimanded by their schools for staging walkouts, but they’re willing to face the consequences. VICE News spoke to three seniors in Pittsburgh who all received detention for their protest on Feb. 21. Anyah Jackson, 17, said in a Twitter message that she feels they didn’t do anything wrong.

“I am so proud of what we did yesterday,” Jackson said.

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