Following the Parkland, Florida school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which has surpassed the 1999 Columbine shooting as the deadliest school shooting, many businesses across the nation, including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart, Kroger, and L.L. Bean, have taken a stand against gun violence and for keeping kids in America safe.

“I think it’s important that businesses are changing their policies about guns because you shouldn’t be able to purchase a gun at 18,” explained sophomore Sophie Henderson. “I think this is good thing because it’s a good first step.”

Following the shooting, one of the companies participating in rearranging their policies in regards to selling weapons, Dick’s Sporting Goods, has committed to stopping the sale of assault-style weapons, raising the age to purchase a gun at their stores to 21, and terminating the sales of high capacity magazines (a chamber for holding a certain number of cartridges to be fed automatically into a gun).

In an interview with CNN, Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward Stack said the decision to take these actions were based largely on the kids across the nation participating in walkouts and taking a stand against the misuse of guns.

“This [businesses taking action] makes me hopeful because at least people are doing something…at least people [companies] like Dick’s Sporting Goods are noticing that this is an issue and I hope that people will continue to pay attention to this,” said Henderson.