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March for Our Lives, founded by student survivors of the 2018 massacre at a high school in Barkland In Florida, it planned to organize more than 450 gatherings Saturday, including gatherings in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Organizers said 40,000 people gathered at the National Mall near the Washington Monument in light rain.
The organization’s 2018 rally in Washington, weeks after the killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, brought hundreds of thousands of people to the nation’s capital to pressure the Congress to take legislative action, but the Republican opposition prevented the adoption of any new arms restrictions in US Senate.
US President Joe Biden, a Democrat who earlier this month urged Congress to ban assault weapons, expand checks on people’s records and implement other gun-control measures, said he supported Saturday’s protests.
pressure on politicians
Organizers say this year’s Washington rally has a simple message for political leaders: "Your inaction is killing Americans".
In a poignant speech in which the Parkland survivors appeared with survivors of other random killings, X Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland massacre A co-founder of March for Our Lives, Congress has done nothing to prevent gun violence.
A gunman in Yuvaldi, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers on May 24, 10 days after another gunman killed 10 black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in a racist attack.
The recent indiscriminate killings have shed new light on the country’s debate over armed violence, although the prospects for legislation on the issue remain uncertain.
Organization called "A march for our lives" to ban assault weapons, background checks for those trying to buy guns and put in place a public licensing system that records the names of those who own guns.
In recent weeks, a group of Senate negotiators from both parties have pledged to reach a deal. Their efforts center on relatively modest changes, such as incentivizing states to pass gun control laws that would allow authorities to prevent individuals deemed to be a danger to others from Possession of weapons.
Speaking to reporters in Los Angeles, Biden said he has spoken several times with Senator Chris Murphy, who is leading the congressional talks, and that negotiations are still ongoing. "Well optimistic".
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a comprehensive set of gun safety measures, but the legislation stands no chance of getting approved in the Senate, where Republicans oppose the gun restrictions as a violation of international law."Second Amendment to the US Constitution" relating to the right to Carrying a weapon.
Biden said on Twitter "Today, young people across the country are once again engaging with the March for Our Lives to demand that Congress pass sensible gun safety legislation with the support of the majority of Americans and gun owners.. I join them in repeating my call to Congress: DO SOMETHING".
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March for Our Lives, founded by student survivors of the 2018 massacre at a high school in Barkland In Florida, it planned to organize more than 450 gatherings Saturday, including gatherings in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Organizers said 40,000 people gathered at the National Mall near the Washington Monument in light rain.
The organization’s 2018 rally in Washington, weeks after the killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, brought hundreds of thousands of people to the nation’s capital to pressure the Congress to take legislative action, but the Republican opposition prevented the adoption of any new arms restrictions in US Senate.
US President Joe Biden, a Democrat who earlier this month urged Congress to ban assault weapons, expand checks on people’s records and implement other gun-control measures, said he supported Saturday’s protests.
pressure on politicians
Organizers say this year’s Washington rally carries a simple message for political leaders: “Your inaction is killing Americans.”
In a poignant speech in which the Parkland survivors appeared with survivors of other random killings, X Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland massacre A co-founder of March for Our Lives, Congress has done nothing to prevent gun violence.
A gunman in Yuvaldi, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers on May 24, 10 days after another gunman killed 10 black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in a racist attack.
The recent indiscriminate killings have shed new light on the country’s debate over armed violence, although the prospects for legislation on the issue remain uncertain.
March for Our Lives called for a ban on assault weapons, a background check for those trying to buy guns, and a public licensing system that records the names of those who own guns.
In recent weeks, a group of Senate negotiators from both parties have pledged to reach a deal. Their efforts center on relatively modest changes, such as incentivizing states to pass gun control laws that would allow authorities to prevent individuals deemed to be a danger to others from Possession of weapons.
Speaking to reporters in Los Angeles, Biden said he has spoken several times with Senator Chris Murphy, who is leading the congressional talks, and that negotiations remain “goodly optimistic.”
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a comprehensive set of gun safety measures, but the legislation has no chance of passing in the Senate, where Republicans oppose the gun restrictions as a violation of “the law.”Second Amendment to the US Constitutionrelating to the right to Carrying a weapon.
“Today, young people across the country are once again engaging with the March for Our Lives to demand that Congress pass sensible gun safety legislation with the support of the majority of Americans and gun owners,” Biden said on Twitter. “I join them in repeating my call to Congress: Do something.”