March for Our Lives: Students lead massive rallies for gun control
Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the U.S. capital and cities across the U.S., Canada and the globe on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam War era.
"If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking," David Hogg, a survivor who has emerged as one of the student leaders of the movement, told the roaring crowd of demonstrators at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington.
He warned: "We will get rid of these public servants who only care about the gun lobby."
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Chanting "Vote them out!" and bearing signs reading "We Are the Change," "No More Silence" and "Keep NRA Money Out of Politics," the protesters packed Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.
U.S. President Donald Trump was in Florida for the weekend. A motorcade took him to his West Palm Beach golf club in the morning. As of early afternoon, he had yet to weigh in on Twitter about the protests.
Large rallies with crowds estimated in the tens of thousands in some cases also unfolded in such cities as Boston; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Houston; Fort Worth, Texas; Minneapolis; and Parkland, Fla., the site of the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.
Protests outside U.S.
More than 800 demonstrations were scheduled worldwide, with U.S. protests set from San Clemente, Calif., to New York and Parkland, according to gun-control group Everytown For Gun Safety.
At least eight rallies were planned in Canadian cities, from Victoria to St. John's. By midday, about 200 people had gathered in downtown Toronto to show their support for the cause.
March for Our Lives: Students lead massive rallies for gun control - World - CBC News
Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the U.S. capital and cities across the U.S., Canada and the globe on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam War era.
"If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking," David Hogg, a survivor who has emerged as one of the student leaders of the movement, told the roaring crowd of demonstrators at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington.
He warned: "We will get rid of these public servants who only care about the gun lobby."
'We are the change': Parkland school shooting survivor calls for gun control reform 3:58
Chanting "Vote them out!" and bearing signs reading "We Are the Change," "No More Silence" and "Keep NRA Money Out of Politics," the protesters packed Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.
U.S. President Donald Trump was in Florida for the weekend. A motorcade took him to his West Palm Beach golf club in the morning. As of early afternoon, he had yet to weigh in on Twitter about the protests.
Large rallies with crowds estimated in the tens of thousands in some cases also unfolded in such cities as Boston; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Houston; Fort Worth, Texas; Minneapolis; and Parkland, Fla., the site of the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.
Protests outside U.S.
More than 800 demonstrations were scheduled worldwide, with U.S. protests set from San Clemente, Calif., to New York and Parkland, according to gun-control group Everytown For Gun Safety.
At least eight rallies were planned in Canadian cities, from Victoria to St. John's. By midday, about 200 people had gathered in downtown Toronto to show their support for the cause.
March for Our Lives: Students lead massive rallies for gun control - World - CBC News
