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Remember: Today is March for Our Lives Rally

From CBS 6:

“Richmond area schools, community organizations, faith communities and more will come together March 24 to stand in solidarity with the student-led National March For Our Lives event in Washington, DC,” March For Our Lives – RVA organizers posted on Facebook. “Too many of our city’s and our region’s children have been directly impacted by gun violence right here in Richmond.”

Saturday’s march is scheduled to start at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School on Mosby Street in Richmond at 10 a.m. Marchers will end at the Virginia State Capitol.

What you should know about the March for Our Lives

Survivors of last month’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are preparing to take their fight for stricter gun control laws to Washington.

This week’s March for Our Lives is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the 17 students and faculty members killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and rally Americans across the United States to say enough to gun violence.

With momentum from the National School Walkout still going strong, students are demanding that their voices be heard.

What is it?

March for Our Lives is a demonstration created and organized by #NeverAgain, a group of students who survived the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, is helping the students plan and coordinate the event.

After the shooting at Stoneman Douglas — the eighth mass school shooting this year — organizers are calling on lawmakers to address the issue of gun violence in American schools by implementing comprehensive gun control legislation.

According to a petition on the event’s website, March for Our Lives has three primary demands:

Pass a law to ban the assault weapons frequently used to carry out mass shootings

Stop the sale of high-capacity magazines, restricting the amount of ammunition

Close loopholes in America’s background checks and implement laws that require background checks on every gun purchase, including those that occur online or at gun shows

When is it?

The main march will take place in Washington on Saturday, March 24. It will kick off at noon, when participants gather on Pennsylvania Avenue, just blocks away from the Capitol.

Hundreds of sister marches are also taking place across the country and around the world.

7 comments

Tanya Zebroski 03/24/2018 at 10:53 AM

Can’t do it. This is a ridiculous reason to have ppl gathering. U have the news saying students put together this March, when clearly we all know it was t the student. Instead of marching for this, why are we not marching for the right reasons, better mental health, stricter gun control, bringing discipline back in the school, teaching children to stand up and being heard , being leaders instead of a bunch of sheep? Half these ppl walking, haven’t stepped foot in a high school in years. I dare anyone of them, to walk in Armstrong high school on a good day, and not fear for there life. March for ur children to live and make a better life the u had. But this , is just a bunch of ppl, that will be back to fighting come Monday morning once those bells ring.

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SA Chaplin 03/24/2018 at 5:29 PM

@ Tanya – Tanya, you clearly have something to say. Thanks for your post. I would urge you to re-read and edit what you publish so your point is as clear as possible. If you are a student at Armstrong there are a lot of us who would very much like to hear what you have to say about your school and the challenges you are facing. Think about having a teacher help with editing. I look forward to your future comments.

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Kay 03/24/2018 at 5:51 PM

Well stated Tanya.

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Emily Klinedinst 03/24/2018 at 5:51 PM

So proud of what these young people are doing

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Chris 03/24/2018 at 8:20 PM

Emily, proud of a bunch of adults using children to promote their political agenda?

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Kay 03/25/2018 at 8:43 AM

These cherubs are being used to promote a political position they don’t fully understand. Their efforts are worthless…legal gun ownership is a right-not a privilege and they won’t take away second amendment rights- unless they want to start another civil war.

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wobobee 03/25/2018 at 9:58 PM

Chris and Kay: You are lucky indeed to lead such privileged lives that you can dismiss these concerns as just “politics.” For many people, and for many of these kids I imagine, gun violence is a part of everyday life.

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