Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to rally in Washington and other US cities on Saturday, urging lawmakers to pass legislation to stop gun violence after the massacre at a Texas elementary school last month.
March for Our Lives (MFOL), a group formed by students who survived the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, said it plans more than 450 shows on Saturday, including in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Weeks after the organization killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the 2018 march to Washington brought hundreds of thousands of people to the nation’s capital to pressure Congress to take legislative action despite the Republican opposition blocking new gun limits. US Senate.
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Democratic US President Joe Biden, who earlier this month called on Congress to ban offensive weapons, increase background checks and implement other gun control measures, said he supported Saturday’s protests.
“Today, youths across the country are marching with @AMarch4OurLives once again to urge Congress to pass commonsense gun safety legislation, backed by most Americans and gun owners,” Biden said in a Twitter post.
“I agree with them in repeating my call to Congress: do something.”
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According to the organizers, this year’s event in Washington has a simple message for political leaders: “Your inaction is killing Americans.”
“We’re not going to let you sit still while people keep dying,” MFOL board member Trevon Bosley said in an emailed statement. Said.
source: Noticias
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