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Student-led rallies around the country targeted on Saturday to support gun rights, although their efforts drew smaller crowds than expected to counter the well-organized and funded youth terrorist lobby massacre in a Florida high school earlier this year.
Here in Chicago, people gathered in a corner of Millennium Park. In Los Angeles, protesters shouted "gun rights are human rights" while they were walking near Pershing Square. In Washington, an American flag floated on the Capitol floor while participants said that the weapons were used as scapegoats and that the problems of society were deeper than those of firearms.
Defenders have monopolized attention by using the marches as a way to raise their fears that hasty solutions could lead to an erosion of the second amendment.
Colin FitzSimmons, 13, from Algonquin, Illinois, spoke at the Chicago rally, sounding concern that Liberal efforts to control guns really want to "disarm the people". People were holding placards saying "we will not leave" and "take back the rights of firearms".
"Our generation will not approve gun control," Colin said. took into consideration. "The devil is in the details."
The rallies come amidst a wave of gun control activism sparked by the February shootout that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Saturday's march organizers said many conservative students feel their opinions are not being taken into account in the shootings debate in schools, and Saturday's marches have been planned as demonstrations. a way to show that not all students support gun control.
Planning for Saturday rallies began in April, a few weeks after gun control rallies were held in Washington and other cities. They were expecting a low turnout on Saturday, but far fewer people showed up than the organizers had hoped
. but the gathering attracted about 35 people. The group gathered in a corner of Millennium Park, not on the big lawn, because the organizers did not get permits and the park security forced them to leave
earlier in Hundreds of protesters opposed to gun violence have closed 10 blocks of the Dan Ryan Expressway, one of the busiest highways in the United States. Their march along the road was in protest of armed violence and gun-related deaths in Chicago, and the disturbance drew attention – and some contempt, from the National Rifle Association
Second Amendment activists gathered about an hour later
Kevin Yan, an 18-year-old student from the University of Chicago, said that he was "an aberrant" to his school because he was passionate about the Second Amendment. He said that he never owned a gun and never fired with a gun, but he believes that gun ownership is "a crucial American tradition." And "really important for self-defense."
"The media always say that" We are here to show that this is not true, "he said.
In Palm Beach, Florida, about 100 people were gathering in a park; 13, including organizer Ashley Johnson, three speakers and the parents of two of the speakers
The event was to be a counterpoint to the rallies of the March for our lives that drew thousands of people through the country after shooting in February. "The goal is to be as successful as Mars for Our Lives," Johnson said. "We want to surpass them."
Ralph Curra, 14, who was an eighth grad student at Westglades Middle School, who is adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas, spoke at the event. He remembered hearing the shouting from the door next door and being stuck for five hours at the start of the investigation into the Feb. 14 attack.
Ralph related his experience to the small crowd and explained how it made him look for firearms. Gun violence. He says the changes to Florida's firearms laws after Parkland's shooting are flawed.
"Increase the age to buy a weapon, all your parents, when you send your child to the university, do not you want that they can protect themselves from criminals?" request. "The new laws will leave your child vulnerable to attacks in dangerous society today."
Johnson said that she was disappointed with the participation.
"I do not know why more people did not show up." She said through tears.
In Washington, a few dozen high school students, students, and recent graduates gathered near of Capitol Hill for the Second Amendment March American flags and "Make America Great Again" hats marked the crowd
Tyler Yzaguirre, President of the Second Amendment Institute, said even though they were few , they would show on the left that no one should be afraid of
The organizer Morgan Sachs greeted the group and thanked everyone for coming.
"The media do not seem to like talk about pro-weapon students, they just want to talk about anti-arms rhetoric, "she says." Our voices are going to be heard now. "
Rozsa reported from Palm Beach, Florida Paul and Zezima reported from Washington.
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