"One Life Is Worth All the Guns in America": Students Demand End to Violence at March for Our Lives
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In a historic day of action, more than 800 protests were held Saturday urging lawmakers to pass gun control. In Washington, organizers say 800,000 took part in the March for Our Lives, which was organized by students who survived the February 14 shooting massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In New York, another 150,000 took to the streets; 85,000 rallied in Chicago; 55,000 marched in Los Angeles. Tens of thousands also rallied in Atlanta and Pittsburgh. In Washington, D.C., survivors of gun violence-from Parkland to Chicago-shared the stage to decry the power of the National Rifle Association and to demand an end to the violence. We air highlights of the speeches.