Thousands march in US seeking gun control laws
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Washington: Shouting out louder than ever before thousands of placard holding Americans on Saturday rallied on the National Mall and across the US pressing for greater gun control as mass shootings become rampant.
Demanding the Congress do its job, Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia Mayor, told the second Our Lives rally that she was speaking as a Mayor, a mom for millions Americans, adding that ' Enough is enough', according to news agency AP.
Recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York prompted activists compel Congress to initiate greater gun control.
Rallies heard speakers calling up on senators to act or face being voted out because they are perceived as the major impediments to gun legislation.
A slew of deadly attacks by gun-toting teenagers including the most shocking May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde killing 19 children gave the nation a wakeup call.
David Hogg, the 2018 survivor of Douglas High School shooting that killed 17 students, said it is time to change who in government if it cannot do anything to stop 19 kinds from being killed in their school.
David Hogg co-founded the March For Our Lives organization after the deadly shooting in Florida.
Another survivor of Douglas High School shooting X Gonzalez came down heavily on Congress pressing for change.
Yolanda King, Granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr who was the slain American leader of black rights, said that this time it was not about politics but morality. She added that the march is about right and wrong not right left, also not about thoughts and prayers but courage and action.
Another mass protest in San Antonio about 85 miles east of Uvalde heard people chanting "the NRA has got to go".
Frank Ruiz, the man who helped organize the rally, called for gun reforms laws similar to those enacted in Florida after parkland shooting.
President Joe Biden who was in California at the time of rally said his message to demonstrators was "keep marching" adding that he was "mildly optimistic"