Messages to NRA shown on signs at “March for Our Lives” in Milwaukee

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Organizers of the “March for Our Lives” rally in Milwaukee shared the three points that the national movement released in their petition to Congress. They support the right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, as set forth in the United States Constitution. But they they emphasized that with that right comes responsibility. The youth of Milwaukee joined on March 24 to call on all the adults in Congress elected to represent the nation, to pass legislation that will protect and save children from gun violence. They demanded that the children be able to attend school without the fear that each day could be their last.

1. Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kіІІ 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
2. Prohibiting the sale of high-capacity magazines such as the ones the shooter at our school—and so many other recent mass shootings used.
3. Closing the loophole in our background check law that allows dangerous people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase firearms to slip through the cracks and buy guns online or at gun shows.

Of the ten deadliest shootings over the last decade, seven involved the use of assault weapons. No civilian should be able to access these weapons of war, which should be restricted for use by our military and law enforcement only. These guns have no other purpose than to fire as many bullets as possible and indiscriminately kіІІ anything they are pointed at with terrifying speed.

States that ban high-capacity magazines have half as many shootings involving three or more victims as states that allow them. Limiting the number of bullets a gun can discharge at one time will at least force any shooter to stop and reload, giving children a chance to escape.

When Connecticut passed a law requiring background checks on all handgun sales, they saw a 40% reduction in gun homicides. 97% of Americans support closing the current loopholes in our background check system. 22% of gun sales in this country take place without a background check. That’s millions of guns that could be falling into dangerous hands. A background check should be required on every gun sale, no exceptions.

These photos present the feelings and opinions of the participants in the March 24 March for Our Lives in Milwaukee, as the crowd comprised of thousands of families marched from the Milwaukee County Courthouse to Milwaukee City Hall.