Title: March for Our Lives - Wikipedia
Headings: March for Our Lives
March for Our Lives
Contents
Planning
Celebrity and corporate support
Participation
Responses
National Rifle Association
Politicians
Media
Use of social media
Twitter
Instagram
Facebook
Snapchat
Celebrity Controversy
Locations
United States
Washington, D.C.
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Puerto Rico
Outside the United States
North America
Africa
Asia
Europe
Oceania
South America
Gallery
See also
References
External links

Content: The event followed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting a month earlier, which was described by several media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation. Protesters urged for universal background checks on all gun sales, raising the federal age of gun ownership and possession to 21, closing of the gun show loophole, a restoration of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and a ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines and bump stocks in the United States. Turnout was estimated to be between 1.2 and 2 million people in the United States, making it one of the largest protests in American history. Contents
1 Planning
1.1 Celebrity and corporate support
2 Participation
3 Responses
3.1 National Rifle Association
3.2 Politicians
3.3 Media
5 Locations
5.1 United States
5.1.1 Washington, D.C.
5.1.2 Northeast
5.1.3 Midwest
5.1.4 South
5.1.5 West
5.1.6 Puerto Rico
5.2 Outside the United States
5.2.1 North America
5.2.2 Africa
5.2.3 Asia
5.2.4 Europe
5.2.5 Oceania
5.2.6 South America
6 Gallery
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Planning
Cameron Kasky at a rally in February 2018
Following the school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, Cameron Kasky, a junior at the school, and his classmates, announced the march four days later. Also joining the march efforts are Alex Wind of Stoneman Douglas High School, who along with four friends created the " Never Again" campaign. Emma González and David Hogg, also survivors of the shooting, have been vocal supporters of the march. External video
March For Our Lives Rally, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2018, C-SPAN
The date was chosen in order to give students, families and others a chance to mourn first, and then on March 24, talk about gun control. Organizers filed a permit application with the National Park Service during the week of February 23, and expected as many as 500,000 people to attend. However, the National Mall, which was the planned site of the main march in Washington, D.C., was reportedly already booked for March 24; the application, filed by an unidentified local student group, claimed it was for a talent show.