March For Our Lives To Hold Saturday Rallies Amid Renewed Pressure On Arms Control
“After countless mass shootings and incidents of armed violence in our communities, it is time to take to the streets again and protest for our lives,” the organization’s website said. “We marched in 2018 after the shooting of Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida and now we are going back to DC.” The marches come as a new impetus to Congress on gun control. Lawmakers are under intense pressure to act in the wake of the recent mass shootings, and at least 10 Republicans must vote alongside Democrats to clear the 60-vote threshold to break the philipaster and pass legislation....