Chicago needs marchers.
Via WFSB:
Students from Parkland, Florida made Newtown, Connecticut the final stop on their nationwide bus tour to protest gun violence and the policies of the National Rifle Association.
They told Channel 3 the decision to end the tour on Sunday afternoon in Newtown ‘just made sense.’
As the students stepped off the bus in Newtown, they received a warm welcome from members of the Sandy Hook Promise, and its co-founder, Mark Barden.
“It’s heartbreaking when you start to think about all the towns that have this connection,” said Barden.
Barden’s daughter, Natalie took the stage and shared her grief of losing her younger brother, Daniel.
“I was 10 years old on the night of December 14th when my parents had to sit my little brother James and me down and tell us our brother had been murdered in his first-grade classroom,” said Junior Newtown Action Alliance member, Natalie Barden.
“That day changed me forever.”
The March for Our Lives: Road to Change was started after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland is part of a traveling rally that began in Chicago in June and has made stops in 20 states.
The events have drawn large crowds of supporters, including an 11-year-old student from Durham, CT to support the movement.
“I actually sometimes worry if one day there could be a school shooting at my school and it’s very frightening,” said Durham resident, Scarlett.
Organizer and survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, David Hogg spoke with Channel 3 on their mission to change gun laws at the polls.
“All forms of gun violence need to be recognized for this to become a movement. And that’s why we’re ending here in Newtown,” said Hogg.
HT: Don B