Founded by survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting – a gun safety ‘March For Our Lives’ reported around 450 rallies being planned for Saturday. They were determined to not let politicians just “sit back” since people continue to die because of their negligent actions.
Joe Biden, US president, pushed back all such protests, calling out Congress to “pass common-sense gun safety legislation”. On May 24th, Robb Elementary, Uvalde Texas experienced the death of nineteen children and two adults as a result of the school shooting.
This particular attack along with an earlier attack that took place in Buffalo, New York wherein 10 people were reported to be killed, has been the reason for renewed calls for action toward gun control in the US.
Political leaders’ inactive decision toward the American lives being taken is what March For Our Lives (MFOL) works towards. An MFOL board member, Trevon Bosley, surmised in a statement, “We will no longer allow you to sit back while people continue to die”.
Those trying to purchase guns and get a national licensing system for the same have to go through universal background checks among other policies, ever since MFOL has called for an assault weapons ban. For the very same reason, rallies are being conducted in New York, Chicago, Washington, and Los Angeles.
After the Majority Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. In 2018, MFOL saw its first-ever protest being held. This shooting reported 14 students and three adults demise due to the shooting. In US history, organizers say this was the largest gun safety rally in one day and among thousands of students all over the country that left their classrooms as well to join the demonstrations.
Mr. Biden, a Democrat, this month urged Congress to put a ban on assault weapons and to look for fields to expand background checks. Along with this make an attempt to implement other gun-control measures. He also made sure to mention that he supported Saturday’s protests.
Joe Biden was further seen to have tweeted, “Today, young people around the country once again march with @AMarch4OurLives to call on Congress to pass common-sense gun safety legislation, supported by the majority of Americans and gun owners. I join and agree with them by repeating my call to Congress: do something.”
A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has vowed to put out a gun control deal in recent weeks although they still have to reach a particular agreement. Their efforts have been made to focus on relatively modest changes such as incentivizing states to pass “red flag” laws that allow authorities to keep guns away from certain individuals deemed a danger to others.
Voting through a series of measures that regulated the sale of guns has taken place this week in the US House of Representatives. But with the Republicans as the opposition in the Senate implies that the bill has a little chance of entering the factor of law.
