Washington-Sana
American organizations concerned with enacting legislation to reduce gun violence in the United States called for nationwide protests against the backdrop of anger over the repeated shooting incidents in the country.
"It has planned more than 450 protests, including protests in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago," ABC News quoted March for Our Lives as saying, calling for a ban on assault weapons, background checks for those trying to buy guns, and a public licensing system that records names. Those who have weapons.
The protests come in the wake of a gunman in Ovaldi, Texas, who killed 19 children and two teachers on the 24th of last month, ten days after another gunman killed ten African-Americans in a racist attack at a grocery store in New York state.
In light of the lax laws and the protection of the US Constitution for personal gun ownership, firearms have become a major cause of death for young people in the United States, as the country witnesses almost daily shootings in public places, schools, universities and others.
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