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The pro-gun camp should mass shoot kill 100K of the anti-gun camp here, and settle problems between themselves for once and for all! Fucking wasted!
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'March for Our Lives' crowd smaller than expected: report
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A Sunday estimate of the crowd at the “March for Our Lives” rally for gun control in Washington, D.C., on Saturday was much smaller than the crowd estimated by organizers.
Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc. estimated around 200,000 people attended the rally, CBS News reported. Organizers on Saturday estimated 800,000.
Washington, D.C., metropolitan police have yet to release their own estimates.
The respected imaging firm uses balloons to fly cameras over events in order to estimate crowd size. The service said there was a margin of error of 15 percent for their estimation. The crowd size was largest at 1 p.m., the company said.
The company said the 2017 Women’s March was the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history, with 440,000 participating. That number corresponds well with city officials' estimates at the time, as reported by The Associated Press.
The march on Saturday was largely organized by student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February that left 17 people dead.
The students from that high school have been advocating for gun control laws and have specifically targeted the National Rifle Association and politicians supported by the group.
The “March for Our Lives” rally had sister rallies in hundreds of cities across the world. Many crowd estimates have yet to be determined.
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'March For Our Guns' Speakers Call For Self-Defense, Arming Teachers
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The "March for Our Guns" rally convened near the steps of the state Capitol in Helena in response to the "March for Our Lives" rallies across the country. Pro-gun demonstrations were held in Utah, Idaho and other states as well.
Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio
"March for Our Guns" organizer Brent Webber opened the rally in Helena, Mont., on Saturday with a fiery speech: "Our freedoms come first. No one will infringe on our right to keep and bear arms."
Webber spoke to hundreds of people gathered near the steps of the state Capitol. They were there in response to calls for stricter gun control measures at "March for Our Lives" rallies in Montana and across the country.
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Similar pro-gun marches were held in Utah, Idaho and other states.
"I believe that self-defense is a God-given right," 18-year-old speaker Joey Chester said at the Helena event. "I don't want to see that infringed upon for law-abiding citizens."
Other speakers included a church pastor, high school students and Helena resident Nicole Giacomini. She's a mother and military veteran who warned that guns are Americans' last line of defense.
"It's a violent society, snowflakes," she said. "Evil doesn't disappear because you pass some laws. It rallies harder."
The crowd in Helena was made up mostly of families and older men sporting hunting caps, beards and camouflage jackets. At one point, children marched up to the lectern and read written statements in support of guns.
16-year-old Austyn Brown was disappointed there weren't more teenagers.
He said many of his classmates were attending a "March for Our Lives" rally at a nearby park instead.
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"They need to get educated about guns," he said. "Media has been shoved in their head that guns will kill them, that guns are evil, and only bad people carry guns. That's so untrue."
High schooler Clara McRae organized the "March for Our Lives" rally in Helena. It was attended by the city's mayor and Montana's Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.
McRae said her organization, Helena Youth Against Gun Violence, wanted to see more stringent background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines and bump stock modifications.
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"We don't want to have anybody's constitutional rights taken away," she said. "But we don't want those rights to infringe on others' rights to be able to exist safely in public spaces."
Montana has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the country. It also has one of the highest suicide and firearm death rates in the U.S.
Montana state Republican Rep. Seth Berglee speaks at the March for Our Guns rally in Helena. He said he wants to reintroduce legislation that would let teachers with a concealed weapons permit bring handguns to school.
Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio
Many at the "March for Our Guns" blamed those deaths and mass shootings on mental illness.
"The weapon is not what injures or kills or hurts people," said lifelong hunter Mike Glueckert. "It's the individual behind it. And that's what we need to govern."
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Speaking at the lectern, Republican state Rep. Seth Berglee said he wants to reintroduce legislation that would allow Montana teachers with a concealed weapons permit to bring handguns to school.
"The idea that disarming citizens is the path to school safety is a farce," Berglee said. He referred to a recent shooting in Maryland where a school resource officer shot and killed a student gunman.
Legislation allowing teachers to carry firearms in Montana schools failed to pass last year.
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After the event, attendees mingled and ate pizza and donuts.
No one carried any visible firearms.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...-our-lives-crowd-smaller-than-expected-report
'March for Our Lives' crowd smaller than expected: report
By Luis Sanchez - 03/25/18 11:01 AM EDT 233
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A Sunday estimate of the crowd at the “March for Our Lives” rally for gun control in Washington, D.C., on Saturday was much smaller than the crowd estimated by organizers.
Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc. estimated around 200,000 people attended the rally, CBS News reported. Organizers on Saturday estimated 800,000.
Washington, D.C., metropolitan police have yet to release their own estimates.
The respected imaging firm uses balloons to fly cameras over events in order to estimate crowd size. The service said there was a margin of error of 15 percent for their estimation. The crowd size was largest at 1 p.m., the company said.
The company said the 2017 Women’s March was the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history, with 440,000 participating. That number corresponds well with city officials' estimates at the time, as reported by The Associated Press.
The march on Saturday was largely organized by student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February that left 17 people dead.
The students from that high school have been advocating for gun control laws and have specifically targeted the National Rifle Association and politicians supported by the group.
The “March for Our Lives” rally had sister rallies in hundreds of cities across the world. Many crowd estimates have yet to be determined.
Tags Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Gun politics in the United States March For Our Lives Washington D.C.
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National
'March For Our Guns' Speakers Call For Self-Defense, Arming Teachers
March 25, 20181:59 AM ET
Nate Hegyi
FromYellowstone Public Radio
The "March for Our Guns" rally convened near the steps of the state Capitol in Helena in response to the "March for Our Lives" rallies across the country. Pro-gun demonstrations were held in Utah, Idaho and other states as well.
Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio
"March for Our Guns" organizer Brent Webber opened the rally in Helena, Mont., on Saturday with a fiery speech: "Our freedoms come first. No one will infringe on our right to keep and bear arms."
Webber spoke to hundreds of people gathered near the steps of the state Capitol. They were there in response to calls for stricter gun control measures at "March for Our Lives" rallies in Montana and across the country.
The Two-Way
Hundreds Of Thousands March For Gun Control Across The U.S.
Similar pro-gun marches were held in Utah, Idaho and other states.
"I believe that self-defense is a God-given right," 18-year-old speaker Joey Chester said at the Helena event. "I don't want to see that infringed upon for law-abiding citizens."
Other speakers included a church pastor, high school students and Helena resident Nicole Giacomini. She's a mother and military veteran who warned that guns are Americans' last line of defense.
"It's a violent society, snowflakes," she said. "Evil doesn't disappear because you pass some laws. It rallies harder."
The crowd in Helena was made up mostly of families and older men sporting hunting caps, beards and camouflage jackets. At one point, children marched up to the lectern and read written statements in support of guns.
16-year-old Austyn Brown was disappointed there weren't more teenagers.
He said many of his classmates were attending a "March for Our Lives" rally at a nearby park instead.
National
On A Day Of Gun Protest, Some Montanans Will March For Their Guns
"They need to get educated about guns," he said. "Media has been shoved in their head that guns will kill them, that guns are evil, and only bad people carry guns. That's so untrue."
High schooler Clara McRae organized the "March for Our Lives" rally in Helena. It was attended by the city's mayor and Montana's Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.
McRae said her organization, Helena Youth Against Gun Violence, wanted to see more stringent background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines and bump stock modifications.
National
In Rural Kentucky, Activists 'Tread Lightly' On Gun Control
"We don't want to have anybody's constitutional rights taken away," she said. "But we don't want those rights to infringe on others' rights to be able to exist safely in public spaces."
Montana has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the country. It also has one of the highest suicide and firearm death rates in the U.S.
Montana state Republican Rep. Seth Berglee speaks at the March for Our Guns rally in Helena. He said he wants to reintroduce legislation that would let teachers with a concealed weapons permit bring handguns to school.
Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio
Many at the "March for Our Guns" blamed those deaths and mass shootings on mental illness.
"The weapon is not what injures or kills or hurts people," said lifelong hunter Mike Glueckert. "It's the individual behind it. And that's what we need to govern."
Shots - Health News
Experts Say There's Little Connection Between Mental Health And Mass Shootings
Speaking at the lectern, Republican state Rep. Seth Berglee said he wants to reintroduce legislation that would allow Montana teachers with a concealed weapons permit to bring handguns to school.
"The idea that disarming citizens is the path to school safety is a farce," Berglee said. He referred to a recent shooting in Maryland where a school resource officer shot and killed a student gunman.
Legislation allowing teachers to carry firearms in Montana schools failed to pass last year.
The Two-Way
Maryland School Shooting Victim Has Died
After the event, attendees mingled and ate pizza and donuts.
No one carried any visible firearms.
