PHOTOS: Why They Marched, In Their Own Words
NPR photographed and spoke to attendees of Washington, D.C.'s "March For Our Lives." "I want to see policy change so that we can feel safe in our schools," one marcher said.
Just over a week ago, families, students, teachers and activists descended upon Washington, D.C., having come in droves by car and plane and bus. They chanted, shouted and in some cases cried until their voices were hoarse calling for stricter gun regulations.
Hundreds of thousands of people swarmed the city for the "March For Our Lives."
After a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. in February, the students of Parkland responded: "enough."
So those students planned and led the march. Their parents, teachers and counselors supported them.
