Why they marched, in their own words, again

Last weekend, hundreds gathered in Washington, D.C., to rally for stricter gun regulation, mourn loved ones lost to gun violence and reflect on the past four years.

Although smaller in comparison to the 2018 "March for Our Lives" rally, Saturday's gathering attracted people from across the country with the same fear, pain and message: This cannot continue.

Christine Martin, a grandmother from Orlando, Florida, said she was haunted to hear about the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers' lives were taken by gun violence, so she traveled to march where she felt she could be heard.

"It was important to me to be in D.C., near the government buildings, and say 'enough is enough,'" Martin said. "It's got to stop."

Martin firmly