Little girl with signs carried by participants in the March for Our Lives in Dothan, Alabama.

The signs read, "We Stand with Stoeman [sic] Douglas"; "Protect kids not guns"; "Are your Guns More important than their Lives"; "Newtown. / Las Vegas. Parkland."; "Last year, handguns killed: / 48 people in Japan / 8 people in Great Britain / 34 people i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Christiane
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/robinson/id/484
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Summary:The signs read, "We Stand with Stoeman [sic] Douglas"; "Protect kids not guns"; "Are your Guns More important than their Lives"; "Newtown. / Las Vegas. Parkland."; "Last year, handguns killed: / 48 people in Japan / 8 people in Great Britain / 34 people in Switzerland / 52 people in Canada / 58 people in Israel / 42 people in West Germany / 10,728 in the United States / Mental illness is global - mass shootings are American."; "I should be worried about my grades, not my safety"; "If we can send a man to the moon, we can end gun violence! / Enough is enough."; "Protect kids, not guns. / Dont Shoot"; "March for Our Lives / March 24, 2018 11 am - 2 pm / Meet at Porter Park / 150 N Foster Street, parking at Dothan Civic Center for one mile march to Rally at Kinney Park! / We march to raise awareness about and demand action against Gun Violence and to stand in solidarity with the victims of the MSD High School shooting in Parkland, FL"; and "# Arm Me with Books not bullets." The main March for Our Lives event, which took place in Washington D.C. on March 24, 2018, was organized by students who survived the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Smaller marches were held around the world, including seven in cities around Alabama. In Dothan, demonstrators marched from Porter Park to Kinney Park.