Little girl looking at 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"; "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 /...

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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/576
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Summary:The signs read, "We Stand with Stoeman [sic] Douglas"; "Protect kids not guns"; "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."; and "Protect kids, not guns. / Dont Shoot." 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.