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."; "If we can send a man to the moon, we can end gun violence! / Enough is enough."; and "I should be worried about my grades, not my safety." 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.
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