US - 2018 March For Our Lives Protest, Princeton, New Jersey

March for Our Lives was a demonstration created and organized by #NeverAgain, a group of students who survived the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, is helping the students plan and coordinate the event.

After the shooting at Stoneman Douglas – the eighth mass school shooting this year – organizers called on lawmakers to address the issue of gun violence in American schools by implementing comprehensive gun control legislation.

According to a petition on the event’s website, March for Our Lives had three primary demands:

- Pass a law to ban the assault weapons frequently used to carry out mass shootings
- Stop the sale of high-capacity magazines, restricting the amount of ammunition
- Close loopholes in America’s background checks and implement laws that require background checks on every gun purchase, including those that occur online or at gun shows