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    Thousands Expected To Rally For Gun Control, Many For The First Time

    "People are marching not because we were able to sway them," Parkland student and "March For Our Lives" organizer Cameron Kasky said. "They are marching because our lives depend on it."
    by Adrienne St. Clair Mar 24, 2018 3 minutes
    Young activists paint signs on March 22 to be carried at the "March For Our Lives" in Los Angeles. More than 500,000 are expected to march for gun control at rallies nationwide on March 24.

    Marchers around the world will call for stricter gun control laws Saturday, including many who are demonstrating for a cause for the first time.

    More than 500,000 are expected in Washington, D.C., alone, site of the main "March For Our Lives." There are at least 837 other events happening internationally, according to the event's official website.

    The event was organized by students after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman

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