<Ul> <Li> Alfonso Calderon </Li> <Li> Sarah Chadwick </Li> <Li> Jaclyn Corin </Li> <Li> Emma González </Li> <Li> David Hogg </Li> <Li> Cameron Kasky </Li> <Li> Alex Wind </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> marchforourlives.com </Td> </Tr> <P> March for Our Lives (sometimes MFOL) was a student - led demonstration in support of tighter gun control that took place on March 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C., with over 800 sibling events throughout the United States and around the world . Student organizers from Never Again MSD planned the march in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety . The event followed the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which was described by many media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation . </P> <P> Protesters urged for universal background checks on all gun sales, raising the federal age of gun ownership and possession to 21, closing of the gun show loophole, a restoration of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and a ban on the sale of high - capacity magazines in the United States and a ban on bump stocks . Turnout was estimated to be between 1.2 to 2 million people in the United States, making it one of the largest protests in American history . </P>

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