Women’s March joins anti-gun groups in their monthly protest outside NRA Headquarters – PB/TK
Women’s March leads hundreds in gun control protest at NRA headquarters – By Lois Beckett / July 14 2017
For 55 months, protesters have demonstrated outside the National Rifle Association headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. In snow, rain and blazing sun, they have met to mark each month since 14 December 2012, when 20 children and six adults were shot dead at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and to protest NRA influence over the lack of action by Congress on stricter gun control laws.
On Friday, between 400 and 500 people lined both sides of the street outside the gleaming, modern NRA building. Usually, the 14th of each month brings a dedicated crowd of 30.
About 20 armed counter-demonstrators from a local group marched along the street, carrying signs that supported gun rights and touted the benefits of good guys with guns.
“Shame! Shame!” the gun control protesters cried.
Friday’s protest, organized by the Women’s March on Washington, honored the protesters who were there every month and sought to expand their agenda, with a focus on what protesters called the coded NRA attacks on black and brown Americans and a failure to defend Philando Castile, a licensed gun owner shot dead by a police officer during a traffic stop in St Paul, Minnesota. The officer was cleared of all charges.
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