What to Know
- March For Our Lives rallies, organized by students and survivors of gun violence, took place March 24 in more than 800 cities worldwide
- New York City's rally kicked off near Central Park and moved down to Midtown
- The rallies call for gun safety legislation in hopes of preventing mass shootings
A day after marching with students demanding an end to school shootings, Sen. Charles Schumer said he's more optimistic than he's been in decades that lawmakers will enact new gun control laws.
“I have never seen such energy that I saw when we protested Vietnam as I’ve seen today,” Schumer said.
More than 150,000 people joined the March For Our Lives through New York City. Organizers said a larger march in Washington, D.C., drew 850,000 people. The marches were among 800 held in cities worldwide.
Schumer said the student-led march focused on three issues: background checks, protection orders and an assault weapons ban.
He predicted that such bills would pass Congress if leaders allowed them to be voted on.
"We will not rest until we get rational laws about guns from one end of America to another,” Schumer said.
