March for Our Lives

March for Our Lives

Part of Gun politics in the United States and Protests against Donald Trump
Date	March 24, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-24)
Location	Washington, D.C.[1]
Type	Demonstration
Theme	Gun violence in the United States
Cause	Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Organized by	Students attending the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Never Again MSD)
Participants	Trevon Bosley Sarah Chadwick Edna Chavez Jaclyn Corin Ryan Deitsch Aalayah Eastmond X González David Hogg Cameron Kasky Yolanda King Matthew Post 1.2 million people in the United States, and more around the world.[2][3]
Website	marchforourlives.com

March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation.^[4] It took place in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018, with over 880 sibling events throughout the United States and around the world,^{[5][6][7][8][9]} and was planned by Never Again MSD in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety.^[10] The event followed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting a month earlier, which was described by several media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation.^[11][12][13]

Protesters urged for universal background checks on all gun sales, 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 and bump stocks in the United States.^[14] Turnout was estimated to be between 1.2 and 2 million people in the United States,^[15][16][17] making it one of the largest protests in American history.^[2]

After the Robb Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas, MFOL Action Fund organized another nationwide protest on June 11, 2022.^[18] The main protest took place in Washington, D.C., with hundreds of sibling events taking place across the United States.^[19]