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Photos: See the March for Our Lives rallies across the country

By Nicole Werbeck

Published June 11, 2022 at 12:58 PM PDT

This story was published more than 2 years ago.

Hundreds of rallies were planned today across the country to push for gun safety laws.

Thousands of protesters from across the country are marching through Washington, D.C. today for the second March for Our Lives.

The march comes in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last month that killed 19 children and 2 teachers. Demonstrators are calling on lawmakers to pass stricter gun safety legislation.

Here are some scenes from the protest.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.: After recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, a bipartisan group of Senators continue to negotiate a potential compromise deal on gun violence and gun safety legislation.

Washington, D.C.: Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor and activist X Gonzalez speaks to gun control advocates during the March for Our Lives rally.

The rally is a successor to the 2018 march organized by student protestors after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.

Demonstrators console each other after a counter-protester jumped a barricade in an attempt to disrupt a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence.

Yolanda King speaks during March for Our Lives 2022. Yolanda King is the granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., and a young activist against gun violence. Yolanda has used her experience having lost her grandfather and great-grandmother to gun violence to advocate for gun safety legislation.

Karin LaBanca comforts two survivors of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school after a man tried and failed to rush the stage during the second March for Our Lives rally.

Washington, D.C.: David Hogg, March For Our Lives co-Founder and Parkland survivor, speaks the rally.

New York City/Brooklyn

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge during the "March for Our Lives" rally.

New York City: New York Mayor Eric Adams and Attorney General Letitia James join people as they march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest against gun violence in the March for Our Lives rally.

New York City: Aisha, 19, joins the "March for Our Lives" rally in New York City.

New York City: Demonstrators join the March for Our Lives rally.

Denver

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Denver: Many people participated in the March For Our Lives rally at Civic Center Park.

In Civic Center Park's Greek amphitheater, 21 children lie on the ground to represent 21 people killed in Uvalde, Texas, during the March For Our Lives rally.

Houston

Buffalo

Parkland, Florida

Parkland, Fla.: (L-R) Lauren Klein, Taylor Bensin, and Stephanie Horowitz join with others during the second March for Our Lives rally against gun violence at Pine Trails Park.

Parkland, Fla.: Community members from Parkland and all of South Florida joined together for the March For Our Lives Parkland rally near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed by a gunman on February 14, 2018.

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