More than 150 people attend a rally put on by volunteers with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds.
From left, Phil Knocke, Henry Cohen, 13, Rachael Erickson, 17, and Kate Slusher, all of Columbia, Missouri, hold up letters as they walk to a rally put on by volunteers with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds. The group walked across the Eads Bridge after attending a rally in East St. Louis, Illinois. This was one of several rallies held around the country.
"I want the Senate to take up legislation to pass common sense gun laws," said Laurie Henderson of Trenton, Illinois, center, who yells 'Enough" during rally put on by volunteers with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds
"I am so heartbroken for so many years for all these gun deaths. Columbine changed the way we live," said mother Tracy Christianson, of Belleville,Illinois, who holds her son Aiden Teague, 8, tight during a moment of silence during a rally put on by volunteers with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds.
More than 150 people attend a rally put on by volunteers with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds.
James Clark, the VP of Community Outreach of Better Family Life, speaks at a rally organized by the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds
After attending a rally in East St. Louis, Illinois, supporters with Mom Demand Action walk across the Eads Bridge to attend another rally to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds
Members of St. Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, from left, Emeara Buns, 21, Branden Lewis, 21, and Antonio Clark, rap "Whose Ready,? a song about wanting to end gun violence and bullying, at rally put on by the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action to honor the lives cut short by gun violence and demand common-sense gun reform on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at the Arch grounds