Rally comes as teenage activists seek to push lawmakers who are blocking new gun control legislation out of office at the midterms
Less than three hours after news broke of another American mass shooting, this time at a gaming tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, a group of high school students had started organizing a protest outside the DC offices of senators who receive funding from the National Rifle Association.
“The only way to take down the NRA is to keep the pressure high,” 15-year-old Rebecca Heimbrock tweeted on Sunday afternoon, calling for protests Tuesday afternoon at the offices of senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rob Portman and senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, all Republicans who have received significant support from the NRA.
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