Salem rally against gun violence to be held Sunday afternoon

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : The group says they are marching to "demand a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, a national mandate for universal background checks and licensing of all gun owners." Thousands of gun control advocates were expected to rally across the country Saturday in nationwide March for Our Lives proteststo demand action on gun laws after a spate of deadly mass shootings.
39% : That year, the group rallied more than one million people in the nation's capital and hosted sister rallies around the country and world, ramping up public pressure to change gun laws that - four years later - have largely still not been addressed.

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