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'No more' or we vote you out, students lead huge U.S. anti-gun rallies

Gun control advocates for the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control after recent school shootings at a rally in Washington. [Photo: Courtesy]

Chanting “never again,” hundreds of thousands of young Americans and their supporters answered a call to action from survivors of last month’s Florida high school massacre and rallied across the United States on Saturday to demand tighter gun laws.

In some of the biggest U.S. youth demonstrations for decades, protesters called on lawmakers and President Donald Trump to confront the issue. Voter registration activists fanned out in the crowds, signing up thousands of the nation’s newest voters.

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