Jintak Han, The Denver PostLisa Walters, 37, of Aurora, Colorado, puts a badge on her son, Tyler Walters, 7, at Civic Center Park in Denver during the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostProtesters gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostRep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., speaks to a crowd gathered at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022. DeGette, whose district includes Columbine High School, is an outspoken proponent of gun control.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostAva Shokouhi, 17, an upcoming senior at Ralston Valley High School in Arvada, Colorado, speaks to a crowd gathered at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022. “School is supposed to be a safe space… then why are we so afraid to go to school?” Shokouhi said.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostAmelia Jáuregui, 19, of Plano, Texas, cries during an 11-minute moment of silence for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, during the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, at Civic Center Park in Denver, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Jáuregui said she came to Denver for a videography internship.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostTwenty-one volunteers, representing the 21 victims of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, play dead at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostColorado state senator Tammy Story speaks to a crowd gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostLucy Sarkissian, a survivor of the STEM School Highlands Ranch shootingin 2019, speaks to a crowd gathered at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostProtesters gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostProtesters gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostTwenty-one volunteers, representing the 21 victims of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, play dead at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostProtesters gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostProtesters gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostProtesters gather at Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostCassidy Thompson, 15, an incoming junior at Golden High School in Golden, Colorado, puts up signs of the number “7,957” — the number of children shot by guns every year in the United States, according to the Brady Campaign — at Civic Center Park in Denver for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Thompson is one of a group of teens who organized the Denver branch of the movement, which drew hundreds of protesters.
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Lisa Walters, 37, of Aurora, Colorado, puts a badge on her son, Tyler Walters, 7, at Civic Center Park in Denver during the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022, a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun laws in the United States, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
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Protesters gathered in Denver’s Civic Center Park for the Denver branch of the March For Our Lives 2022 protest calling for stricter gun laws in the United States on Saturday, June 11, 2022.

















