'This generation can change it:' Students march for stricter gun laws

A large group on Tuesday night called for stricter gun policies during a march from Pullen Memorial Baptist Church to the State Capitol building.
Posted 2/20/2018, 11:44:00 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:52:41 PM

COMPLEX FRIDAY NIGHT.

POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS IN THE

CASE.

>>> CARRYING SIGNS AND

CHANTING, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF

DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TONIGHT

DEMANDING TOUGHER GUN LAWS.

>> ADAN OWENS SPOKE -- ADAM

OWENS SPOKE WITH DEMONSTRATORS.

>> THOSE DEMONSTRATORS WRAPPED

AROUND THE CAPITOL BUILDING

BEHIND ME EARLIER TONIGHT.

FRONT AND CENTER WERE STUDENTS

AND YOUNG PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM

THE SAME AGES AS OF STUDENTS IN

FLORIDA WHO DIED IN A MASS

SHOOTING LAST WEEK.

>> ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY --

>> YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE

HEARD IN THE DEBATE OVER GUNS

BECAUSE THEY SAY OFTENTIMES

THEY ARE THE TARGETS IN A

GROWING NUMBER OF MASS

SHOOTINGS.

>> NO MORE GUNS!

>> A RALLY AT THE BAPTIST

CHURCH, -- BAPTIST CHURCH, THE

NAME OF THOSE KILLED IN THE

FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING WERE

READ ALOUD.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN A SCHOOL

HERE, BUT MANY STUDENTS BELIEVE

THAT IT EASILY COULD.

>> SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE A

SAFE PLACE.

SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR

EDUCATION.

KIDS SHOULD NOT BE SCARED TO GO

TO SCHOOL.

>> A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR SAYS

THERE IS FRUSTRATION, BUT YEARS

OF SHOOTINGS HAVE PASSED WITH

LITTLE CHANGE.

>> I THINK THAT THIS GENERATION

CAN DEFINITELY CHANGE IT.

IF PAST GENERATIONS COULDN'T,

WE HAVE TO.

WE HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE.

IT CAN'T GO ON ANY LONGER.

>> DEMONSTRATORS SAY

ASSAULTRIFLES AND LARGE

CAPACITY MAGAZINES ARE MEANT

FOR THE BATTLEFIELD NOT THE

STREETS.

THEY BELIEVE MORE CAN BE DONE

TO KEEP WEAPONS OUT OF THE

HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO USE THEM

FOR MASS MURDER.

>> WE NEED STRICTER GUN LAWS

AND OUR POLITICIANS ARE NOT

DOING ENOUGH TO FORCE THAT.

>> THEY WALKED MORE THAN A

MILE.

MANY OF THEM STUDENTS LINING

SIDEWALKS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH

FOR BLOCKS.

CANDLES REPRESENTING THOSE

KILLED IN FLORIDA WERE PLACED

OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

MONICA WAS AMONG THE MARCHERS,

AN ARMY VETERAN WITH A LITTLE

GIRL.

>> I NEED TO MAKE SURE MY

DAUGHTER IS SAFE GOING TO

SCHOOL, HER FRIENDS ARE SAFE

GOING TO SCHOOL.

I NEED TO BE SURE THAT I'M SAFE

GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

I NEED TO MAKE SURE MY FAMILY

IS SAFE.

RIGHT NOW WE DON'T FEEL SAFE

ANYMORE.

>> GERALD, THIS CROWD HERE

TONIGHT WAS CLEARLY ENERGIZED.

BEFORE IT WAS ALL OVER, THERE

WAS ALREADY TALK ABOUT NEXT

STEPS TO GET THE CHANGE THEY

WANT.

BACK TO YOU.

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