March for our Lives: Special Report From Washington
A special BBC Trending report from Washington, where thousands of students are marching in favour of stricter gun control laws.
A special report from Washington, where thousands of students are marching in favour of stricter gun control laws.
Trending has been following three student activists affected by gun violence.
The students are demanding bans on powerful semiautomatic rifles and a comprehensive raft of measures to stop school shootings.
The #NeverAgain movement has become a social media phenomenon and has already changed America’s conversation about guns.
But will Saturday’s march create lasting change?
Presenters: Anisa Subedar, Mike Wendling
Producers: Reha Kansara, Natalia Zuo
(Photo: Violet - pro gun-control protestor from New York. Credit: BBC)
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- Fri 23 Mar 201820:06GMTBBC World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & Americas and the Caribbean only
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