Teenagers all over the Bay Area organized rallies Saturday for gun reform and tighter national gun control policies.
The movement successfully pressured the Republican-dominated Florida state government to enact sweeping gun control reforms.
The group did not match the Florida results at the national level but has persisted in advocating for gun restrictions since then, as well as participating in voter registration drives. Goetz hoped that the demonstrations this time around would move elected officials to make assault weapons harder to obtain.
"I know in California, we do have a lot of laws in place to ensure background checks, and it's much more difficult," said Goetz. "But there needs to be a national policy that really ensures that a 19-year-old can't walk into a store and walk out with an AR in a matter of minutes."
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