Twenty-three empty school buses were parked outside the National Rifle Association headquarters in Virginia as part of a gun control demonstration led by the parents of a Parkland school shooting victim.
Twenty-three empty school buses are parked outside the National Rifle Association headquarters in Virginia as part of a gun control demonstration led by the parents of a Parkland school shooting victim.
"Each school bus seat represents a child who will never get to visit Washington, D.C. on a class trip as millions of others do," said JP Hervis, a spokesperson for the group. Attendees also participated in a "lie-in" in front of the NRA building on Waples Mill Road. Fairfax police were in the area during the demonstration and closed the road between Pender Drive and the I-66 overpass for a short time. It has since been reopened.
D.C. is the 23rd city the Olivers have visited across the country since the tour began on July 3. Throughout their 10,000 miles of travel, they say they have met with several gun violence survivors and their families, including parents who lost loved ones in Uvlade, Sante Fe, Orlando Pulse, Las Vegas, Tucson, and Nashville, among other cities.
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