Yesterday, about a hundred residents of new York gathered for a rally in support of more strict laws on gun control. This happened less than 24 hours after the 64-year-old pensioner Stephen Paddock shot and wounded 59 516 people at the festival of country music in Las Vegas.
«One of the largest mass killings occurred because the national rifle Association made it,» said meeting organizer Kevin Herzog, as protesters stood on times square.
Defenders fight with weapons went on the March, organized by the group Gays against Gunsin the Park Union square around 6 PM. Some protesters covered their faces with symbolic white veil. Shouting «What do we want? Of gun control! When we want to? Now!», the demonstrators marched down Broadway to times square. In hands some had placards with these inscriptions: «Make new York free of weapons» and «Justice».
#lasvegas #guncontrol rally close to Times Sq. pic.twitter.com/Dzt31qFO7u
— Ivan Pereira (@IvanPer4) October 2, 2017
Herzog said that yesterday’s tragedy is a reminder of how important laws on gun control.
«I hope people will see this… the citizens of the United States of America are tired of what they consume in their entertainment centers», — he stressed.
Public advocate Letitia James told the crowd at times square that the time for courtesy was over. «Now is not the time to be polite, she said. – Now we need to demand a better solution.»
Mayor bill de Blasio also expressed condolences in connection with tragedy in his Twitter:»new York grieves for the wounded and killed during the shooting in Las Vegas.»
New York City mourns all those injured and killed by the shooting in Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/68eJTltbV9
— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) October 2, 2017
Recall, organization, Gays against Guns was created after the terrorist started shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida in 2016. She opposes weapons factories and the National rifle Association of the United States.
On Sunday there was the bloodiest massacre in the history of the United States, which has eclipsed mass murder in Orlando: in Las Vegas, killing 59 people, and in Florida – 49. But if Omar Martin himself admitted in connection with ISIS, the FBI denied any involvement in the Paddock to the terrorist group. His motives are still unknown.
