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March For Our Lives: Students in Mississippi Rally Against Gun Violence

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March For Our Lives Rally in Jackson, Miss
MPB News

Families and teenagers in Mississippi joined thousands across the country. Participants in the March for Our Lives Rally are asking for stricter gun control in response to school shootings and gun violence. Marchers chanted "What do we want? Gun Laws! When do we want them? Now!"  through the downtown streets of Jackson.  A junior at Murrah High School, Maggie Jefferies took the podium to describe how she and her classmates recently feared for their lives after an anonymous threat at her school.

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