DC Police Approve March For Our Lives Permit: Report

WASHINGTON, DC -- Washington, D.C., police have signed off on a massive event to protest gun violence that will take place along Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. on March 24, according to a report.

The "March For Our Lives" event is being organized by survivors of the deadly shooting last month at a high school in Parkland, Fla. by a teen armed with an AR-15. The shooting caused a massive outcry and renewed calls for stricter gun control.

Rallies will be held around the world on March 24, the one-month anniversary of the attack, including on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. where police have authorized a permit between 3rd and 18th streets Northwest, according to a WTOP report.

Police will release information about street closures later. While it is being called a "march," it will more closely resemble a rally, including a main stage at Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street with the U.S. Capitol in the background, according to the report. The event will begin around noon.

Make no mistake about it: this rally will be absolutely massive. The National Park Service expects 500,000 to attend, which would put it on par with the Women's March on Washington, a rally that totally took over the District and brought the city to a standstill the day after President Trump's inauguration.

Marches are planned at other cities, including Portland, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, and Chicago. The March For Our Lives website claims that there will be 726 events worldwide.

"On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today," the website reads. "March with us in Washington DC or march in your own community. On March 24, the collective voices of the March For Our Lives movement will be heard."

The students who survived the Parkland massacre have become the stars of the movement, earning both praise from gun control advocates for speaking out and scorn from Republicans -- or even claims that they were crisis actors.

"Though we made it home, 17 people didn't," survivor Cameron Kasky, 17, wrote in an op-ed for CNN recently. "Those 17 people were murdered on the grounds of a school that has always felt like the safest place to be in a town that's been called the safest town in Florida. We can't ignore the issues of gun control that this tragedy raises. And so, I'm asking -- no, demanding -- we take action now."

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