Hundreds of protesters have rallied outside the headquarters of the National Rifle Association (NRA), calling for stricter gun-control measures and a change to the powerful gun lobby’s tax-exempt status.
The protesters met Saturday for the “National March on NRA” in Fairfax, Virginia, carrying signs and chanting slogans against the NRA and gun violence across the US.
Demonstrators shut down a portion of road leading the organization’s headquarters, where they encountered counter-protesters supporting gun ownership.
“Hey, hey, ho ho, the NRA has got to go,” the crowds chanted while NRA supporters, some armed with weapons, waved banners of US President Donald Trump and held up signs, including one reading “Tyranny: When you disarm me.”
Police officers, along with white and orange barriers, separated the protesters from NRA supporters.
The protest is just the latest to target the organization and demand stricter gun control laws…