More Than 1,500 Rally For Georgia Lawmakers To Regulate Guns

Supporters for increased gun regulation showed up Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol. The turnout for Wednesday’s annual advocacy day surpassed past years.

Johnathon Kelso

More than 1,500 proponents of increased gun regulation took their demands to the Georgia Capitol on Wednesday.

The advocacy day is an annual event organized by advocacy groups Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, but Wednesday’s turnout dwarfed that of past years.

Many of the adults at Wednesday’s rally had to miss work, but many students are on break this week. (Johnathon Kelso)

Andrea Teichner, who leads the Georgia chapter of Moms Demand Action, told the crowd less than a dozen people used to show up.