Yahoo Finance Kids Ask 'Am I Next?' In Wrenching Protest Outside NRA Convention
Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has brought nationwide awareness of this weekend’s National Rifle Association convention in Houston ― as well as a lot of protesters.
Many people came out to protest the gun lobbying organization for helping to make America the uncontested world leader in mass shootings, with 288 school shootings between 2009 and 2018. The No. 2 country, Mexico, had only eight school shootings in that time.
One particularly heart-wrenching protest featured a group of kids with pictures of Uvalde shooting victims hanging around their necks.
Across the street from the NRA convention: “Am I next?” pic.twitter.com/bEl9vLY6gG
— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) May 27, 2022
Other protest photos and videos from outside the convention:
This group is walking around the NRA convention with a child-sized casket and holding up photos of kids killed in Uvalde.
“Protect our kids, not guns!” pic.twitter.com/ugyXx6EfUT— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) May 27, 2022
Back outside the Houston convention center, it’s gotten super hot and muggy. But hundreds of people have gathered to protest the @NRA gathering.
One woman has propped up a child sized coffin. #txlege#nrapic.twitter.com/NCy1pHL2WD— 🌟 Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) May 27, 2022
Some solid, effective, concise messaging on some of these signs at the protest outside the NRA convention in Houston. pic.twitter.com/ISI2G6uStI
— Max Steele (@maxasteele) May 27, 2022
(Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON via Getty Images)
(Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON via Getty Images)
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
