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VOL. 32, N0. 13
MARCH 30, 2018
SAN National rally against gun MARCOS -NEWS violence comes to Encinitas
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By Aaron Burgin & Jordan P. Ingram
ENOUGH! Event organizer Caroline Mayou, 26, speaks to a crowd of protestors during a “March For Our Lives” demonstration near the entrance of Swami’s State Beach on Saturday morning in Encinitas. Nearly 1,200 people from across North County attended the nationwide, student-led event demanding action on gun violence. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
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ENCINITAS — Around the country, people of all ages are fed up with gun violence. More than a thousand North County residents, including students, families, teachers and veterans, gathered on the lawn of the entrance to Swami’s State Beach in Encinitas to participate in a nationwide “March for our Lives” campaign. The rally, which took place nearly a week after a national school walkout, was just one of 800 gatherings that took place across the country to honor the victims of gun violence and advocate for stricter gun control measures. The coordinated event was also one of three planned marches in San Diego County, with thousands congregating at Escondido City Hall and Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego. Organizers and participants are appealing to local, state and federal politicians to work together to find a solution to gun violence in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed. An estimated 1,500 people attended the Swami’s rally, with potentially thousands more joining in for the march. Rising above the noise of buzzing drones and honking cars, lead organizer and Carlsbad resident, Caroline Mayou, 26, read the names of the Parkland victims aloud through a bullhorn and led the group in a moment of silence be-
fore the crowd began its walk alongside South Coast Highway 101 to Moonlight Beach. Mayou said several factors motivatedTHE her to organize the North County VISTA rally. NEWS “Anger, frustration, and laziness from going downtown,” she said. “Parking is terrible down there.” Mayou called the rally and march a success. “I think everything went awesome,” Mayou said. “Encinitas is already a conscious community, RANCHO and everyone came together and suddenly people SFNEWS who were feeling like they were minorities weren’t anymore, they felt like their voices were heard and they were able to relate to the people around them, because they shared the same view, which is creating common sense gun laws across the country.” “I was pretty excited that no trash was left behind, traffic was relatively undisrupted, and police didn’t have to interject,” Mayou said. Valley Middle School seventh grader, Kaia Ross, 12, of Carlsbad, came to stand alongside her classmates and friends to support the growing movement. “I’m here today for all the people who lost their lives at school and to help protect others,” Ross said. Mike Fidler, 71, of Carlsbad, holding a blue “March For Our Lives” sign, said with regards to gun control, it’s time for a change. “I’m standing in soli-
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