Thousands of people rallied in Washington DC, calling for stricter gun controls as they walked from the Capitol to the Washington Monument.
The crowd included people of Newtown, Connecticut, where a school shooting last month has reignited a debate on the safety and security of firearms.
They made banners with the names of the victims of the violence of arms firearms and daubed messages like "Gun Control Now".
Speakers ask them to exert political pressure to support the reform of the control of weapons.
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while some 46 per cent of households and 29% of people stated that they possessed a firearm in 1990, two decades later it had fallen to 32% and 21%.DC has most gun homicides; Connecticut less than averageFor more statistics, as well as the difference between a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle, visit the BBC in the statistics: firearms in the United StatesSecretary of education Arne Duncan said a student died of gun every two weeks, while he was CEO of Chicago public schools. But he denied that gun control would limit a weapon to fire the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
"It's about the responsibility of the firearms. It is about the safety of firearms. It's less dead Americans, less dead children, fewer children are living in fear, he said.
Speaking alongside lawyers and Hollywood actors such as Kathleen Turner, the speakers call supported by president Barack Obama style ban on military assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as the background checks wider on firearms buyers.
Mr. Obama has also proposed giving school districts funds to hire uniformed police officers to keep schools.
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