Yesterday, March 24th, millions of people not just all over the United States but all over the world took to the streets and joined the worldwide series of March For Our Lives marches in their local cities to actively show their support of the #NeverAgain movement which aims to stop gun violence and demands stricter gun laws in reaction to the increasing number of shootings in the United States.
March For Our Lives was organized by the students of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, who survived the deadly attack at their school on February 14th this year, where 17 of their fellow students and teachers lost their lives. The main march took place in the capital city of the United States – Washington D.C. – and with over 800 000 people taking part in it, it has apparently become the largest single-day demonstration in the history of Washington D.C. Aside D.C., hundreds of thousands people attended the 800 other marches all over the world.
Many celebrities praised the students for taking a stand and supported them either financially (most notably George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey), by actively attending the marches (e.g. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney…) or by voicing their support over social media.
And the members of Simple Plan were no exception. Over the past few months, Chuck Comeau especially has been very vocal about his support of better regulations of guns in the United States, where he currently resides with his family and yesterday he once again expressed his opinion on this matter on Instagram:
Besides Chuck, Sebastien Lefebvre also decided to show his support to the movement and posted the following message in his Instagram Stories:
Check out a powerful speech from the main March For Our Lives in Washington D.C. by Parkland student Emma Gonzalez and learn more about the initative on their website:
