Igor Bobic/HuffPost Brandon Howard, left, and others participate in a counter-protest against new gun regulations. WASHINGTON ― As hundreds of thousands of students, teachers and activists rallied around the country to demand greater gun safety regulations on Saturday, a small number of counterdemonstrators took to the streets to argue against additional gun control policies. These guys are counter-protesting in favor of gun rights pic.twitter.com/3iQz4eWJJU — Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) March 24, 2018Brandon Howard, an Army veteran, said that instead implementing new gun restrictions, people should encourage teachers to arm themselves to keep children safe and prevent school shootings. “We’re not going to stand idly by and let them tell us what we can and cannot do.”Hello from Salt Lake City, where I am following a rally for gun rights. “I believe it’s their goal to unarm America,” said Brandon McKee, of the Washington marchers.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2018 18:11 UTC