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Florida school shooting survivors join protest outside NRA headquarters

WATCH: Father of Parkland shooting victim speaks during ‘March on the NRA’ event – Aug 4, 2018

FAIRFAX, Va. – Hundreds of gun-control protesters have been joined by survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting at a rally outside National Rifle Association headquarters.

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Family members of those killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February addressed the crowd during Saturday afternoon’s “National March on NRA” rally in Fairfaxe. The protest shut down a portion of the road outside NRA headquarters.

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Police kept protesters and counterprotesters, some of whom were armed, separated during the rally.

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March organizers called on the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the NRA’s tax-exempt status and to stop access to downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed guns.

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