Gone Too Soon
Outside the NRA convention in Houston, protestors gathered near a casket filled with crosses and images of the children killed on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.
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‘Why Does Anyone Need An Assault Rifle?’
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone Outside the George R. Brown convention center in Houston, demonstrators hold signs questioning the need for assault rifles and urging onlookers to vote.
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‘Love Children More Than Guns’
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A woman holds a sign urging loving our children over guns outside the convention center where the NRA convention is taking place this weekend.
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Everyone Against Abbott
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A woman holds a sign demonstrating her displeasure with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Vote!
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A demonstrator wears a hat reading “Vote the Murderers Out.”
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Yes, We Can.
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A woman wears a shirt calling for an end to gun violence, while inside the convention center in Houston, politicians called for more guns.
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School Supplies, Not Bulletproof Vests.
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone Young people gathered outside the convention center where the NRA was holding its annual meeting, days after 19 children and two teachers were killed at their school.
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Beto Speaks
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone Democratic candidate for Texas Governor Beto O’Rourke speaks to the crowd in Discovery Green, a park near the George R. Brown Convention Center.
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‘Enough Already’
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A doctor at the yesterday’s demonstration in Houston.
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‘A Teacher, Not a Target’
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone While some of the speakers inside the convention center called for arming teachers, outside teachers called for gun reform and to make schools safer.
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Not a Fan
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone Demonstrator holds a sign mocking Greg Abbott, Donald Trump, and Ted Cruz.
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We Can’t Get The Children We’ve Lost Back
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A woman holds a sign reading “We never took away your guns, but your guns took away our children.”
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A Family United Against Guns
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone A mother and her children came to Houston to protest the NRA. One sign said “I don’t want to text my mom ‘I love you’ from uinder a desk.” The other said “Protect us, not guns.”
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Standing Messages
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone Signs affixed to a fence outside of the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston.
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‘Acres of Guns and Gear’
Image Credit: Arturo Olmos for Rolling Stone “What’s wrong with our nation? What’s wrong with our country? I mean, that’s why we’re here,” one demonstrator said.