Second Amendment supporters demonstrate at Nevada Capitol
A group of pro-Second Amendment demonstrators marched Sunday from Mills Park to the Nevada Capitol, where they lined North Carson Street waving signs and flags in support of gun ownership rights.
Demonstrators said they gathered to voice their support for the Second Amendment, one of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from infringing upon the people's right to keep and bear arms.
Demonstrators said they were also exercising their First Amendment free speech rights with the protest.
Sunday's Second Amendment protest comes amidst nationwide anti-gun violence demonstrations over the past several weeks calling for stricter gun control legislation following the Feb. 14 Valentine's Day mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of 17 people.