![Chaos and panic at the rally in Washington DC.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ef19c2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3999+0+1/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F42%2F47c5ea0b4759bc6a3de6a38e2920%2F971910-na-pol-0611-march-for-our-lives-dc-kkn-21997.jpg)
Demonstrators in Washington, D.C., run after some heard the word “gun” when a man shouted and charged the main stage.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and in downtown L.A., in a renewed push for gun control after recent mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y.; Uvalde, Texas; and elsewhere.
Washington, D.C.
![People comfort each other after a man charged the main stage.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/123ea85/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2F9b%2Fd490521d4a0faa40884722f887c0%2F971910-na-pol-0611-march-for-our-lives-dc-kkn-34810.jpg)
People comfort each other after a man charged the main stage at the March for Our Lives rally on the National Mall, near the Washington Monument.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
![People comfort each other at rally.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/58ea049/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2F5b%2F978c93e945fea3084ff24ecf2544%2F971910-na-pol-0611-march-for-our-lives-dc-kkn-22044.jpg)
Attendees embrace after the incident.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
![Counter protester argue with police.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/93b8620/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F64%2F50%2F3da2772241e2829bbad9a3d75eef%2F971910-na-pol-0611-march-for-our-lives-dc-kkn-21882.jpg)
A member of the United States Park Police argues with a counter-protester.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
![Protesters gather on National Mall](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aa9a164/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F60%2Fcd%2F94d321594377b8c92660bde516cf%2F971910-na-pol-0611-march-for-our-lives-dc-kkn-34720.jpg)
Demonstrators urge Congress to act on gun violence.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles
![A dog joins the protest](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c03c9af/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3168x2209+0+0/resize/2000x1395!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F63%2F00%2Fa8526b244ce7bed6c85975617acd%2F970905-me-march-for-our-lives-6-brv.jpg)
Archie, a mixed breed dog, joins his owner Gaby Navarro and hundreds of people at the protest.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
![Mother and daugther at the rally.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9ca1f72/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2396+0+0/resize/2000x1331!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F65%2Fdb%2F5fe4e472494f8d6ebe6bdf21f1fd%2F970905-me-march-for-our-lives-15-brv.jpg)
Katie Villegas and her daughter, Siena, listen to speakers.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
![Participants listen to speakers during March for our Lives rally.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7278f2d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2400+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F0f%2Facd1fd08410bb9ae9c3b886f6795%2F970905-me-march-for-our-lives-14-brv.jpg)
Protesters listen to speakers during March for our Lives rally on Saturday.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
![Protesters march during the March for Our Lives rally.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fb3336b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2393+0+0/resize/2000x1329!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2F69%2F7d3c8e564ff69a243d280304ca40%2F970905-me-march-for-our-lives-4-brv.jpg)
Protesters march downtown.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
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