Baileigh Goodlett, a senior at Bloomington High School South, right, leads the march east on Kirkwood during a local "March for Our Lives" event at the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Ind. Saturday, March 24, 2018. Summoned to action by student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across the U.S. to press for gun control. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana high school students protested with signs saying "Protect Kids, Not Guns" as part of the national March for Our Lives event to press for gun control.
Saturday's marches come in the wake of a shooting that left 17 dead at a Florida high school last month. In Indianapolis, thousands of students and their supporters rallied at the Indiana Statehouse. One speaker, DeAndra Yates, talked about her son being paralyzed after he was struck with a stray bullet when he was 13.
Students at the statehouse held signs saying "Am I Next?" In Bloomington, protesters gathered outside the Monroe County Courthouse.
The Indiana protesters are among hundreds of thousands who rallied in the nation's capital and cities across America in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era.
A small group of supporters huddle together during a local "March for Our Lives" event at the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Ind. Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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Nidhi Krishna, a junior at Bloomington High School South, center, speaks during a local "March for Our Lives" event at the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Ind. Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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A small group of supporters march during a local "March for Our Lives" event at the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Ind. Saturday, March 24, 2018. Summoned to action by student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across the U.S. to press for gun control. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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