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Posted: 2018-03-24T20:31:34Z | Updated: 2018-03-24T23:18:09Z

Enough.

That was the message that hundreds of thousands of protesters around the world had Saturday for lawmakers who have ignored the toll of gun violence and refused to pass meaningful gun reform legislation.

At the March For Our Lives event in Washington, D.C., students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where 17 people were killed last month gave passionate, articulate speeches encouraging young adults to vote.

Survivor David Hogg made it clear that politicians in the pocket of the National Rifle Association wouldnt be around much longer.

To those politicians supported by the NRA and who allow the continued slaughter of our children and our future, I say: Get your resumes ready, Hogg said.

Fellow survivor and activist Delaney Tarr echoed the sentiment.

If we move on, the NRA and those against us will win. They want us to forget. They want our voices to be silenced. And they want to retreat into the shadows where they can remain unnoticed, Tarr said. They want to be back on top, unquestioned in their corruption, but we cannot and we will not let that happen.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit established after the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre, provided support to the young organizers. Organizers said more than 800 marches were planned around the U.S. and abroad, with some protesters traveling from neighboring states to attend the largest gatherings.

Many of their signs skewered politicians and the National Rifle Association. The more popular chants that broke out among the crowds included Not one more, Vote them out and The NRA has got to go!