 On Saturday, a large crowd rallied in Brainerd for the Brainerd march for our lives as protesters advocated for safer schools and reform gun laws. Our A.J. Feldman has more. Hundreds marching through downtown Brainerd in the movement led by the youth but supported by all ages fighting for one cause. We should not be afraid to go to school and students and teachers should not have to worry about what someone can cause violence with and to just stand up for what we believe in. The fact that students are in school and it's no longer a safe place, there's shootings all the time, it's unacceptable, something needs to change. The youth are stepping up and the rest of us are here to support them because they're really making a difference. I mean there are millions and millions of people stepping up protesting in Washington, in Brainerd. As people march throughout the country, the Brainerd community showing that it's affecting people locally. People are coming from 20 miles away, 30 miles away just to be involved in the community. So I think it's great that we have one close by that the people who come in can be centered with. It shows the wide range of support, it's not just big cities, it's not just college towns or whatever, it's every town, you know? And I think that's, yeah, that's great. Protesters with signs carrying different messages with different phrases but the same meaning. This has gone on for too long for nothing to be done. This has happened too much for there not to be changed like this when this, they change right away after there's been other tragedies which is like, that's what we need, we need change because it's not working how it's going right now. I had a teacher who recently told me that she believes that the change that's going to happen is going to occur when our generation reaches a point where we can actually be doing the change. And I mean my hope would be that something happens before that and that's why we're marching. Reporting in Brainerd, A.J. Feldman, Lakeland News. The march is one of over 800 which took place throughout the country. You can find more coverage of the Brainerd march on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.