Ann Arbor Mayor, Christopher Taylor, addresses the crowd. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Pioneer High School junior, Grace Stephan, 17, joins hundreds of her fellow students at the 'Die-In'. LON HORWEDEL, LON HORWEDEL

Pioneer High School junior Sarah Lewis, speaks to a crowd gathered at Liberty Plaza in downtown Ann Arbor, Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2018, for a "Die-In" protest to end gun violence. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Pioneer High School junior, Juliana Fried, 16, joins hundreds of her fellow students for a "Die In". LON HORWEDEL, LON HORWEDEL

Ann Arbor Public School's Superintendent, Dr. Jeanice Swift, addresses the crowd during Saturday afternoon's "Die-In" protest to put an end to gun violence. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Ann Arbor Mayor, Christopher Taylor, addresses the crowd. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Alison Stupka, left, and Hallie Levine, both teachers from Ann Arbor, join in on the "Die In"in downtown Ann Arbor. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

The "Die-In" protest was organized by the Pioneer High School Civic and Political Engagement Club and the Washtenaw Youth Resistance and featured local speakers and the six minute stretch where everyone laid on the ground for six minutes in silence. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Hundreds of high school students, teachers, parents, and local residents lie on the ground in silence for six minutes at Liberty Plaza in downtown Ann Arbor, Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2018, for a 'Die-In' protest to end gun violence. The action symbolizes the six minutes it took for 17 students to be killed by a troubled former student recently at a Florida high school. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Andy Thomas, a former Ann Arbor School Board member, holds up a sign declaring his feelings on politicians and the NRA Saturday in Ann Arbor. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Students hold signs, including one showing the kill totals for recent mass shootings including Las Vegas, Orlando, Sandy Hook and more. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Pioneer High School students, from left, Josie Leydenfrost, 17, Lizzie Williams, 16, and Atticus Tanguay, 17, hold protest signs prior to a "Die In" protest to end gun violence at Liberty Plaza in downtown Ann Arbor Saturday. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Celeste Kanpurwala, left, and Helen Bucella-Costa, both of Ann Arbor, man the Moms Demand Action booth. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Gari Stein, Ann Arbor, lets her feelings on gun violence be known as she, and nearly 300 others, attended a "Die In" at Liberty Plaza in downtown Ann Arbor Saturday. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News

Pioneer High School junior Sarah Lewis, speaks to a crowd gathered at Liberty Plaza in downtown Ann Arbor for the anti-gun protest. LON HORWEDEL, LON HORWEDEL

Hundreds of students, teachers, parents, and local residents, lie on the ground in silence for six minutes to protest gun violence. Lon Horwedel, Special to Detroit News
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