DENVER — Students rallied at the Colorado State Capitol on Wednesday morning and at schools across the area in the afternoon to demand action for school safety.

The morning event was organized by Students Demand Action, which is connected to Moms Demand Action. It involved teenagers from high schools across the metro area calling for what they call common-sense gun laws.

Students Demand Action, which was formed shortly after the Parkland High School shooting in Florida in 2018, has hundreds of chapters all over the country.

Wednesday morning's rally involved a gathering at the Capitol steps, then a march through downtown Denver and back again.

"Gun violence affects us all," Carter Ferris with Students Demand Action said. "We cannot let this issue polarize us like so many have. We have

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