Delaware showed up big time for #MarchForOurLives

Let’s be real: It shouldn’t have taken a tragedy in Florida and a teenage movement for people in Delaware to take a mass stand against gun violence. As of March 25, there have been 17 shooting incidents in Wilmington — and so far, it’s a relatively good year, down from 40 incidents this time in 2017.

That’s what it took, though, and it’s given a boost to Wilmington’s all-weather activists. Saturday’s March For Our Lives protest from Howard High School to Rodney Square was one of the biggest downtown Wilmington demonstrations in history. Joe Biden was there, as well as Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, while Sen. Chris Coons demonstrated downstate in Rehoboth.

Crowd is building for #MarchForOurLivesWilm #enoughisenough pic.twitter.com/bYJFomk2Nr

— Senator Tom Carper (@SenatorCarper) March 24, 2018

This morning, I stood shoulder to shoulder with student leaders at the #MarchforOurLives. Delaware's students give me hope by continuing to stay engaged and organized in the fight to make our communities and schools safer. They aren't giving up, and I'm not giving up either. pic.twitter.com/k567xzgV4u

— Lisa Blunt Rochester (@LisaBRochester) March 24, 2018

#EnoughDE #MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesDE #NeverAgainDE pic.twitter.com/b5qHVRRFPe

— mimi🪩🌟 (@cowboylikemimii) March 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/YouthCaucusUSA/status/977584623625662464?s=19

Standing with these students. Do you need to ask why I stand. #No more excuses. #MarchforOurLivesDE pic.twitter.com/R2Oj3A7jDl

— Y. Deneice Berry for State Rep 5 (@ydeneiceberry) March 24, 2018

#MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesDE#March4OurLives @delawareonline #RodneySquare #WilmingtonDE pic.twitter.com/B4bTLSXrO5

— M✍🏼ggie Rowe (@rowemag) March 24, 2018

#MarchForOurLives #marchforourlivesde #NeverAgain #wilmingtonde pic.twitter.com/HKiAN7L689

— Hannah (@abirdofmytongue) March 24, 2018

#MarchForOurLivesde pic.twitter.com/rm9t42itDr

— Patricia Downing (@pattysdowning) March 24, 2018

We're so proud to support #marchforourlivesde today in Rodney Square! Inspired by the young people leading this movement. #netDE #DareToAct pic.twitter.com/Wics3fqLi1

— Kerri Evelyn Harris (@KEEVHA_DE) March 24, 2018

I’m past patiently waiting. #Enough @Lin_Manuel #EnoughDE #MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesDE pic.twitter.com/Mx4diXVx9G

— mimi🪩🌟 (@cowboylikemimii) March 25, 2018

#MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesDE #NeverAgain #Enough pic.twitter.com/lj062wGz3T

— Deb Bieler (@Deb_Bieler) March 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/Elg21Nemaric/status/977635154628874242?s=19

#MarchForOurLives organizers said they draw hope from the #nextgeneration #MarchForOurLivesDE#March4OurLives #NeverAgain @delawareonline pic.twitter.com/E5FfmKDdF2

— M✍🏼ggie Rowe (@rowemag) March 24, 2018

#MarchForOurLives #March4OurLives #MarchForOurLivesDE @delawareonline #RodneySquareDE pic.twitter.com/tkBfBFArBf

— M✍🏼ggie Rowe (@rowemag) March 24, 2018

"We're thrilled to be one of the biggest marches in Wilmington for years, especially since we will be focusing on an issue that is so important to our city, which has struggled with an epidemic of gun violence for years." https://t.co/J6H582ttv1 #netDE #eduDE #MarchForOurLives

— Jessica Bies (@JessicaJBies) March 22, 2018

My daughter Maggie and I are on our way to Sussex County to join the March for our Lives in #Rehoboth this morning. Inspired seeing all the other pics from around the country at their marches. #netde pic.twitter.com/kfJU7Qk7fA

— Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) March 24, 2018