March For Our Lives students slept in VA lawmakers offices ahead of Lobby Day

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Students with the March For Our Lives movement took their fight for tougher gun laws straight to the source Monday, as they protested outside the National Rifle Association Headquarters in Fairfax.

But not before starting the day at a gun-rights rally in Richmond.

With threats of violence looming before a gun-rights rally, a couple of delegates secretly escorted the students to their offices at the Capitol complex so they could stay overnight and safely take part in Lobby Day.

“I brought pillows and blankets, they brought their bravery and courage to lobby lawmakers when armed militias are outside,” Delegate Chris Hurst of Roanoke tweeted.