Beto O'Rourke Only Candidate to Endorse March For Our Lives' Gun Control Plan

It's been 555 days since the Parkland school shooting. In that time there have been 574 mass shootings, killing 596 Americans and injuring 2,315 more.

So it was hardly surprising when, in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, March Of Our Lives released a comprehensive gun control plan. What has been far more surprising is the relative silence from Democratic presidential candidates.

In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, Marjory Stoneman Douglas students met with and even interviewed Senator Bernie Sanders. Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a March For Our Lives rally in Delaware, Senator Kamala Harris joined a march in California, Senator Elizabeth Warren popped up at several marches in Massachusetts and Senator Cory Booker invited New Jersey rally organizers to his events.

But of the 10 candidates qualified for the September debate—who almost all have their own gun control plans and criticized Trump for his recent flip-flopping on background checks—only one endorsed March For Our Lives' Peace Plan for a Safer America.

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