ST. LOUIS — The moms knew it was time to march again.

About 300 people, many of them mothers, rallied and marched around and through Fairground Park in St. Louis on Saturday afternoon to draw attention to gun violence against children in St. Louis and St. Louis County.

“We don’t just want more officials, we want more opportunities,” the Rev. Traci Blackmon told the crowd, many of them carrying signs or wearing memorial T-shirts or red Moms Demand Action T-shirts. “We don’t want more restrictions, we want resources.”

Some were in a group called St. Louis Mothers in Charge, which marched in Clayton in October 2014 after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson. They joined with Moms Demand Action for Saturday’s march because of the uptick in the violent deaths of children.

They made a point to go around and through the park, showing people in the neighborhood their support. People in cars honked and cheered.