Gun control rally planned during NRA meeting

Nearly 400 gun safety advocates plan to rally at Riverfront Park on Saturday while the National Rifle Association's annual meeting is underway.

The rally is organized by Everytown for Gun Safety, a Washington, D.C.-based gun violence prevention organization, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots organization that emerged after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Organizers say they are gathering to "counter the gun lobby's dangerous agenda and rally for safer gun laws" in Tennessee and across the country.

The rally comes during the National Rifle Association's annual meeting at Music City Center. More than 70,000 NRA members are expected to attend the three-day gathering Friday-Sunday.

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