About 20 people rallied for stricter gun laws Saturday afternoon in front of the governor's mansion.Â
Gov. Pete Ricketts' Feb. 23 tweet inviting the National Rifle Association to hold its annual convention in Nebraska — nine days after a shooting at a Florida high school left 17 dead — prompted Action Committee Nebraska to organize Saturday's rally.Â
. - We want your convention in Nebraska. Nebraskans love our constitutional rights!
— Gov. Pete Ricketts (@GovRicketts)
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On a sunny, windy day, the crowd held signs protesting NRA influence on Nebraska politicians.
"No more NRA in our state. We're sick of their influence," organizer Catherine Lohrmeier said. "They should not be writing policy for our people."
Irving Middle School eighth-grader Molly Mossmann was the youngest person at the rally.
"We need stricter gun laws. Something to protect my friends and your kids," she said.
Action Committee Nebraska has helped organize advocacy events in the past, including the Women's March in January.
"This is ground zero" for change, Lohrmeier said.
Another gun control rally, March for Our Lives, will take place in cities across the country, including Lincoln, on March 24.