Washington | After Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York; Parkland, Florida; Newtown, Connecticut; El Paso, Texas, and hundreds of other mass shootings over the past two decades, thousands of protesters rallied against gun violence Saturday in Washington, DC, and other cities across the country.

With their signs, chants and mere presence, they condemned the drumbeat of mass shootings in the United States and renewed a call — so far, a futile one — for federal legislation to limit the use of the military-style weapons that have made many of them possible. Many vowed to fight the inaction at the polls.