Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens testifies on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2014. Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.

In this April 30, 2014, file photo, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens testifies on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has called for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation. The 97-year-old said in an essay on The New York Times website that repeal would weaken the National Rifle Association's ability to "block constructive gun control legislation".

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said 2nd amendment is "a relic" and should be repealed. Danny Johnston/AP hide caption Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, responding to this past weekend's March For Our Lives in several cities is proposing what some might call a radical solution to prevent further gun violence- repealing the second amendment.

In this April 30, 2014, file photo, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens testifies on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.

New Jersey Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald, standing left, D-Voorhees, N.J., discusses the Assembly, as they consider a half-dozen gun control bills expected to get a vote Monday, March 26, 2018, at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey's Democrat-led Assembly passed six measures Monday aimed at strengthening the state's already-strict gun laws. TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's Democrat-led Assembly on Monday passed a half-dozen bills aimed at strengthening the state's already-strict gun laws, including a measure to permit the seizure of weapons upon a court order.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg won't back down in his crusade for sensible gun laws and safe schools so that what happened to him in Parkland, Florida, never happens to anyone else. While Hogg has explained that the vast majority of members of the National Rifle Association agree there should be better safety training, background checks and other regulations, McCain claimed his rhetoric was too divisive.

Proponents of new gun-reform measures largely had the Sunday talk shows to themselves this week, with student activists and Democratic senators dominating the conversation and one Republican senator distancing herself somewhat from the National Rifle Association. The NRA, frequently attacked from the stages of March for Our Lives rallies, came up repeatedly.

Well over 1 million students - and their supporters - packed the streets in Washington, D.C., and around the globe Saturday to make a powerful statement against gun violence and call on lawmakers to pass stricter laws or face their wrath at the polls. Busload after busload filled the nation's capital with students from across the country, including some from as far away as California and Minnesota , for the March for Our Lives, a rally announced just days after a Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Catherine Monroe, 19, who drove all night from Gainesville, Fla., rests near the Capitol Reflecting Pool before joining the student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday to call for action to prevent gun violence. Austin is a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman killed 17 people last month.

Summoned by student survivors of the Florida school massacre, tens of thousands of people poured into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignite political activism among the young.

Activists, school children and students prepare posters and slogans for the "March for our lives" rally in Washington. Washington - Bundled against the cold but fired up with passion after a Florida high school massacre, crowds gathered in Washington on Saturday for what is expected to be the biggest US gun control protest in a generation, with hundreds of thousands attending.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the nation's capital on Saturday for the "March for Our Lives" to support tougher gun controls and protest Congress's refusal to consider them.

"Steady and relax," I whispered as my cheek fused to the stock of my .22-caliber rifle, waiting for the shot to break and launch a round at 1,800 feet per second toward the paper target downrange. This would be merely one of thousands of rounds I fired in youth shooting-club practices and competitions while growing up in rural Texas.

While they have made a lot of noise calling the NRA "child murderers" and politicians the association's "b*tch ," there's one student in particular who hasn't gotten much attention from the media: Kyle Kashuv . Kashuv, who survived the same massacre as Hogg, Kasky, and GonzA lez, has emerged as a staunch supporter for the Second Amendment.

D.C. is bracing for hundreds of thousands of students to demonstrate in the "March For Our Lives." Two Parkland, Florida, teens who are among those leading the march spoke with News4's Wendy Rieger about what they hope to accomplish during their visit to the nation's capital.

Most Americans Say the White House and Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress Aren't Doing Enough to Address High Drug Costs Democrats Split on Whether to Fix the ACA or Push for a National Health Plan; Few Democratic Voters Say a National Health Plan is Their Top Issue for the Midterms As policymakers weigh strategies to address the high cost of prescription drugs, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that a large majority of the public view pharmaceutical companies as having too much influence in Washington - more than say the same about the National Rifle Association .