NORWALK — The March for Gun Control is planned for Saturday from St. Paul’s on the Green to Norwalk City Hall.

State Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, state Rep. Chris Perone, D-Norwalk, and representatives of other groups gathered in City Hall on Sunday afternoon to announce the march, part of the continued reaction to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and educators.

Duff said the march would start at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s, 60 East Ave., and end at the city’s Concert Hall, 125 East Ave.

He said Connecticut has taken action on gun violence on a state level, “but we need to see action at the national level.

“This is such an important issue in today’s world,” Rilling said, “and it is time for action. We see these things happening across the country, people being slaughtered by these weapons that shouldn’t even be allowed to be on the streets.”

Rilling, former police chief, told those assembled in City Hall on Saturday he used to be an NRA-certified firearms instructor. Then came federal legislation attempting to ban Teflon-coated bullets, which Rilling said “were designed only to pierce the armor of a police officer.”

“I gave up my certification, I gave up my membership, and I said I do not want to be affiliated with this organization,” he said.

Perone talked about how legislators were banding together in New England to take action that has been hard to achieve in Washington, D.C.

Kara Baekey, of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, also spoke.

“We are sick and tired of having to feel afraid to send our children to school,” she said. “ ... It takes all of us, we need to be active, we need to raise our voices.”