Scenes from the Congress Members Gun Violence Sit-In

These are the pictures from the Democratic sit-in that most stood out to us. True to form, the first tweet depicts our own blurry screen shot before we realized the event was being relayed by legislators via social media. If the results of the protest from the House chamber were ambiguous, the nature of the action, as well as the tools and methods to distribute it, were groundbreaking. At least they were in the halls of power.

Who said the Occupy movement was dead?

Unique moment. Legis-lators getting pix of the #sitin out from their own devices https://t.co/NOBbhksWrL pic.twitter.com/UtiDiAqYiu

— Reading The Pic-tures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

Calmness. Documentation. Deliberation. Shot by @RepDianaDeGette is a get. Just the begin-ning? #SitIn #NoBillNoBreak pic.twitter.com/smTEO71poY

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

Rep. Pingree’s #sitin pic via @ap via @politico accents lapel pins, #LGBT pic.twitter.com/RiKf7jm2iL

— Reading The Pic-tures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

Nice #sitin portrait + gallery from Dutch Ruppersber’s account @Call_Me_Dutch. Holding the floor. Seat of the pants. pic.twitter.com/VjahMAvCjj

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

Do love the shot w Donna Edwards. @TIME cover if Lewis’s eyes were open? #sitin pic.twitter.com/6AAmp6lYt7

— Reading The Pic-tures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

More heart to this one from @Rep_JaniceHahn w @CorinaFiore @RepCicilline @RepBonamici. Counterpoint to the anger. pic.twitter.com/Ipjg9raTyA

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

From @DonaldNorcross account. #Sitin growing or just panorama? We’ll take our seats AND the floor. pic.twitter.com/xxp4R6FJub

— Reading The Pic-tures (@ReadingThePix) June 22, 2016

See full size version of the panorama here.