There were those who marched for gun control and those who marched for gun rights Saturday afternoon. While several thousand people filled Boston’s streets calling for stricter gun control, several dozen people gathered in front of the State House and marched on the Boston Common in defense of Second Amendment rights and as a counter protest to the “March for Our Lives” rally.

The organizers of the controversial Free Speech Rally, which drew a crowd of over 40,000 counter protesters in August, and subsequent Rally for the Republic held a demonstration against sanctuary cities...