Demonstrators with the group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and activists from Binghamton N.Y. lie down on the sidewalk observing three minutes' silence for shooting victims in American history, at Times Square in New York, the United States, April 16, 2009. Demonstrators chose to hold the event on the the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings on Thursday to try to get support for sensible guns laws. [Shen Hong/Xinhua]