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Hogg and Company Begin Nationwide Tour in an Attempt To Expose NRA Contributions, Register Voters

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Student survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Floria are launching a national bus tour later this month to register younger voters and highlight candidates and office holders who are recipients of National Rifle Association donations.

Buzzfeed News reports the “March for Our Lives: Road to Change” tour begins June 15 and will make 50 stops in 20 states.

Recent Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduates David Hogg and Emma González, along with current student Jaclyn Corin, will all be participating in the tour.

The three were among the most visible students speaking out against the NRA and calling for greater gun control measures following the Feb. 14 shooting at their school, which left 17 dead and 17 others wounded.

Hogg told Buzzfeed that he’s hoping to increase youth voter turnout by at least 50 percent in November.

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“Just a handshake or looking somebody in the eye, rather than speaking to them through the TV, is a lot more impactful,” he said.

González said the goal of the tour is to help remove NRA-backed politicians from office.

“We would see the outcome in the polls and we would see a lot of the NRA-backed politicians out of office and a lot of younger people who ran for office, in office,” she said. “That would be the goal for us, especially after this summer and in the years going forward.”

Corin concurred, saying, “This tour is about exposing people who take money from the NRA and registering people to vote — those are the two main things we’re trying to push with this.”

On Monday, Hogg called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to pledge to accept no campaign money from and “break all ties” with the NRA if he truly wanted to “serve the public.” Scott is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in the Sunshine State.

March for Our Lives held an event in Washington, D.C. and other locations around the country in the spring, a little more than a month after the Parkland shooting.

Buzzfeed News reported at the time that liberal groups — including Everytown For Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, MoveOn.org, Planned Parenthood and the Women’s March LA — were helping students organize the effort.

Among changes Hogg and González have called for are an assault weapons ban and the instituting of universal background checks, both of which have been opposed by the NRA.

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All firearms dealers must conduct a background check using the National Criminal Background Check System; however, in most states, private individuals do not have to perform a background check to sell or gift weapons to each other.

Following the Parkland shooting, former congressman and current radio talk show host Joe Walsh tweeted that targeting the NRA over the issue of mass shootings misses the mark.

“No known @NRA members have ever committed a mass shooting, yet after every mass shooting Democrats immediately blame the NRA and its members for the shooting,” Walsh said.

On Friday, the NRA touted itself as “the world’s leading gun safety organization,” joining in the #wearorange National Gun Violence Awareness Day campaign, which Hogg also commended.

The NRA tweeted, “While Everytown for Gun Safety has devoted close to no resources to making citizens safer, the NRA continues to be the world’s leading gun safety organization since 1871.”

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Randy DeSoto has written more than 2,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto is the senior staff writer for The Western Journal. He wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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