STATEMENTS: Giffords, Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud Parkland, Florida Mass Shooting Survivor Students As They Plan To Descend On The Streets Of Washington D.C.  And Around The Country

 In the Wake of the Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook, Students Announce ‘March for Our Lives’ on March 24; Demand Congress Pass Common-Sense Gun Safety Legislation 

Find Out More at www.MarchforOurLives.com 

WASHINGTON – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, and Giffords, the gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly, applauded the announcement of ‘March for Our Lives’ on March 24, 2018.

In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – the deadliest school shooting since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook School in 2012 – students have banded together to descend on the streets of Washington, D.C. and around the country on March 24. They will demand that the lives of students are made a priority and that Congress pass common-sense gun safety legislation.

You can learn more and sign up for an event at www.MarchforOurLives.com.

STATEMENT FROM FORMER REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, CO-FOUNDER OF GIFFORDS:

STATEMENT FROM LUCY MCBATH, WHOSE SON, JORDAN DAVIS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN AN ARGUMENT OVER LOUD MUSIC AT A GAS STATION IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. LUCY IS THE FAITH AND OUTREACH LEADER FOR EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA:

STATEMENT FROM SHANNON WATTS, FOUNDER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA, PART OF EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY:

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