David Hogg, the student-turned-celebrity gun control activist who was at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a mass shooting claimed 17 lives five years ago, is using the murders of three students at Michigan State University to raise funds for his group March for Our Lives (MFOL).
Hogg traveled to MSU earlier this week, speaking at a rally during which he called for new Michigan laws including “comprehensive universal background checks,” along with a so-called “safe storage” requirement and extreme risk protection order (“red flag”) law.
“On Monday,” his fund raising email blast said, “I went to Lansing to stand in solidarity with hundreds of MSU students and MFOL organizers at the Michigan State Capitol to demand state lawmakers finally pass commonsense gun safety measures.”
He then goes on to claim credit for helping change the Michigan Legislature to complete Democrat control for the first time in decades.
“Six months ago,” his message declares, “none of this would have passed in Michigan. But thanks to your support ion 2022, we mobilized the youth vote and elected more gun safety champions than ever before in Michigan. Now, Michigan has the opportunity to pass life-saving legislation.”
Translation: His group worked to get young adults to vote for anti-gun-rights Democrats last November.
The message also erroneously accuses the National Rifle Association of having a “guns everywhere agenda,” and claims to have identified five “top-priority” states including Michigan where battle lines are drawn and anti-gunners will be pushing more “gun safety” measures. The other four states are Texas, Pennsylvania, California and Florida.
Hogg’s email fund raiser asks for donations of $3, $10 or $25 before the month ends “to stand in solidarity with survivors and activists across the country fighting for gun safety reform.”
He never mentions “gun control,” as this term is considered politically toxic. So, the gun prohibition movement now uses substitute terms—what many activists call “camo-speak”—such as “reform” and “safety.”
Hoff identifies himself as the “MFOL Co-founder & Board Member.”
