Seven years ago, I sat in a classroom as a gunman tore through my high school. Days later, I organized 100 of my classmates and traveled to Tallahassee to demand action — determined to make sure no other community had to experience what we did.
We sat across from lawmakers who had taken millions from the NRA — people who looked us in the eye and told us nothing would change. We refused to accept that. We fought. And we won. We forced Florida to raise the minimum age to buy all firearms from 18 to 21 — one of the most significant gun safety laws passed in the wake of the shooting at my school.
Now, Ron DeSantis and his allies are trying to repeal it.
A new bill moving through the Florida Legislature would lower the age to buy rifles and shotguns back down to 18, undoing the very first law we fought for after Parkland. If it passes, more teenagers — just like the shooter at my high school — will be able to legally buy assault-style weapons in Florida.
At the same time, Trump is gutting gun safety at the federal level. He shut down the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and signed executive orders threatening critical safety regulations on ghost guns and other firearm restrictions.
They are daring us to let this happen. We won’t.
Since that first march, we’ve helped pass over 300 gun safety laws. But the gun lobby never stopped. And now, with Trump back in power, they think they can wipe out everything we fought for.
We’re not going to let that happen. If you’re with us, chip in to help us fight back.
On March 24, we mark seven years since the first March For Our Lives. Seven years since millions of young people stood up and forced this country to listen. We are still here. We are still fighting. And we will not let them take us backward.
Jackie
Co-founder & Board Member
March For Our Lives
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