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The Supreme Court of the United States dismissed a big case on safety and “gun rights” that could have devastated public safety if it had moved forward.
This is big news for a few different reasons:
- The case was brought forward and funded by the NRA. Enough said.
- This was the first Second Amendment case the Court has heard in nearly a decade.
- The NRA was using this case to push for a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment -- one that would put the right to own guns before all other rights. Including our right not to be shot.
We weren’t going to let the NRA push a case that would have disastrous effects nationwide. So we rallied outside the Supreme Court last December. We submitted an amicus brief uplifting the personal stories of nine young people whose lives have forever been impacted by gun violence. We introduced our Peace Plan, which emphasizes the importance of the Court upholding our right not to be shot and calls on the next Attorney General to reexamine the ahistorical Heller interpretation of the Second Amendment. We fought the NRA every step of the way as they tried to radicalize the Court and the Constitution in the name of violence. And today, we won.
Whether you signed the Peace Plan, tweeted that #GunLawsSaveLives, joined us for our SCOTUS rally, donated to support our work, or uplifted the voices of young gun violence survivors -- you helped do this. You helped defend our safety, our lives, and our rights.
As we celebrate this victory, we’re also staying focused on the future. We know the Court is eager to take up another Second Amendment case soon -- Justice Kavanaugh said so today. Help us prepare for future challenges from the gun lobby in the courts by making a one-time or recurring donation today, if you can. If you can’t, help us spread the good news on Twitter! And if you want to join other young people doing this life-saving work, join a chapter today.
Be proud. Be excited. Be relieved. The fight isn’t even close to over and there’s still a lot of work to be done in the courts. But in this current state of uncertainty and darkness, this is a light shining on the power of organizing, activism, storytelling, and fighting for what’s right. We have a right not to be shot.
In solidarity,
David Hogg
Board Member
March For Our Lives
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