BREAKING: March For Our Lives just filed an amicus brief in United States v. Allam in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Our brief defends the Gun-Free School Zones Act, John. Here’s what you should know:
The Gun-Free School Zones Act prohibits firearms within 1,000 feet of K-12 schools, shielding not only school buildings from the terror of guns but also hot spots for kids like adjacent sports fields, playgrounds, parking lots, drop-off zones, community centers, and even nearby stores.
The U.S. has recorded more than 57x as many school shootings as all other major industrialized nations combined. That is a shameful problem for the U.S. to have. And it’s preventable. Schools are meant to be safe spaces for young people, not battlegrounds to fight for survival from gun violence.
That’s why MFOL defends gun safety laws like the Gun-Free School Zones Act, so that kids can go to school without the fear of being shot.
We have the right not to be shot — that should be common sense.
Our amicus brief shares the story of eight individuals impacted by mass shootings in schools, alongside reports of shootings in and around school grounds, and statistics about the impacts on young people of direct and indirect exposure to gun violence.
Onward,
March For Our Lives
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