Hogg visits Brookhaven, encourages activism ‹ Et Cetera

David Hogg, gun control activist and survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida last February, spoke about gun control at Brookhaven College Jan. 29. Photo by Anthony Lazon/The Et Cetera. By JAMES HARTLEY@ByJamesHartley[1] Gun control activist David Hogg said his fight for gun control has not been an easy journey. He has been called out by name, accused of being a paid crisis actor and had difficult conversations with Second Amendment advocates, he told an audience at Brookhaven College on Jan. 29. Hogg is one of the survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a lone gunman killed 17 students and employees. Following the shooting, Hogg took his experience in broadcast news classes and used it to help begin the March for Our Lives movement. The troubles for gun change come not only from the National Rifle Association, Hogg said, but also from a “racist media” institution that will not cover gun violence in minority communities the same as in white communities and politicians that “don’t care about our lives” as much as they care about being re-elected. Hogg said to fight the NRA and corporations, students should run for elected office without taking money from any special interests. “We have to go out there and run for office if we ever want to make our voice heard, if we ever want to survive the next 100 years,” Hogg said. Hogg, who said he sought out media attention following the shooting to raise awareness of gun violence, wants other young Americans to use their voices and their votes to effect change. Hogg said he does not want to take guns away from anyone who is not a domestic abuser, terrorist or a risk to themselves. But later, he said rifles are not necessary for

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