On the eve of the student-led march on Washington, D.C., to favor new gun controls, Marjory Stoneman Douglas student and #NeverAgain activist David Hogg told Axios.com that his high school is “like a prison” since the shooting last month, with increased security and safety measures. Many Republicans have been advocating for more security in schools, including arming teachers. Hogg said that his concern with having more resource officers in the school is “racial disparity between the black and white students,” and that the solution should instead be common-sense gun laws.
Hogg advocated for better mental health care in the U.S., urging “a lot more mental health solutions, and taking down the stigma.” On law enforcement. he said, “I know law enforcement are some of the hardest working individuals in this country…We need to realize that there are serious issues not only at the FBI and Broward County Sheriff, but with politicians too who are responsible for government agencies.” The biggest mistake the media made when covering the Parkland shooting, Hogg said, was “Not giving black students a voice. My school is about 25 percent black, but the way we’re covered doesn’t reflect that.” Larry Keane of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said he agrees “with the students and the rest of America, we think there needs to be change.”