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David Hogg, Left-Wing Operatives Organize Gun Control Activism at Lawmakers\u2019 Town Halls<\/h1>\n

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By AARON KLEIN
\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 David Hogg and other activists from the #NeverAgain movement are helping to lead the Town Hall for Our Lives project, a series of forums across the country seeking to get lawmakers to push for stronger gun-control measures.<\/h3>\n

The town halls are being assembled by professional progressive activists, with primary participation from Indivisible, a radical organization that\u00a0describes<\/a>\u00a0itself as a \u201cprogressive grassroots network of local groups\u201d seeking to \u201cresist the Trump Agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

The town halls are also being\u00a0organized<\/a>\u00a0by a group calling itself the Town Hall Project, which is assisting the organizers of the March for Our Lives movement to stage the town hall forums nationwide.<\/p>\n

The Town Hall Project is led by professional organizers. It gained notoriety when it\u00a0organized<\/a>\u00a0activists last year to support progressive healthcare legislation.<\/p>\n

Hogg and the March for Our Lives organizers are seeking to channel the energy of anti-gun protesters into town halls for every member of Congress during the current recess that ends April 9,\u00a0promoting<\/a>\u00a0the campaign on Twitter as #TownHallForOurLives.<\/p>\n

Vox.com\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0on the town hall plan:<\/p>\n

Congress is on recess through April 8 (April 9 for the House), so some lawmakers already have town halls scheduled. March for Our Lives and the Town Hall Project are encouraging gun control activists to rally around those already established events \u2014 or pressure representatives without a town hall scheduled to host one next week.<\/p>\n

David Hogg, a Parkland survivor and one of the March for Our Lives organizers, said this goes for Republican and Democratic Congress members \u2014 they want all 435 representatives to participate. If not, primary and general elections opponents will be invited to attend in their places, or activists will consider holding an \u201cempty chair town hall\u201d to call attention to their absence. \u201cWe\u2019re not for Democrats or Republicans,\u201d Hogg said. \u201cWe\u2019re simply trying to save kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Hogg, more than 100 town halls have been scheduled. Hogg said he hopes activists hold politicians accountable for accepting money from the National Rifle Association and the gun lobby, though he encouraged all constituents to attend \u2014 not just advocates of gun control, but those who have opinions about school safety or mental health policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Town Hall Project, Hogg and Indivisible each have issued calls for the nationwide forums with lawmakers during the current recess, with Hogg pointing activists to the Town Hall Project:<\/p>\n

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How to Organize a TOWN HALL FOR OUR LIVES https:\/\/t.co\/uUwK5LF0Lz<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/aWhVvcdpng<\/a><\/p>\n

— Town Hall Pledge (@townhallpledge) March 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n