David Hogg has officially been clear: If he’s assassinated, he wants his corpse to decorate the doorstep of the NRA’s headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. This is, of course, after activists do a photo shoot with it for propaganda purposes.
The anti-gun March For Our Lives founder explained that if he’s ever shot he wants his death to be used to promote gun control, in a series of tweets issued on Sunday. He also created a hashtag his supporters can use to indicate that they too want their corpses leveraged for activism if they’re ever shot.
I’ve said this before but I’m going to say it again for the record
If I die from gun violence I want my photo published, there will be those that say you are politicizing tragedy—
They are wrong, not doing anything to stop it this violence is politicizing tragedy. #MyLastShot
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 26, 2019
If you want your photo published if you die from gun violence tweet about it so it’s on the record with #MyLastShot
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 26, 2019
Hogg is also a co-founder of March For Our Lives, a political, anti-gun group comprised of middle and high school students that has published a plan for gun control, that they call “the green new deal but for guns.” (RELATED: March For Our Lives Proposes ‘A Green New Deal But For Guns’)
The plan calls for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high capacity magazines. It also seeks to eliminate 30% of the guns in America, via government buybacks, and create a federally appointed “National Director of Gun Violence Prevention.” Additionally, the plan calls for increased gun registration, as well as the inclusion of “in-person interviews” and “personal references” into the gun-buying process.
While many Twitter users used Hogg’s hashtag to express a desire for their corpse to be thrown in front of the NRA headquarters if they were to die from gun violence, others made light of the moment.
Just wear a helmet on your scooter https://t.co/6LFtgOFhni
— Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) August 26, 2019