Charlie Mirsky has set a goal for himself before he leaves for college at the end of the summer: Persuade Congress to shell out $50 million for gun violence prevention research.
Mirsky is the political director of March for Our Lives, the grassroots effort to press for stricter gun laws that students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., organized after the deadly shooting there last year. At 19, he’s one of the youngest registered lobbyists in Washington.Mirsky registered as a lobbyist last summer and arranged to finish his last year of high school online.
But the group has been riven by infighting this year. The NRA’s president resigned in April, its top lobbyist stepped down last month, and Congress and New York’s attorney general are investigating the group’s finances. March for Our Lives doesn’t have the financial resources of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety, which shelled out $30 million during the midterms to help elect candidates who back gun restrictions. Everytown spent more than twice as much on Washington lobbying as March for Our Lives did in the first three months of this year.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “At first, we were literally high school kids in D.C. with no guidance, trying to get gun violence prevention laws passed,” Mirsky said. March for Our Lives spent $140,000 on Washington lobbying in the first three months of the year — as much as former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ advocacy group spent — but the group remains largely student-run.
“There are a handful of Republican lawmakers who have not traditionally been supportive of gun violence prevention measures” who have expressed interest in working with them, said Adam Friedman, 19, a classmate of Levenson’s who helps run the collective.
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