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March For Our Lives Statement on Shooting at WH Correspondents’ Dinner
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 26, 2026
Media Contact: marchforourlives@fenton.com
Today, March For Our Lives Executive Director Jaclyn Corin issued the following statement after a gunman entered and fired several shots at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“Last night’s events did not happen in a vacuum. A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is the product of a system that has made gun violence more accessible, more normalized, and even harder to prevent.
“We’ve created a reality where harm is easier to carry out than to stop, where access outpaces accountability, warning signs go unaddressed, shootings are considered a mere byproduct of gun access and prevention is treated as optional until it’s too late. These aren’t isolated failures. They reflect policy choices and a sustained unwillingness to confront the root causes.
“Young people are forced to live with the consequences of those choices every day. This isn’t about one incident, it’s about a reckless system that leaves all of us vulnerable to violence regardless of who we are, the positions we hold, or the powers we wield. We’ve normalized gun violence and grown accustomed to it, and that acceptance is part of the problem. Until we break that pattern and confront what is driving it, gun violence will remain an albatross around our necks.”