Our Policy Agenda

Policies to achieve a future free from gun violence.

WE DEMAND A FUTURE FREE FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

Gun violence is the leading cause of death for young people in America. For Black children, it has been for nearly two decades.

This is not inevitable. It is the result of policy choices, political inaction, and a system shaped by the gun lobby’s influence. We refuse to accept that as our reality.

When those in power fail to protect us, young people step in. Across the country, we are organizing, advocating, and building a future where safety is not a privilege, but a guarantee.

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We built our plan with a holistic, youth-focused approach that tackles gun violence long before someone picks up a gun.

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Our Policy Agenda.

In 2021, we released our first comprehensive policy agenda. Since then, we’ve refined and expanded it to reflect new data, emerging threats, and the leadership of young people on the ground. Today, our agenda is shaped by a national network of youth leaders and grounded in evidence about what actually reduces violence. It focuses on both immediate solutions and the deeper systems that allow this crisis to persist.

We organize our work around three core pillars that address both the direct drivers of gun violence and the broader systems that sustain it.

  • Adopting common-sense reforms means advancing laws that reduce access to guns for those who pose a risk, alongside investing in proven violence intervention strategies that prevent harm before it happens. These solutions are practical, evidence-based, and widely supported.
  • Building a democracy for all means strengthening civic participation and reducing the outsized influence of the gun lobby. When young people are able to vote, organize, and hold leaders accountable, the political conditions that allow gun violence to persist begin to shift.
  • Tackling the root causes of violence means investing in the conditions that create real safety, including education, economic opportunity, mental health support, and community-based prevention. Lasting change requires addressing not just the symptoms of violence, but the systems that drive it.

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Common-sense laws to limit gun access, paired with violence intervention programs, are the most effective path to safety.

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Our impact is growing.

300+ Laws

have been passed at the state and federal level.