Parents of Parkland students create start PAC to dismantle NRA influence

By Christen Smith

People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school on Feb. 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Parents of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School launched a brand new political action committee this month aimed at dismantling the gun lobby’s influence in Washington.
The Families vs Assault Rifles PAC will throw money at contentious congressional races across the country, hoping to tip the scales in favor of candidates who support a ban on “assault-style weapons.”
“We’re not about confronting the Second Amendment,” said Matt Ghod, the PAC’s political director, during an interview with CNN this week. “We’re not taking away your handgun or rifle or shotgun. We’re just looking to take out and restrict the ownership of the civilian equivalent of an M-16.”
The PAC said it wants to remove elected officials who receive financial support from the National Rifle Association, loosening the lobbying group’s grip on federal firearm policy.
“The ultimate goal is to amend the National Firearms Act of 1934 by adding just a paragraph or two or whatever it takes to ban assault weapons and also ban the more dangerous accessories of assault weapons, such as high capacity magazines and

Source: Guns.com