David Miles Hogg ( born April 12 , 2000 ) is an American author and student who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14 , 2018 and afterward became a gun control advocate and an activist against gun violence in the United States . He is one of 20 founding members of Never Again MSD , a gun control advocacy group led by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ( MSD ) students . In conjunction with his gun control advocacy , he has helped lead several high-profile protests , marches , and boycotts . He has also been a target and scapegoat of several conspiracy theories and right-wing accusations
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
David Hogg (activist)