Bob Kraft And The Patriots Donated Their Plane To Help Get Parkland Shooting Victims To DC For The Gun Control Rally

(The Hill) — Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were flown to Washington, D.C., on Thursday on the New England Patriots’ official plane ahead of Saturday’s March for Our Lives.

The Boston Globe reported Friday that team owner Robert Kraft sent the plane to fly survivors and the families of victims of the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Fla., to the nation’s capital.

Kraft’s decision came at the behest of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, the Globe reported.

Giffords and Kelly are among the country’s most prominent advocates for stricter gun control laws. They founded Giffords, a gun violence prevention group, after the former congresswoman was nearly killed in a shooting in 2011. 

There’s probably a little PR involved in here, as the Krafts and Patriots are often associated with Trump and people who want to arm teachers, but something can be a great move and a slight PR move at the same time. They’re not mutually exclusive. Being rewarded with praise for a kindness doesn’t negate the kindness.

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So big tip of the cap to the Krafts here. High school students who basically just got back from a war that broke out in the middle of Algebra shouldn’t have to worry about how they’re going to pay their way as they attempt to change the world. The road they’re facing is difficult enough so anything that lessens the grade of the mountain they’re climbing is fucking awesome. Every kid I’ve seen from Stoneman Douglas is a goddamn *rockstar* and I couldn’t be more behind them on their quest to try and make sure kids aren’t scared that they’re going to get shot in school. I’m happy the Kraft and the Patriots stand with them as well, as they’re an organization who isn’t used to losing.

Class move by a class owner and a class organization.