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The magazine on Thursday revealed the cover of its April 2 issue, which features Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who are leading the national conversation about gun control in the wake of the Valentine's Day shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and faculty members.

What do you want to talk about gun control in your thesis?

The calls for more armed officers in schools is one side of the many argued nationally about gun control in America following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14 which claimed the lives of 17 people.

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One of the most useful things to do when thinking about gun control and its controversial place in American society is to consider other countries and their relationship to guns and gun crime.

Students who have been vocal about the need for gun control spoke out against DeVos in person and on Twitter.

In September, Facebook announced that 470 Russian - linked accounts had purchased about 3,000 advertisements that used divisive issues like race, religion, immigration, and gun control to rile users.

Smith & Wesson's revenue forecast did not reflect any potential surge in demand caused by consumers worried about increased gun control, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Buchanan said on a conference call.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

In an issue that many Americans care about, given the many mass shootings that have occurred in the past few years, Clinton was able to appeal to voters who want to see more serious gun control legislatioIn an issue that many Americans care about, given the many mass shootings that have occurred in the past few years, Clinton was able to appeal to voters who want to see more serious gun control legislatioin the past few years, Clinton was able to appeal to voters who want to see more serious gun control legislation.

As shootings like these seem to escalate in the US, so do questions about gun control.

In the grand scheme of things, eight seconds doesn't sound like much, especially in the context of a long documentary about a complex issue like gun controIn the grand scheme of things, eight seconds doesn't sound like much, especially in the context of a long documentary about a complex issue like gun controin the context of a long documentary about a complex issue like gun control.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

Last week, Laura Ingraham, Fox News» queen of snark, tweeted that David Hogg — a 17 - year - old who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., and has been among the eloquent advocates for gun control — «whines about» being rejected by four universities...

Louis Navellier, known for his stock selection prowess, is betting on two firearms companies that have been swept up in a nationwide buying frenzy sparked by Americans concerned about President Barack Obama «s intentions regarding gun control and their safety following terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris late last year.

His only mentions of the massacre came in tweets Saturday contending that the FBI was too focused on the Russia investigation to respond to warnings about the alleged shooter and mocking Democrats for failing to pass gun control.

In Boston, about 20 protesters favoring gun control confronted a small clutch of Second Amendment supporters in front of the State HousIn Boston, about 20 protesters favoring gun control confronted a small clutch of Second Amendment supporters in front of the State Housin front of the State House.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examined law enforcement agencies» failure to heed multiple warnings about the Parkland school shooter who killed 17 people, as well as the long record of failed gun control measures in Congress.

And gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment about gun control or commits to a policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.

By making more people more passionate about gun control, the movement could help close a big gap in the current debate.

Its amazing how we argue against something deemed to help our citizens, yet if a gun control bill was up for debate people would be in arms (pun intended) about their right to own guns.

In the midst of the national conversation about arming teachers and right before high school students around the country walked out to protest gun control laws, a high school teacher...

Understandably, emotions run high in discussions about gun control, in part because it's a horrifying subject — we're talking while parents are mourning their dead children, a reality we can't forget at any point.

I sure hope you use the same argument about gun control, sodas in NYC, happy meals in San Francisco, the Mt. Soledad cross, and so on.

On Feb. 17, Rubio tweeted several things about how he feels the media isn't fairly reporting on the things he's done in favor of gun control.

CNN: My Take: It's time for evangelicals to speak up about guns Pastor and author Daniel Darling urges evangelicals to participate in the debate over access to guns, and to acknowledge that there is «no clear - cut Christian position on gun control.»

Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).

When I saw people talking about gun control and watch parents who lost their kids in those horrible tragedies, I stop and think and imagine.

I have written about my feelings on gun control in the past, but not on this blog.

The SAFE Act, a package of gun control provisions was passed in the Legislature about a month after the elementary school shooting that killed 26 people, including 20 students.

Clearly concerned about slipping poll numbers in Iowa, Hillary Clinton's campaign went after Bernie Sanders this week, attacking him over past gun - control votes and his health care proposals.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was vocal about his support of a congressional measure to close the so - called «terror gap» as the nation again is in a furor over gun control.

One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate.

Cuomo says the changes being discussed in D.C. to bolster gun controls are «incremental at best,» and he slammed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for saying the SAFE Act allows people to modify an automatic weapon by removing a piece of «plastic» to make it legal,» inisting: «He doesn't know what he's talking about.»

After a 19 - year - old gunman opened fire at a school in Parkland, FL., leaving 17 people dead, Florida Gov. Rick Scott punted on questions about whether policymakers should take a stand on mental health and gun control, saying that «there's a time» to have such conversations.

Later in the day, at a campaign stop in Albany, Molinaro was asked by reporters about New York's gun control laws banning assault weapons.

This year, he pushed through aggressive gun - control limits, raised the minimum wage by nearly two bucks, and extended a tax surcharge on millionaires, all the while wrapping up the budget before Easter, which used to be about as common in Albany as kudzu.1 It was his father who famously said (to this magazine, in 1985) that «you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose.»

In it, Zeff defended Mayor Bloomberg for being outspoken about the need for stronger gun control laws in the wake of the Aurora, Colo. shootinIn it, Zeff defended Mayor Bloomberg for being outspoken about the need for stronger gun control laws in the wake of the Aurora, Colo. shootinin the wake of the Aurora, Colo. shooting.

Democratic challengers in some of this year's most competitive races are appealing to Americans» fears about terrorism to broach gun control, specifically by calling out Republican incumbents for not backing New York Republican Rep. Peter T. King's bill, first introduced nine years ago, to prevent people on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms.

As Bloomberg spoke in Philadelphia that night at the convention, calling Trump «a con» and «a dangerous demagogue,» some Democrats in the Wells Fargo Center were grumbling about how he could be standing there when he was supporting the Republican candidate in that very state when they argue a Democratic majority would be better for gun control overall.

Western New York Congressman Brian Higgins says in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, it's not all about gun control.

«Do you think those votes would have come in handy when we're talking about the Dream Act, gun control, and healthcare?

As for Bramson, what can you say about someone who ran on issues that are only important in statewide or national elections (i.e., gun control and abortion)?

In the wake of terror attacks and mass shootings, Democrats are making their gun control argument more about national security.

Trump Opens Door For Gun Confiscation In America It is time for the American people to forget about which party controls Congress and who is in the White House and start standing en masse for the Constitution and Bill of Rights — and against ANY new gun control laws — or the Second Amendment (and the rest of our liberties) will soon be toasIn America It is time for the American people to forget about which party controls Congress and who is in the White House and start standing en masse for the Constitution and Bill of Rights — and against ANY new gun control laws — or the Second Amendment (and the rest of our liberties) will soon be toasin the White House and start standing en masse for the Constitution and Bill of Rights — and against ANY new gun control laws — or the Second Amendment (and the rest of our liberties) will soon be toast.

CROTON - ON - HUDSON — Students in the Hudson Valley and across the nation walked out of class Wednesday morning to raise awareness about strengthening gun control laws.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has engaged both Nicole Hockley and Mark Barden, the co-founders of Sandy Hook Promise, a gun control advocacy group, in discussions about the race.

That Gillibrand was decried by potential challengers as a «vulnerable» lightweight who had been transformed, in remarkably short order, from a Blue Dog Democrat who was not particularly progressive on immigration or gay rights and bragged about keeping guns under her bed, into a pro-immigrant champion of gay marriage and gun control.

Parkland students met with lawmakers Friday in the nation's capital about gun control legislation.

These students» voices, which have the earmarks of a budding national movement, may very well herald the start of the kind of discussion that must happen in America about the «right» to own military - style firearms, and gun control in general.

Hundreds showed up at rallies in Fort Lauderdale, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) away, and in St. Petersburg, 250 miles (400 kilometers) northwest, to demand action on gun - control legislation.