Sentences with phrase «after mass shootings for»

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Millions of people draped in the rainbow hues of LGBT pride turned out for the annual parade through New York streets, two weeks after a deadly mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub stirred fear and solidarity among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.

Amulet, which has been in testing for four years, released its first product line last year and has seen a surge of interest after every mass shooting in America — particularly over the past week.

Just over four months to the election, and facing pressure from their Democratic opponents, most Republican Senate incumbents opted for consistency despite the political frenzy days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

He and other Democratic leaders have previously criticized Republican members of Congress for failing to pass gun - control legislation after mass shootings.

Democrats pushing for gun curbs after the latest mass shooting in the United States are co-opting a Republican mantra to build public support and defang opposition: It's time to get tough on national security.

Australia's success in tightly restricting gun ownership after its worst mass shooting, and the concomitant reduction in gun crimes and mass shootings, is likely to be held up by proponents of gun control as an example for what the U.S. should do after its latest mass shooting on Sunday.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpPoll: Republican support for Kanye West grew after rapper expressed support for Trump Giuliani calls on Sessions and Rosenstein to shut down Mueller investigation Fox News» Ingraham calls out Giuliani for contradicting Trump on Stormy Daniels» payments: «That's a problem» MORE on Monday claimed he would have run into a Florida high school to prevent a gunman from carrying out this month's mass shooting.

This has been true for some time now, but after five months of particularly deadly mass shootings, it seems at least some activists are saying enough is enough.

Although gun sales rose consistently during the Obama years, most of these sales were to existing owners, reacting to his appeals for more stringent laws after several mass shootings during his time in the White House.

Less than two weeks after the worst mass school shooting in Florida history, teachers and staff returned to the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first of two work days with a rainbow shining in the distance.

FBI background checks for gun sales spike after mass shootings By John Maines and Yiran Zhu March 12, 2018 While mass shootings may drive some people away from owning firearms, for others they are motivation to buy.

Equality Florida said it's partnering with the National Center for Victims of Crime, a nonprofit that helped distribute the proceeds from similar fundraisers after mass shootings in Aurora and Chattanooga, to «ensure that every penny will be correctly and quickly dispersed to the victims and families.»

Equality Florida is partnering with the National Center for Victims of Crimes, a nonprofit that helped distribute the proceeds from similar fundraisers after mass shootings in Fort Hood and Chattanooga, to distribute the funds.

Stock prices for gun manufacturers also tend to rise after mass shootings, likely because the debate over gun control heats up and rekindles fears from gun owners.

As many Americans call for tighter gun laws after a mass shooting, Republicans are usually silent.

For black Parkland students like 17 - year - old Kai Koerber, calls to increase police presence on campus and other security measures proposed after the February mass shooting have only made them more anxious.

After Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, New York Stock Exchange stock prices for Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. — two major gun manufacturers — both had risen by more than 10 percent combined, according to Vox.

Unfortunately as is often the Arsenal way we managed to conspire to make the game difficult for ourselves, with a few minutes of the first half remaining Ox found himself with the ball on the edge of Everton's area, Hector available to his right and players closing, if he had managed to get a shot off first time then we would not have been chasing back towards our own goal five seconds later, instead Ox chose to shoot after a couple of touches in to a mass of Everton bodies when there were better options on, the ball broke to Delofeu who managed remarkably to stay on his feet for twenty or so yards before releasing Barkley, Koscielny had been dragged wide by Lukaku and Ox and Hector were in hot pursuit, they both probably had a chance to take the booking but allowed Barkley to continue, he took a speculative shot which would not have troubled Cech until it took a big deflection off of Gabriel and drifted into the gaping net.

The statement was a departure for a president who has focused on the mental health of gunmen and suspects, rather than the firearms used in the attacks, after other mass shootings.

It's by author Louis Klarevas, for his 2016 book «Rampage Nation,» which shows the before ban stats on mass shootings, during, and after the ban was lifted.

The four Democrats announced the formation of «States for Gun Safety» on Thursday, about a week after the mass shooting at a Florida high school.

The White House's public schedule of events for Thursday does not include a press briefing or any public events for President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE a day after a mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Just one week after the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard which left 12 dead, Congressman Charles Rangel; Geoffrey Eaton, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Mid-Manhattan Branch; Jackie Rowe - Adams, co-founder of Harlem Mothers SAVE; Daniel Maree, founder of the Million Hoodies Movement; members of the Newtown Action Alliance and the Campaign to Unload; and other gun control activists gathered on Tues., Sept 24th.

A polarized US Senate voted against expanding background checks for more gun purchases, rejecting the proposal a day after the latest mass shooting left 14 people dead in California.

Law enforcement officials are searching for multiple gunmen in a mass shooting at a service center for people with disabilities in San Bernardino, CA, which comes just five days after a gunman killed three people and wounded nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, CO..

As America has suffered through mass shooting after mass shooting, it often seems there is an unbridgeable chasm between activists calling for reforms and gun rights purists who have worked to redefine the meaning of the Second Amendment through the courts and exercise outsize influence on legislatures.

He offered himself up for national TV interviews after a mass shooting at an Oregon community college, challenging his fellow Democrats (before walking it back) to threaten a government shutdown over gun control legislation.

A Connecticut - based advocacy group formed after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School held a rally Wednesday night in Newtown for the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP)-- Pressure is growing for tougher gun - control laws after a mass shooting at a Florida high school, with thousands of angry protesters at state rallies demanding immediate action from lawmakers, and more demonstrations planned across the country in the weeks ahead.

A growing bipartisan number of state governors have joined calls for a reconsideration of gun laws and school safety measures after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, a sign that resulting legislative changes could extend far beyond Florida in the coming months.

Gov. Cuomo called GOP lawmakers out for offering thoughts and prayers, yet again, after America's latest mass shooting.

Amherst, NY (WBEN) After the mass shooting at a school in Florida, schools and colleges around the country are preparing for an active shooter situation.

Shot (with one exception) in black and white by Florian Ballhaus (son of Michael), the film is set to a score that is more industrial sound than music; yet, it is the combination of the clinically clean black - and - white cinematography, the disturbing score, and the narrative's single - minded focus on the protagonist's actions (there is no moment when the film seeks to psychologise him) by which the film manages to simultaneously solicit, on the one hand, our fascination with and, increasingly, horror about the events depicted — even long after Herold has proven how scarily easy it is for him to order mass murder (and, whenever necessary, to set an example by killing himself)-- and, on the other hand, to ensure that we keep some intellectual distance from the diegetic events.

A day after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla., students grieve at a vigil for the 17 students and staff members who were killed.

Calls for tighter gun controls surged in other parts of the country after the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where a former student killed 17 people, but they barely registered in gun - loving Texas, where more than 1 million residents are licensed to carry handguns.

Stoneman Douglas High School band director Alex Kaminsky thanks wind ensemble students from Fresno's Central High School for their support after the mass shootings in Florida.

Days after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Trump suggested that some violent video games may be partly to blame for such tragedies.

«I Want To Live 100 Hundred Years: After Agreement» is an emotional, personal reflection on today's mass - shootings, and is a memorial for those innocent...

Perhaps the best one I saw was a mock - up for what Genies could have sent after the Las Vegas mass shooting tragedy that encouraged people to read a Newsweek article about how to give blood.

David Hogg, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., raises his fist after speaking during the «March for Our Lives» rally in support of gun control in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 24, 2018.

(The NRA is the signature sponsor of Turning Point USA's annual young women's leadership summit; Kirk, who owns multiple guns, spoke up for the organization after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.)

Hundreds of students from a number of Maryland and DC schools walked out of their classrooms and made a trip to the U.S. Capitol and the White House to call for gun legislation, one week after 17 were killed in the latest mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Donahue, an alumnus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said he'd donate some of his winnings to the March For Our Lives movement to end gun violence and mass shootings after the Feb. 14 shooting that left 17 people dead and 15 injured at the school in Parkland, Fla..

Christiansen reportedly called Amodei's office after taking part in a student walkout calling for tighter gun safety laws in the wake of the fatal mass shooting attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a month earlier.

After the mass shooting on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, grief counseling has been made available throughout Broward County for anyone who needs support, especially students and families.

A banner bearing messages is held as parents and students arrive at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 28, 2018, for the school's reopening, two weeks after the mass shootings at the school.

They joined the Black Lives Matter movement after the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and after the March for Our Lives event they are joining the Never Again movement, which aims to end the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States.

PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 23: Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie waves after meeting with the media in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as teachers and staff are allowed to return to the school for the first time since the mass shooting on campus on February 23, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.

He was also in Tallahassee, Florida after the mass shooting, where he was among the eight students who lobbied the Florida Legislature for change.

(Newser)-- The students in Florida pushing for an end to gun violence after the Parkland mass shooting remind Bill Murray of the students who pushed for an end to the Vietnam War half a century ago.