Sentences with phrase «demanding gun control»

Last week: The one - month anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting tragedy sparked school walkouts and demonstrations across the country with students demanding gun control to stop the wave of needless violence.

At Fort Lauderdale High School, students gathered along a sidewalk outside their school late Tuesday morning chanting and carrying signs demanding gun control and more security for students.

The scramble by lawmakers to react to the deaths of 17 people Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School comes with less than three weeks remaining in the annual legislative session and as students from Parkland, along with their counterparts from Leon County, are expected to flood the Capitol this week demanding gun control.

But the words demanding gun control show a new voice in the aftermath of shootings.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will hold a rally in Prospect Park on March 14 to coincide with a national school walkout planned by students demanding gun control.

The well ORGANIZED effort by Florida school students demanding gun control has GEORGE SOROS» FINGERPRINTS all over it.

Santorum's comments came a day after protesters assembled at March for Our Lives events in Washington and across the country to demand gun control legislation in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

A word from Martin Luther King's granddaughter, 1:54 p.m.: From the stage in Washington, Jaclyn Corin, a Stoneman Douglas student and #NeverAgainMSD co-founder, encouraged people to call their representatives and demand gun control.

A word from Martin Luther King's granddaughter, 1:54 p.m.: From the stage in Washington, Jaclyn Corin, a Stoneman Douglas student and #NeverAgainMSD co-founder, encouraged people to call their representatives and demand gun control.

On the drive back from delivering the chocolates to his friend Emma Gonzalez, another Stoneman Douglas student leading #NeverAgain and spearheading the «March for Our Lives» to demand gun control scheduled for Washington, D.C., on Saturday, David's ringing phone keeps thwarting his attempt to do an interview with the reporter in his car.

How Florida school shooting survivors are inspiring other students to demand gun control

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Students are planning a national school walkout on March 14 to demand action on gun control.

Survivors of the Florida school shooting lashed out at lawmakers, gun advocates, and even President Donald Trump on Saturday at a fiery rally demanding immediate gun - control measures in the wake of Wednesday's massacre.

A day after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, gun control advocacy groups occupied the Massachusetts State House, demanding action on a bill that would prevent individuals who pose extreme risks to themselves or others from possessing a firearm.

Bumble is also making a $ 100,000 donation to March For Our Lives, a national rally on March 24 organized by the Parkland shooting survivors demanding increased gun control and school safety measures.

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.

Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.

After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando this year, Democrats in Congress held a sit - in on the floor of the House of Representatives simply to demand a vote on gun control legislation.

Thousands of high school students and other gun - control advocates gathered in Washington and across the U.S. Saturday to demand tougher firearms restrictions from an older generation that's delivered little change after years of mass shootings.

Remington filed for bankruptcy one day after hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets to demand tighter gun control measures.

President Donald Trump emerged as an unlikely moderate on gun control on Thursday with a tweet that both urged a bill for additional gun regulation and demanded respect for the Second Amendment.

Students and activists have rallied in the week after a gunman killed 17 at a Florida high school to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

Much like Wednesday's event, organizers of the #ENOUGH walkout are demanding that Congress take legislative action on gun control.

Nashville Mayor David Briley (D) demanded more gun control laws after a man, who had his firearms seized in 2017, opened fire on an Antioch, Tennessee, Waffle House.

As student activists walked out of class Friday morning, they did so demanding passage of a gun control requirement that the Parkland school shooter passed in order to acquire his gun.

(CNN) Nearly a week after a gunman stormed the hallways of their school in a deadly rampage, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are heading to Florida's state Capitol to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

Beneath the calls for gun control that mark this remarkable political moment, there seems to be an underlying rebellion, one that is demanding an end to the war against youth.

In the days following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students who witnessed the deaths of their peers traveled to the Florida State Capitol to demand stricter gun control laws.

Since the attack, students from the school have become increasingly vocal in their demands for gun - control measures.

It is unclear if Republican Governor John Kasich would support the legislation, but after the Parkland school shooting and subsequent student protests, he deleted his pro-gun record on his website and replaced it with a demand for «common sense gun control,» according to Governing.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students Julia Salomone, 18, and sister Lindsey, 15, celebrate with other students as their bus leaves Coral Springs bound for Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, to demand stronger gun control.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL), at whom many of Parkland survivors» demands to do something were directed, has taken the lead in proposing bipartisan gun control legislation.

It's being hailed as a step toward addressing gun violence, but it's a far cry from the «comprehensive» gun control student activists are demanding — and that even President Donald Trump once called on Congress to pass.

Saturday's march presented itself not only as a mass demand for gun control, but also as an activist event for the young, by the young.

But the law doesn't do anything to regulate gun sales or to restrict the sale of assault - style weapons like the AR - 15; it's far from what the students listed in their demands on gun control.

A large rally Wednesdy, Feb. 21, 2018, on the steps of the Florida Capital building in support of Marjory Stoneman Douglas students and a demand for tighter gun control.

Democrat Shelley Mayer, a state Assembly lawmaker, after the shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, spoke Sunday at a rally with left - leaning groups demanding action on gun control.

At 9 a.m., Janina Bandi of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America joins the Rev. Al Sharpton to announce NAN's participation in the March for Our Lives gun control march in Washington, National Action Network House of Justice, 106 W. 145th St., Manhattan.

Lawmakers will return to Washington today facing intense public pressure to break their decades - long gridlock on gun control, a demand fortified by a bipartisan group of governors calling for Congress to take action to protect against mass shootings.

She is a vocal supporter of gun control legislation through the group, I Demand a Plan, a gun control group endorsed by several hundred mayors across America.

A week after Democrats staged a nearly 26 - hour sit - in demanding a vote on gun control measures, Speaker Paul Ryan (R - Wis.)

Students at more than a dozen school in central and northern New York are expected to take part in a national high school walkout today to demand action on gun control.

(CNN)- Days after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, demands from the public and lawmakers for tougher gun control legislation were met by President Barack Obama's call for a re-examination of the country's gun laws.

The presidents of each grade spoke at the podium to demand new gun control measures in the Lower Hudson Valley and across the country.

NEW YORK — The evening after the recent Parkland school shootings, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took to the airwaves to demand stronger national gun control laws.

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.

At 9 a.m., gun control advocates from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's city chapter deliver postcards to a district office of Rep. Michael Grimm, as part of a campaign organized by the group and the organization Everytown for Gun Safety; 7308 13th Ave., Brooklyn.

House Democrats demanded but didn't get a vote on gun control legislation despite an hours - long sit - in on the House floor.

A week after Democrats staged a nearly 26 - hour sit - in demanding a vote on gun control measures, Speaker Paul Ryan said the House will vote next week on legislation to block suspected terrorists from buying guns

The Bloomberg - funded Maine Moms Demand Action says it has collected enough signatures to attempt to bring New York - style gun control to the state this November through a citizen - initiated referendum.