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Politicians are coming to town: CNN held a town hall on gun control at the BB&T Center in Sunrise last night.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez reacts during her speech at a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.

Students from Monarch High School and Coral Springs High walked out Wednesday afternoon to protest for gun control at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - FEBRUARY 21: Sen. Lauren Book (D - FL) introduces students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who shared their experiences and plans of action with Florida lawmakers about gun control at the Florida State Capitol building on February 21, 2018 in Tallahassee, Florida.

Thousands of people support students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in a rally for gun control at the Florida capitol (2/21/18).

«By comparing the NRA and the UFT, it cheapens [Mayor Bloomberg's] advocacy about gun control at a time when we need his advocacy to be sharp,» Weingarten said.

Cameron Kasky, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks at a rally urging gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018.

The Vietnam veteran had come out to join thousands calling for gun control at the March For Our Lives.

Ryan got extensive media coverage for staging a well - attended forum on gun control at the Kingston Library last week.

Plastered across the top of the lead story was a Freeman headline declaring that Pat Ryan (with photo) would be holding a «town hall» on gun control at the Kingston Library in a couple of days.

Protesters hold signs during a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 17, 2018.

Not exact matches

While reformers struggle to strengthen America's extremely weak gun control system, it's worth looking at how different things are overseas.

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.

... To have the bullet pointed at me - at my school, my classmates, my teachers, my mentors - it's just it's definitely eye - opening to the fact that we need more gun control in our country.»

Sam Zeif, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida who survived last week's mass shooting, delivered an impassioned plea for stricter gun control during a White House listening session with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

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.

The poll comes at a time when the number of deadly school shootings has reached 18 thus far into 2018, reawakening debate over gun control laws and school safety initiatives.

The shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school put gun control high on Obama's second - term agenda.

The study ascribed this dearth of research to restrictions — namely a 21 - year - old congressional appropriations bill called the «Dickey Amendment» that stipulated «none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.control.»

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.

At the same time that Florida students are pleading Congressional leaders to implement more gun control, a seventh grader in Jackson Township, Ohio was found injured by a self - inflicted gunshot wound early Tuesday.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has taken on gun control, advising customers in an open letter to leave their nine - millimeters at home, and more recently, racial injustice in the United States.

At one point Trump said he backed comprehensive gun - control measures, but he backed off after meeting with the NRA's top lobbyist.

The Parkland, Florida shooting that killed 17 people at a high school has sparked a national debate on gun control.

High - profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube's headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead.

The job of those who worked at the foreign desk, Max said, was more qualitative and was geared toward understanding the «nuances» of American politics to «rock the boat» on divisive issues like gun control and LGBT rights.

It became clear that the company's members weren't taking aim at the issue of hunting or sport shooting but wanted to see more discussion around gun control, he said.

But as the student survivors have chosen to voice their support for gun control and criticize Trump's lack of action, he's apparently now feeling the pressure to at least give the illusion that he takes the situation seriously.

In the wake of the heartbreaking mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the debate over gun control has reached a new high.

If you look at the polling, support for gun control, depending on which specific measure respondents are asked about, can be very high among both Democrats and Republicans.

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.

The walkout, «Stand for the Second,» is a response to the March 14 National School Walkout that called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

But gun control advocates doubt that Trump really means what he says, after he ran for office warning that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, would remove the constitutional right to bear arms and he rode into the White House with the firm backing of the NRA, which opposes most attempts at real change.

In 2012, with the nation traumatized in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama sat where Trump does now and launched a major push for gun control.

The moratorium episode — the closest that Florida's Democratic gun - control proponents have come to success after a Feb. 14 shooting rampage, at a high school in Parkland, left 17 people dead — illustrates why it is so difficult to pass firearm restrictions in the State Legislature: When it comes to backing a significant change, even a popular one, the votes just aren't there.

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!

On Tuesday night, at least 200 people came out to a high school to listen to Dr. Tipirneni, who spoke of her support for a public health insurance option, «common - sense» gun control, and robust funding for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Diego Pfeiffer, 18, a senior at Stoneman Douglas, acknowledged the issue has multiple perspectives and likened the need to toughen gun control to the fight to end slavery and the suffrage movement.

At least 1.2 million people marched for gun control over the weekend at events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy PressmaAt least 1.2 million people marched for gun control over the weekend at events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressmaat events across the US, according to early tallies from researchers Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman.

Demonstrators at the March for Our Lives in Los Angeles on Saturday, one of hundreds of events nationwide led by students and activists advocating stricter gun control.

At a Fort Lauderdale anti-gun rally, Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez called «BS» on common objections to gun control — and video of her, too, went viral.

During a gun control debate at the most recent Greensboro City Council meeting city resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.»

Celebrities who double as gun control proponents were largely silent following the shooting at YouTube's San Bruno, California, headquarters.

While speaking at the Austin, Texas, student march for gun control on Saturday actor Matthew McConaughey urged law - abiding gun owners to «take one for the team» and give up their «assault weapons.»

While students marched for gun control in Washington, DC, Americans were doing Google searches on «NRA membership» at a record pace.

On Saturday one of the protesters at the student march for gun control described guns she wants to ban as those that fire «an automatic disposal of bullets.»

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.

Their message for tougher gun control was strong, but their numbers were much sparser than at more recent demonstrations.

NBC 15 reported that high school students in Wisconsin sparked a gun control debate at their state Capitol after multiple school shooting threats were made to local high schools following the Parkland attack.