Sentences with phrase «gun safety debates»
This may be the deadliest school shooting since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14, which killed 17 and brought new impetus to the gun safety debate.
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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.
American Outdoor Brands, the parent company of the Smith & Wesson gun brand, replied to BlackRock in a public letter earlier this month, saying that it respects the national debate about gun safety and shares «the nation's grief» over the Parkland killings and «the desire to make our communities safer.»
The walkout unfolded amid a reinvigorated national debate over gun control and school safety, spurred in part by student survivors of the Parkland shooting.
Black survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, say that the gun control debate that has been raging since the tragedy has largely overlooked them — and argue that recent moves to increase school safety by increasing security would actually put them more at risk.
Still, in Albany, the gun debate has mirrored the national discussion on the issue as Republicans have sought measures that would provide more armed school resources officers as well as metal detectors to bolster school safety.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.
During a debate in the New York State Senate on enhanced school safety measures, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.
During a debate in the New York state Senate on enhanced school safety measures Monday, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.
The Feb. 14 shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland forced lawmakers to quickly deal with school - safety issues and spurred a contentious debate about gun laws.
That led to a massive debate about how to improve school safety and whether to revamp the state's gun laws.
The legal debate over guns and the safety of New York's citizens continues at a fever pitch in the wake of the Herkimer horror, where four people were shot yesterday.
Among the questions: why would it be bad (in the mayor's view) for Tim Wu, who is to the left of Kathy Hochul, to be LG, how does the mayor square City safety concerns with Hochul's past stances on guns, whether as a past New York City Public Advocate de Blasio supports Tim Wu's idea that the lieutenant governor should act as a statewide public advocate, Hochul's current views on drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants, whether Hochul supports NYC's municipal ID program and why Hochul and Andrew Cuomo have refused to debate their primary opponents.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says he will match donations to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group he founded, after the national debate over gun laws was reignited by the Las Vegas shooting.
Paul's focus on the gun debate had earned him the support of Connecticut Voters for Gun Safety.
Gun rights were not a big issue in the legislative session that concluded on Friday, but the Second Amendment and gun safety are once again being debated in the aftermath of the terrorist attack carried out by a gunman at a gay nightclub in Florida a week ago.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, convened a town hall on Thursday afternoon that attracted roughly 100 high school students to discuss steps the city can take to ensure safety in schools amid a national debate about gun control.
The CBS News magazine show spotlights five of the students leading the debate on guns and school safety after the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
On the anniversary of Freddie Gray's death and to commemorate the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, more than 20 mostly Black and Brown - led youth organizations, representing thousands of youth of color from across the country, published a petition calling attention to their demands in the ongoing debate around school safety, gun control and violence against youth.
Students in Newburgh, NY, planted 17 flowers, and throughout the week schools are hosting town hall meetings for students to debate and discuss school and gun safety.
Lowell said the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in south Florida forced high school students to think more seriously about gun violence and to add their voices to the national debate over gun laws and school safety.
No one who has been paying even passing attention to the debates over gun violence and school safety has any illusion that the solutions will be easy.
As a national debate continues to simmer over the best methods for protecting students from gun violence, a state senator from Southern California points out that a large number of school districts are failing to develop or update school safety plans — as required by law.
Their spat became a symbol of a debate over how minors active in national gun safety talks should be treated by political opponents.
It's the first major vote on school safety since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead sparked a nationwide debate over school safety and gun control.
It brought renewed urgency to the national debate over school safety, with young survivors tearfully calling for changes to gun laws, students walking out of classrooms to protest gun violence, and President Donald Trump urging schools to arm their teachers.
Amid an increasingly passionate nationwide debate over gun safety, the National Rifle Association on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump's call for a federal ban on rifle sales to those younger than 21, but a spokeswoman sought to play down the disagreement, suggesting Trump could change his mind.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.
As a painful debate about school safety rages in the U.S., President Donald Trump's proposal to put more guns in schools carries echoes of the questions being asked in the northeast Nigeria.