Sentences with phrase «lawmakers about gun control»
Talia Rumsky, a 16 - year - old Stoneman Douglas High student who was at school during the shooting, was among those who travelled to Tallahassee Wednesday to lobby lawmakers about gun control.
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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.
Talia Rumsky, a 16 - year - old Stoneman Douglas High student who was at school during the shooting, was among those who traveled to Tallahassee Wednesday to lobby lawmakers about gun control.
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Under the rallying cry #NeverAgain, dozens of students and staff who survived the Florida school shooting departed earlier Tuesday for the Capitol, where they hope to speak with lawmakers Wednesday about school safety and gun control.
Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are predicting a different type of debate about gun control when lawmakers return to Washington next week.
Parkland students met with lawmakers Friday in the nation's capital about gun control legislation.
Congressman Brian Higgins, when pressed about the gun control debate, suggested lawmakers need to hold formal hearings in order to come up with a smart, reasonable and genuine response to gun violence.
ORIGINAL STORY: About 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School poured into the state Capitol this morning to call for tighter gun control laws in the wake of last week's massacre on their school campus, where they met with lawmakers and planned to join with college students for a noon rally.
TALLAHASSEE — About 50 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School met with lawmakers Tuesday, telling their stories of last week's shooting that left 17 dead in the hope legislators will pass new gun control laws.
About 100 students chanted and raised signs demanding action from lawmakers on the issue of gun control.
About 40 parents left on a bus from Coral Springs to the state capital to meet with lawmakers on the topic of gun control.
President Donald Trump has suggested he's open to new gun control laws, and started a discussion about what lawmakers can do to address mass shootings in the US after he announced his support to ban bump stocks.
TALLAHASSEE — A week after a gunman shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, thousands of protesters — including about 100 students from the school — rallied Wednesday inside and outside the Capitol, expressing rage and frustration at lawmakers for not moving swiftly on gun control laws.