Sentences with phrase «many school shootings»

This question resurfaced for me after the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month.

The NRA has come under fire in the aftermath of a horrific Florida school shooting in which 17 students lost their lives.

The policy was implemented in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students and staff members.

In 2018 alone, there have been 14 school shootings, an average of 1.5 a week.

It's a question parents, teachers and students have been urgently asking since the latest school shooting tragedy in Parkland Florida that left 17 dead.

«Delta's decision reflects the airline's neutral status in the current national debate over gun control amid recent school shootings,» the company said in a statement.

And in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre, in 1999, the WB network delayed the airing of a third - season episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which the plot included a teenager preparing for a potential school shooting.

Delta's move to end discounts for NRA members came in the wake of this month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead and reignited the gun control debate in America.

In the aftermath of several school shootings, many citizens and politicians have suggested that we begin hardening schools.

MetLife is the latest business to end its relationship with the NRA following a school shooting in Florida.

This announcement makes Kroger the third major retailer to change its gun sale policies in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14.

That affiliation led to Donovan producing Bowling for Columbine, which examined American gun culture and the Columbine High School shooting massacre of 1999.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian on Friday sent a letter to the airlines» employees, explaining the company's decision last week to end the discount it provided to National Rifle Association members in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

School shooting survivors started selling #MSDstrong shirts as a way to unify after the trauma and now they've already made more than $ 180,000, USA Today reports.»

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.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for action after the horrific school shooting in Florida the day before that left at least 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured.

«This epidemic of mass slaughter — this scourge of school shooting after school shooting.

Some of the photos showed Nancy Lanza's NRA basic pistol training course certificate, as well as various knives, firearms, and several articles on school shootings with which Adam Lanza was reportedly obsessed.

There have been 239 school shootings in the US since December 2012, according to Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks school shootings.

Later on in the discussion, Zeif spoke up again when Trump asked the group to provide suggestions for ways to prevent school shootings and argued that the country could look to states like Maryland, which have stricter, and more effective, gun laws.

Signs are emerging that companies and investors are starting to push back against the gun industry and its main lobbying group, the National Rifle Association (NRA), in the wake of last week's Florida high school shooting.

The boycott of the National Rifle Association following its response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, came fast and furious.

The attack on Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is the 18th school shooting in the U.S. within the first 45 days of 2018.

What's more, the rise in manmade emergency situations, like school shootings and terrorist attacks, has also created a need for innovative solutions.

It all comes down to how Everytown, an advocacy group that supports stricter gun laws, defines school shootings.

FedEx Corp. is maintaining discounts for members of the National Rifle Association, even as calls for a boycott mount on social media after a deadly school shooting in Florida.

Several students and parents affected by school shootings including last week's massacre at a high school in Parkland, Florida, attended a listening session with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday.

On the heels of Wednesday's tragic school shooting in Florida, the debate over gun control is starting up again.

An online petition calling for the Vancouver - based outdoor retailer to stop selling Vista Outdoor Inc. - owned brands has garnered more than 20,000 signatures because the company also develops and manufactures firearms similar to the type of rifle used in a recent school shooting.

Dick's chief Ed Stack says his decision to stop selling assault - style rifles was motivated by the deadly Valentine's Day Florida school shooting.

From their mission statement: «March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.»

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old suspect armed with an assault rifle, was charged with 17 counts of murder in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

While Nikolas Cruz — who shot and killed 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14 — did not use a bump stock, calls to ban or regulate the attachments have resurfaced in the wake of the school shooting.

Trump claims he would have been a hero, running unarmed into the school shooting.

«Delta's decision reflects the airline's neutral status in the current national debate over gun control amid recent school shootings,» Delta's statement said.

David Hogg, a survivor of that school shooting and a «March for Our Lives» organizer, responded to Santorum's remarks in a broadcast on CNN.

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 NRA briefly suspended its online ad efforts after a February school shooting that left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

The announcement followed Dick's Sporting Goods announcement it wouldn't sell assault - style rifles in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. and WalMart's decision to raise the age to buy firearms to 21.

These protests were born out of the Parkland, Florida school shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead.

The move is part of a renewed national groundswell of action to prevent further gun violence, inspired by the student activists who survived a recent school shooting in Florida

An analysis of the five deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history reveals that shares of those three companies traded down from the day of the incident to one week later, but not by as much as they are reacting now to the high school shooting in Florida.

The world's largest asset manager says it plans to speak with gun makers after a wave of public outcry sparked by the Florida school shooting last week.

The world's largest asset manager says it plans to speak with gun makers following public outcry sparked by the school shooting in Florida.

WASHINGTON — Among the handful of ideas floated in the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, two weeks ago was a pitch to extend the age requirement for purchasing all firearms to 21.

The move comes shortly after YouTube was criticized for promoting videos in the «trending» section of its site that claimed one of the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida was a paid actor.

Last week's televised town hall on guns and school safety has led to finger - pointing by the father of a Florida school shooting survivor and CNN.

The company and its investors have been under heightened scrutiny after 17 were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida in February.

In recent years, there has been a huge spike in school shootings.

President Donald Trump walked back his stance on gun control in his official plan to address school shootings.