Sentences with phrase «mass shootings have»

In Denmark, for example, Finnish exchange student Iida Keskinen told CNN the idea that mass shootings have become the norm ``... has really shook me... I wanted to make sure I had even a small impact in supporting this cause,» she said.

In any case, most mass shootings have been committed by people older than 21.

Countless mass shootings have taken place over the past 20 years, including Sandy Hook Elementary, Columbine High School, Pulse nightclub and the Las Vegas concert shooting, to name a few.

As the discussion of the causes of mass shootings have taken place since the Stoneman Douglas massacre, gun control advocates and Democrats have tended to focus on the availability of guns while gun - rights advocates and Republicans have focused more on mental health care.

Many survivors of mass shootings have gone on to become staunch gun control advocates months and years later in Parkland, the timeline has seemingly accelerated.

-- Survivors of previous massacres offer advice: Parents who lost children in previous mass shootings have advice for the friends and family members of victims in the Parkland massacre.

I'm calling them a repercussion, a necessary and painful reminder of the way that mass shootings have become part of the American consciousness.

Whether due to acts of terrorism, hate, or mental instability, mass shootings have become all too commonplace.

The study raises awareness of the effects that tragic events such as terror attacks and mass shootings have not only those directly affected but also on those with PTSD and other preexisting psychological conditions.

Familiar in the sense that mass shootings have become part of life in the US.

Stewart - Cousins noted that mass shootings have occurred not just at schools, but also at movie theaters, nightclubs and work places.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he joins «all New Yorkers in mourning this senseless tragedy,» adding: «These mass shootings have become appallingly and unforgivably common in our society, but we must not become numb to tragedy.

While previous attempts to strengthen gun laws in the wake of mass shootings have failed, they...

Most of the mass shootings have taken place in states where right - to - carry laws exist.

Will Hadiya's death spark outrage in the way that mass shootings have?

And he believes, instead of concentration camps like Auschwitz, mass shootings have become «the base for modern genocide.»

They've gotten a lot of play in the media because mass shootings have long been a major television news topic and because high school students getting involved in political activism is a noteworthy story.

«Like all Americans, I'm horrified by the mass shootings we've witnessed,» he said.

Much of the discussion about what to do in the aftermath of the mass shooting has played out on Twitter and Facebook.

The mass shooting has prompted a wave of youth activism that has reverberated from South Florida to Washington, where hundreds of students gathered outside the White House gates on Wednesday before the listening session, chanting, «Enough is enough!»

Another mass shooting has made the headlines.

For black Parkland students like 17 - year - old Kai Koerber, calls to increase police presence on campus and other security measures proposed after the February mass shooting have only made them more anxious.

As a result, a five-fold increase in the number of mass shootings has occurred»

As a result, a five-fold increase in the number of mass shootings has occurred, when comparing the 30 years of impact of school prayer (i.e. 1949 - 1981) against the impact of no school prayer (i.e. 1982 — 2012).

No mass shooting has used a grenade launcher or a rocket launcher, as the ammunition is not generally available.

When I finished watching it, I wondered whether another major mass shooting would occur in the United States before I filed a review of the film, which premieres Monday night.

Artist Statement «In the United States, the number of mass shooting has escalated quickly.

PARKLAND, Fla. - Friends of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student killed in Wednesday's mass shooting have started a petition for him to be buried with full military honors.

After the shooting in Parkland, Spradlin said she was outraged and couldn't believe another mass shooting had occurred.

Proving its effect on mass shootings would be much more challenging, he said, because mass shootings are statistically much rarer than suicides.

Not exact matches

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

Since the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, in which 49 people died, the entire media ecosystem — from late - night comedians to TV anchors to newspapers — have been focused on America's gun violence epidemic.

In August, Moore made a similar argument on mass shootings in the US, claiming America «asked for it,» because it has «taken God out of everything.»

Since August 1966, as the Washington Post outlines in a gut - stirring data visualization that truly every American should spend an hour with, there have been 150 mass shootings in which at least four people were murdered, nearly always by a lone gunman.

There have been mass shooting at places of worship in Colorado Springs and Oak Creek, Wisconsin; in Baton Rouge, in Fort Worth, and in Daingerfield, Texas: population, 2,560.

That has been a sharp contrast to other recent mass shootings where public debate quickly moved on after the perfunctory «thoughts and prayers» offered by many Republican politicians and outrage expressed by Democrats.

Among spreading other conspiracy theories, Jones has said tragedies like the mass shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., and Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., both in 2012, were hoaxes, propagated by opponents of the Second Amendment.

In the wake of the mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we have heard a familiar refrain from those steadfastly opposing any kind of gun reform: To stop armed students, put armed guards — or teachers «adept at firearms,» as President Trump proposed — in schools.

In a stock market reaction that has become familiar after mass shootings, shares of Smith & Wesson and rival Sturm Ruger & Co spiked as much as 11 percent on Monday.

A spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, has also said such a law would be unlikely to prevent mass shootings.

Amulet, which has been in testing for four years, released its first product line last year and has seen a surge of interest after every mass shooting in America — particularly over the past week.

In America, where there have been six mass shootings in the first two months of 2018, finding new ways to prevent gun deaths has not only become a public crisis, but a potent business opportunity.

But America's epidemic of mass shootings also has immediate and tangible costs to the health care system and taxpayers.

Another challenge is to strike the appropriate tone at a time when the initial shock over the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has quickly given way to a vicious political brawl in Washington and on the campaign trail.

Not the readily available, semi-automatic rifles that have figured so tragically in recent mass shootings, igniting a national furor over gun laws.

CrisisGo has many different uses, but in an era of mass shootings at schools, this company's chat app for teachers is taking off.

«Why would anyone want to help finance assault weapons that are regularly used in mass shootings?»

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old suspect that killed 17 people in a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, Wednesday, was armed with an assault rifle and had a gun obsession.

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.»

In the February 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, a 19 - year - old former student is believed to have committed the murders using a legally purchased AR - 15 assault rifle.