Sentences with phrase «new gun control movement»
The Parkland survivors ignited a new gun control movement by finding a platform in their tragedy.
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In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.
As dozens of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland have gained popularity spearheading a new movement for increased gun control after a gunman killed 17 people at their school in February, Kashuv has garnered a following among conservatives for opposing those efforts and emphasizing conservative legislative initiatives.
With 17 of their classmates and faculty shot to death, the students of the school have become celebrity activists, whom many left - leaning Americans have embraced as the new leaders of the nation's gun control movement.