Sentences with phrase «on guns in school»

The Senator sponsored the legislation in order to ensure New York teachers are not required to carry firearms in the classroom — if federal restrictions on guns in school zones were to be lifted, Saturday's legislation would prohibit the restriction from being lifted.

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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.

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.

It's the worst mass killing in Canada since Marc Lepine killed 14 women at a Montreal engineering school in 1989 before turning the gun on himself.

Sam Zeif, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida who survived last week's mass shooting, delivered an impassioned plea for stricter gun control during a White House listening session with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

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.

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

The sporting - goods chain sold a gun to Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, though a different gun was used in the shooting.

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

On Wednesday, February 14, 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were gunned down on the campus where I also attend schooOn Wednesday, February 14, 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were gunned down on the campus where I also attend sSchool in Parkland, Florida, were gunned down on the campus where I also attend schooon the campus where I also attend schoolschool.

After a teenager on Wednesday slaughtered at least 17 people in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the share prices of gun manufacturers went up.

Students and activists have rallied in the week after a gunman killed 17 at a Florida high school to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

«Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school,» Women's March organizers, who are setting up the school walkout, said in a statement.

Will Riley, a senior at Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, New Mexico, launched «Stand for the Second» in an effort to speak out on behalf of young people who support gun rights.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

In 2016, Cruz posted a photo of himself on Instagram with guns saying he wanted to shoot up the school.

During a meeting with the nation's governors on gun safety, President Trump discussed reopening mental - health institutions and said that he would have intervened in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, even if he was unarmed.

During a meeting with the nation's governors on gun safety, President Trump said that he would have intervened in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, even if he was unarmed.

Gov. Rick Scott signed into law sweeping changes to school safety and gun access on Friday — a measure crafted in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shoschool safety and gun access on Friday — a measure crafted in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shoSchool shooting.

He preened with guns and knives on social media, bragged about shooting rats with his BB gun and got kicked out of school — in part because he had brought bullets in his backpack, according to one classmate.

Republicans squirmed over Trump's call for stricter gun laws after the assault on a Florida high school, while Democrats seized on the opening to reach beyond a modest measure gaining traction in Congress.

Carmen Schentrup would have celebrated her 17th birthday yesterday had she not been gunned down in a hail of bullets from an AR - 15 semi-automatic assault weapon on February 14 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida by an expelled student who had bought the gun legally when he was just 18 years old.

April 10 Bank of America Corp plans to stop lending to companies that make military - style firearms for civilians, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, making it the second major U.S. lender to address gun sales after the Florida high school shooting that left 17 dead in February.

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

(CNN) Nearly a week after a gunman stormed the hallways of their school in a deadly rampage, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are heading to Florida's state Capitol to demand lawmakers take action on gun coschool in a deadly rampage, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are heading to Florida's state Capitol to demand lawmakers take action on gun coSchool are heading to Florida's state Capitol to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

The announcements come in the wake of the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 and as much of the public has buffeted the NRA and called for stricter gun regulations.

Teenagers are forcing lawmakers to consider changing their state gun laws — demanding action after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 students dead and added to the list of instances where people have opened fire on school grounds in 2018.

Local high school students are planning several walkouts to demand that Congress cracks down on gun violence in America, according to Cleveland 19 News, with similar demonstrations ongoing in Columbus, Ohio, as well.

President Trump backed a Senate proposal to expand background checks on gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

Instead of rushing in, several Broward sheriff's deputies waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while a killer gunned down schoolchildren, according to other officers on the scene.

Dick's and Walmart both raised the minimum age to purchase guns to 21 post-Parkland, where accused 19 - year - old shooter Nikolas Cruz had purchased a shotgun at Dick's and had used an AR - 15 in the assault on the high school.

Its intention to file for bankruptcy has been known at least since February, but sources told The Wall Street Journal that the filing was delayed after the school shooting in Parkland Florida on February 14 that re-awakened the national debate on gun regulations.

NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch appeared on a CNN Town Hall on guns in Sunrise, Florida and said law enforcement could have done more to stop the Florida school shooting.

The average amount of time spent discussing gun control on the three major cable networks two weeks after the shooting is higher post-Parkland than it was after any other major recent shooting, including the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Back for a return engagement, President Donald Trump's address to the National Rifle Association on Friday comes after he temporarily strayed from the group's strong opposition to tougher gun controls following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida — only to rapidly return to...

But this year's speech comes as the issue of gun violence takes on new urgency after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

The measure comes more than a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17, and on the eve of the gun violence — focused March for Our Lives.

The law imposes new restrictions on firearm purchases and the possession of «bump stocks,» funds more school police officers and mental health services, broadens law enforcement's power to seize weapons, and allows certain staff members to carry guns in schools.

Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

The gun control bill that the Florida Legislature passed on Wednesday was, in many respects, a major victory for the new activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

On March 14, students at Lewis Middle School in Allied Gardens joined hundreds of thousands of other students from across the country in a walkout to protest gun violence in schools following the death of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida one month earlier.

The FBI had a tip that Nikolas Cruz owned guns, wanted to kill people, and could be a future school shooter more than a month before Cruz killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday.

In the House, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced a vote on the STOP School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and revamped reporting systems.

On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma GonzáleOn Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma Gonzáleon their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to express outrage at recent mass shootings in American schools, and to push Congress to enact stricter gun laws.

Students of West Boca High School staged a walkout Feb. 20, 2018, and left campus to march to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in the hopes of sending a message on gun violence.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting in a Parkland high school that killed 17 people and injured more than a dozen others, pressure mounted for Congress to actually do something on guns — and Trump seemed enthusiastic about the ideIn the immediate aftermath of the shooting in a Parkland high school that killed 17 people and injured more than a dozen others, pressure mounted for Congress to actually do something on guns — and Trump seemed enthusiastic about the idein a Parkland high school that killed 17 people and injured more than a dozen others, pressure mounted for Congress to actually do something on guns — and Trump seemed enthusiastic about the idea.

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

Even though the incident did not occur on school property, the shooting confirms some of the fears about what could go wrong if teachers were to carry guns in school — that the mere presence of more firearms would increase the risk of gun violence.