The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national
debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.
Not the readily available, semi-automatic rifles that have figured so tragically in recent mass shootings, igniting a national
furor over gun laws.
An October 2017 Pew Research Poll found that gun owners were 75 percent more likely to contact elected
officials over gun laws than non-owners were.
They walked past police cruisers and memorial flowers to gather the backpacks and books they had left behind as they fled, and to take their first steps toward resuming classes on a campus now indelibly linked to America's wrenching cultural
battle over gun laws and how to stop mass shootings.
In 11 days, voters will go to the polls in two Colorado Senate districts to decide whether to recall Democrats from office in a campaign that has become the latest front in the contentious national
debate over gun laws.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says he will match donations to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group he founded, after the national debate
over gun laws was reignited by the Las Vegas shooting.
It's sadly familiar turf for district and school leaders, who faced the same concerns after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, stirring calls for beefed up school security and debates
over gun laws.
Along with turning up the heat in the national debate
over gun laws, the horrific attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Feb. 14 has introduced the nation to a new generation of articulate, passionate teenagers.
Lowell said the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in south Florida forced high school students to think more seriously about gun violence and to add their voices to the national debate
over gun laws and school safety.
The shooting spurred a national debate
over gun laws.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate
over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.