Sentences with phrase «over gun violence»

Some schools prohibited their students from taking part in the nationwide day of protest over gun violence and calls for gun control measures.

No one who has been paying even passing attention to the debates over gun violence and school safety has any illusion that the solutions will be easy.

«When he left state government he would come back in the office to handle transition matters,» Cuomo said before taking part in a student walkout over gun violence in New York City.

It is part of a fresh wave of activism by public pensions in response to the outcry over gun violence.

Saturday's march follows a nationwide student walkout over gun violence on March 14, the one - month mark since the Parkland killings.

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

In the statement, Cuomo pointed to his joining a student - led walkout last week in New York City that was part of a nationwide demonstration at schools over gun violence.

The student protests over gun violence during the past several months, including a huge rally in Washington, D.C., in March, were organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14 that left 17 people dead, including 14 students and three staff members.

The 65 - year - old governor has recently been ramping up his criticism of the three - term incumbent and the two men have traded jabs over gun violence and what should be done in the aftermath of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.

The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump declared Thursday, defying his loyal supporters in the National Rifle Association amid America's public reckoning over gun violence.

Officials said the tribute was broadcast Wednesday during a student protest at the Crestwood School District that was part of nationwide walkout over gun violence following the shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Others simply felt embarrassed over gun violence plaguing the US, and lawmakers» seeming refusal to do anything about it.

Cuomo decried the violence of the past week, calling the deaths «especially disturbing» given the pitched debate over gun violence, policing in the U.S. and racial discrimination.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a letter released Thursday called on the State Education Department to reverse disciplinary measures taken against students and faculty members at some schools for participating in protests over gun violence.

American late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has criticised US President Donald Trump and Christians who support the National Rifle Association (NRA) for doing «worse than nothing» over gun violence.

Sen. John DeFrancisco responded sarcastically and referenced Cuomo's appearance last week at a student walkout protest over gun violence.

The video shows Mayer sitting at her desk in the Legislative Office Building commending students who participated in a nationwide walkout protest over gun violence and gun control.

Deutch said the debate over gun violence is «in a ridiculous place,» exemplified, he said, by the idea of arming teachers.

But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Trump address the debate over gun violence that has raged since a 19 - year - old gunman killed 17 and injured 14 others.

An avid supporter of the National Rifle Association, he did not mention the renewed debate over gun violence, ignoring a shouted question about gun laws.

Students learn about and discuss strikes by teachers in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky, and consider how they are connected to student - led protests over gun violence.