Sentences with phrase «over mass shootings»

Congressman Ted Deutch visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Thursday and expressed anguish over mass shootings.

Again and again during his eight years in Congress, Ted Deutch has expressed anguish over mass shootings and, increasingly, frustration at his colleagues» refusal to do anything substantive to reduce gun violence.

Again and again during his eight years in Congress, Ted Deutch has expressed anguish over mass shootings and, increasingly, frustration at his colleagues» refusal to do anything substantive to reduce gun violence.

The shock and heartbreak over the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School have inspired Westboro Baptist Church to do what they do worst: jettison any semblance of humanity and decency by picketing the funerals of the victims.

Two wounded students are taking their first steps to sue over the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The Broward Sheriffs Office attended a City of Parkland commission meeting to meet with students and parents of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School about lingering concerns over the mass shooting that occured at the school last month.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Just over four months to the election, and facing pressure from their Democratic opponents, most Republican Senate incumbents opted for consistency despite the political frenzy days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

Gun makers are again the center of a national debate over how to put an end to mass shootings, and their stocks are trading like things are different this time.

It was the 377th time Americans have witnessed a mass shooting in 2017 alone, and comes just over a month after the horror in Las Vegas, which was the deadliest mass shooting in contemporary U.S. history.

In the wake of the heartbreaking mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the debate over gun control has reached a new high.

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That's a phrase we've heard often over recent hours, as Americans reacted to the latest mass shooting in the United States — one that stole the lives of at least 17 people, many of them teenagers.

Organizer Terry Decarlo said the costumes are sent to every mass shooting and disaster so the survivors «know angels are looking over them and protecting them.»

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made this argument after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting: «I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun - related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country.

Stock prices for gun manufacturers also tend to rise after mass shootings, likely because the debate over gun control heats up and rekindles fears from gun owners.

The debate over what Congress and the president should do in response to mass shootings is once again confronting Washington after Nikolas Cruz, 19, allegedly killed 17 people at his former high school Wednesday, with authorities charging that he aimed his AR - 15 assault - style rifle and fired round after round into classroom after classroom in one of the nation's worst school shootings.

The national conversation tends to skip over how much this demographic — who came of age with mass tragedies like the Columbine shooting and 9/11 — want a candidate who conveys a sense of protection in what they see as an «increasingly dangerous world.»

Just as the first reports of the latest mass shooting started to trickle in on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested Republicans prefer gun rights over protecting the country in a radio interview.

While the gun control debate has been a polarizing issue in America, certain aspects of the debate have grown in popularity in the wake of multiple mass shooting incidents over the past few years.

Following Wednesday's mass shooting of 17 people at a school in Parkland, Fla., the Democrat said «Congress has caved over and over again to enormous pressure from the NRA.»

He offered himself up for national TV interviews after a mass shooting at an Oregon community college, challenging his fellow Democrats (before walking it back) to threaten a government shutdown over gun control legislation.

WASHINGTON — In the current firestorm over gun control sparked by the mass schoolroom shooting in Parkland, Fla., the pro-gun lobby peddles the notion that restoring the federal ban on sale of all assault weapons is a non-starter.

PLATTSBURGH Over 150 people marched in Plattsburgh last Saturday to show their support for victims of the recent mass - shooting in Parkland, Florida and call for stricter gun control measures.

A national group of scholars is calling for «prevention» over «reaction» in wake of the mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida last month.

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.

The Senate is expected to vote Monday on a series of competing gun - control measures that will highlight the continuing divide between Democrats and Republicans over how Congress should respond to mass shootings.

A deeper dive into the media coverage found that depictions of mass shootings by individuals with mental illness increased over the course of the study period, from nine percent of all news stories in the first decade to 22 percent in the second decade.

This involves shots of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) helping tow a larger - than - life warship into an enormous dry dock, walking over expansive mountains, and mingling with poor masses so gritty their dirt seems almost to smear on the screen.

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Despite extremely loud gunfire and the echoes that ensue in a such a large, abandoned warehouse, Vern can still be heard over all of it complaining about his bullet wounds, as if he's the only one shot, his stupid makeshift cardboard armor and just a mass amount of random grumbling in a hard - to - place accent making him all the more frustrating for the other characters and even funnier for the audience.

In America's wrenching argument over how and why we have so many mass shootings, such as the ones at Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo., many have pointed the finger at video game makers to demand they take a good hard look at what they sell and its effect on impressionable young minds.

The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida stunned the nation but somehow did not shock it, as a kind of numbness washes over American society that witnesses repeated instances of senseless violence.

The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida stunned the nation but somehow did not shock it, as a kind of numbness washes over American...

Days after news broke of The Voice singer, Christina Grimmie's murder, it was reported that an Orlando nightclub had been the target of a mass shooting with over 40 fatalities.

Violent video games are played the world over, yet perennial mass - casualty shootings are a uniquely American problem.

Shot over the course of two years in Sydney, Australia, and released in 2013, the moody masterpiece only recently came to the masses of the online world.

Predictably, our colleagues over at Fox News find this controversial and insensitive following the mass shooting in Dallas in which five police officers were killed.

Attorneys allege that the Department of Children and Families determined Cruz was not a risk «and apparently did nothing to assist in the prevention of the mass shooting» although there were «warning signs stretching back over a decade.»

After the killings in Parkland, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said he was willing to deal with the «gun part» of the debate over how to stop mass shootings.

And even after demonstrators took over D.C., Congress seems unwilling to outlaw the types of weapons so commonly used in mass shootings — from Columbine to Sandy Hook to Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

It's the first major vote on school safety since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead sparked a nationwide debate over school safety and gun control.

But long before Peterson decided to stay outside when the shooting started, many others in power have chosen to stay out of the fight over what to do about mass shootings.

Organizer Terry Decarlo said they try to go to every mass shooting and disaster so the survivors «know angels are looking over them and protecting them.»

Student organizers of the protest told ABC News» «This Week» Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that they are determined to use protests and political action to make the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, a turning point in the national debate over gun control.

Organizer Terry Decarlo said the costumes are sent to every mass shooting and disaster so the survivors «know angels are looking over them and protecting them.»

Over 150 Sierra Pacific High School students took part in a 17 - minute walkout on Wednesday to commemorate students who were killed on Feb. 14 during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Citing mass shootings in Parkland, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, the anti-gun violence group founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords launched an ad campaign Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott «for repeatedly siding with the gun lobby over public safety.»