Sentences with phrase «own calls for gun control»

But following a string of mass shootings and nationwide calls for gun control in recent weeks, Bumble is setting plans in motion to ban images of firearms for its nearly 30 million users.

The walkout, «Stand for the Second,» is a response to the March 14 National School Walkout that called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

As a result, Republican lawmakers are more resistant to calls for gun control — arguing against «politicizing» mass shootings and focusing on issues like mental health instead.

Beneath the calls for gun control that mark this remarkable political moment, there seems to be an underlying rebellion, one that is demanding an end to the war against youth.

Survivors have taken to social media to make loud calls for gun control, which have been met with abuse and the spread of misinformation about the teenagers online.

Around the world, Americans living abroad gathered to honor those who have died in school shootings and to echo the call for gun control.

There is a cycle we go through every time there is a high - profile mass shooting: The public calls for gun control, the media covers it, and gun enthusiasts — worried that they won't be able to buy guns anymore — stock up on more guns.

In the weeks since the February 14 shooting, the survivors from the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have seized national attention with a call for gun control.

Renewed calls for gun control haven't had the effect of boosting gun stock prices.

Many conservatives have been critical of the Parkland survivors» political and policy beliefs, which isn't too surprising given that the survivors have called for gun control measures that conservatives are opposed to.

Combine it with the White House's verbal nods toward the debate and the staying power the Parkland high - schoolers» calls for gun control have had in the media, and it suggests we may be breaking some new ground here.

Gun buffs once more fired off a round of dour warnings against hasty action, while newspaper editors resurrected their stock columns calling for gun control.

I can not believe the absolute NERVE of any christian calling for gun control of any kind, not after they have slaughtered millions over the centuries in the name of Jesus.

It's doubtful Republicans in the narrowly divided state Senate will be receptive to new calls for gun control in New York.

The Vietnam veteran had come out to join thousands calling for gun control at the March For Our Lives.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D - Conn., center, calls for gun control legislation in the wake of the mass shooting in an Orlando LGBT nightclub in June.

The legislature formally called for the gun control law's repeal a year ago.

But Rep. John katko (R - Camillus) says this tragedy shouldn't simply bring calls for gun control.

The latter comment was a reference to the campaigners who have used the protest method her character employs in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as inspiration, both to call for gun control in the U.S. and to seek justice for those killed in London's Grenfell Tower fire.

With a moment of silence, 17 balloons and calls for gun control, students at one Maryland high school explain why they joined the nationwide walkout one month after the Parkland, Fla., shooting.

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More than 100 Morris Jeff Community School students peacefully marched of class Wednesday morning as part of a national call for gun control.

As the White House attempts to shift attention away from calls for gun control after the Parkland shooting, the Trump administration has turned to an obvious scapegoat: violent video games.

And Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R - MO) has also spoken out about her concerns regarding video games — particularly in light of calls for gun control legislation, which she described in a Politicoop - ed written after the Sandy Hook shootings as a «common and simplistic response.»

The person managing King's page responded: «Pointing out the irony of someone wearing the flag of a communist country while simultaneously calling for gun control isn't «picking» on anyone.

The video shows a local news clip featuring David Hogg, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has made several news appearances over the past few days calling for gun control.

He says the politicians aren't listening to students and others calling for gun control, «so maybe they'll listen to the billion dollar tourism industry in FL. #neveragain.»

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite the call for gun control, some local gun shop owners are reporting an uptick in firearm training signups since the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School less than two weeks ago.

In the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, which occurred about 275 miles south of Crystal River Middle School, where Volitich teaches, she has defended the NRA, expressed support for the idea of arming teachers, including herself, to protect students and has joined in on the attacks on the shooting survivors who have called for gun control.

Like many others, she is inspired by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas calling for gun control after their school in Parkland, Florida, became the scene of a massacre.

Despite the call for gun control, some local gun shop owners are reporting an uptick in firearm training signups since the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School less than two weeks ago.

David Hogg, who has been one of the students actively calling for gun control was invited but declined, said his mother Rebecca Boldrick.

Democratic lawmakers, advocates and survivors of the Florida shooting have called for gun control legislation in the wake of the shooting, which left 17 dead and 14 injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last Wednesday.

Our panel of 100 influential leaders weighs in on the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, and Florida legislators» response to their call for gun control, school safety.

The event was one of many scheduled around the United States calling for gun control after a gunman killed 17 people on February 14 at the high school.

As thousands of students rallied outside the Florida Capitol, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students took their call for gun control reform inside Wednesday, just one week after they lost 14 friends and three mentors in a mass shooting.

Instead, those earlier calls for gun control were demonized, obfuscated and ignored, something the victims of the Parkland shootings are beginning to experience.

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Students from the school walked out of class on the one month anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting to call for gun control.

At 10 a.m., students at more than 3,100 schools across the country left class for 17 minutes to call for gun control and school safety after the loss of 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, including at least 25 high schools and colleges in South Florida.

FBI background checks and gun sales surged in March, likely a reaction to the calls for gun control and bans following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...

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Bloomberg has also become arguably the nation's leading gun - control advocate, spending millions of his own fortune to finance candidates and groups that call for the restriction of firearms.

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High - profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube's headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead.

Technology CEOs including Apple's Tim Cook and Microsoft's Satya Nadella sent out messages of support, but some went further and called for stricter gun control.

The walk out was part of Will Riley's «Stand for the Second» event; a nationwide call to counter nonstop gun control campaigns with a walkout in support of the Second Amendment and our founding principles.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.

As Parkland gun control activists and their surrogates mock the idea of arming teachers, march for gun bans in D.C., and call for new gun controls via Twitter, they risk driving Americans toward the Second Amendment instead of away from it.

Country star Jason Aldean is calling for more gun control in the form of background checks, claiming that «it's too easy to get guns.»

US Representative Ted Deutch (D) called Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who are en route to the State Capitol in Tallahassee to advocate for gun control after the shooting that took place in their school last week.