Sentences with phrase «shootings have become»

In Denmark, for example, Finnish exchange student Iida Keskinen told CNN the idea that mass shootings have become the norm ``... has really shook me... I wanted to make sure I had even a small impact in supporting this cause,» she said.

I'm calling them a repercussion, a necessary and painful reminder of the way that mass shootings have become part of the American consciousness.

Whether due to acts of terrorism, hate, or mental instability, mass shootings have become all too commonplace.

Familiar in the sense that mass shootings have become part of life in the US.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he joins «all New Yorkers in mourning this senseless tragedy,» adding: «These mass shootings have become appallingly and unforgivably common in our society, but we must not become numb to tragedy.

And he believes, instead of concentration camps like Auschwitz, mass shootings have become «the base for modern genocide.»

In the years since the clay pigeon first took to the air in the 1860s, trap and skeet shooting have become so popular in the U.S. that in 1964 more than 100,000 shotgunners plunked down $ 50 million to bang away at 300 million targets.

As the W.N.B.A. playoffs start on Wednesday, the 3 - point shot has become a more important part of the teams» arsenals.

Anxiety over school shootings has become a common fear in America.

Since then, film shoots have become a near - weekly event in Kingston and surrounding areas.

Just days after the massacre that left 17 of their classmates and teachers dead, student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting have become prominent gun control activists.

Just as it seemed that public reaction to school shootings had become predictable, and lawmakers» votes on gun control would stay within the status quo, students» responses to the latest tragedy in Parkland, Fla., have been anything but.

Now, though, bazooka shots have so much weight behind them that judging shots has become a far trickier process than before, and even the strongest shots barely seem to have any power behind them.

Some of the survivors of the shooting have become staunch advocates for stricter gun laws including banning semiautomatic weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used in the killings.

Many of the survivors of the Parkland shooting have become outspoken advocates of gun control, and some of the posters and banners at the memorial reference their cause.

Not exact matches

As Donald Trump's position at the front of the Republican presidential race has become more and more unshakeable, the media's attitude towards him has changed gradually from a position of somewhat gleeful ridicule to concern that this man actually has a shot at becoming president of the United States — and that the media itself may have helped put him there.

In speaking out against gun violence, the shooting victims have endured online abuse and have become the subject of conspiracy theories.

To pull it off, Catullo's team had to get over 180 permits to do the shoot, create a perimeter around the Acropolis that included over 400 security people, bring in their own TV truck and all key gear from the U.K., and become the first production granted permission to film at the Parthenon in almost 60 years.

In a stock market reaction that has become familiar after mass shootings, shares of Smith & Wesson and rival Sturm Ruger & Co spiked as much as 11 percent on Monday.

His one shot depends on getting justice in a legal system where truth has become a commodity, and the scales of justice have never been more heavily weighed toward the rich and powerful.»

In America, where there have been six mass shootings in the first two months of 2018, finding new ways to prevent gun deaths has not only become a public crisis, but a potent business opportunity.

Having steered largely clear of partisan politics for most of her career, Winfrey became an enthusiastic backer of Obama when he looked a long shot to beat Hillary Clinton to the 2008 nomination.

Three years after she was shot at a Tucson supermarket, the former Arizona congresswoman has become a major force in the effort to end the plague of gun violence.

In recent years, the Sunshine State has become a kind of permanent American freak show, home to zombie face - eaters, and vigilante security guards who shoot black teens for wearing suspicious sweatshirts.

From their mission statement: «March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.»

If Saturday's vote goes as expected, she could have a shot at becoming prime minister.

If Adele's album sales stay on track to reach 2.5 million, 25 would become this year's best - selling album by a long shot, surpassing Taylor Swift's 1989, sales of which stood at 1.74 million as of Nov. 12, according to Billboard.

But Wednesday's launch of Pokemon GO in the United States has seen the title shoot up to become the number - one free app in Apple Inc.'s U.S. iTunes store.

Several early video answers became online phenomena: director of marketing Hope Baggozi's guided tour of a photo shoot to explain why the food looks better in the ads has been viewed 9.7 million times since being posted on YouTube two years ago.

But now that social media has become ubiquitous and our willingness to put ourselves out there has increased, some people have forgotten how easy it is to shoot yourself in the foot with just a few words.

Jess Bezos has become the richest man in the world after Amazon shares shot up more than 10 per cent, taking them -LSB-...]

In the weeks after the shooting, Kashuv has emerged within conservative media as a «professional and respectful» alternative to Parkland students like David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, who've become something of celebrity faces in the anti-gun movement.

If taxes become a larger component of what motorists pay at the pumps then the world might actually have a shot at reducing demand to the 80 million barrels a day that researchers say might be sustainable for the planet.

Bitcoin, despite its ongoing internal strife, is very useful as permissionless global money, and has a legitimate shot at becoming a global reserve and settlement currency.

In the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and staffers — including her 14 - year - old daughter Alyssa — Lori Alhadeff has become a leading advocate in the fight for school safety.

Republicans from outside the state, including President Trump, have separately called for a new federal age limit, which has become a focus after 17 students and faculty members in Parkland were fatally shot, allegedly by 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz, who is accused of carrying out the attack with a semiautomatic rifle he legally purchased.

Stoneman students have so effectively kept the spotlight on the shooting and their push for stricter gun laws that even in the midst of grief they have become targets in some conservative corners.

The bill would allow schools to use the money for mass shooting drills, which have become common in public schools since the Columbine school massacre.

These mass shooting drills have become the new normal, and a generation of American students have learned to lock and barricade their classroom doors the same way they learn to drop and roll in case of a fire.

Arguably, this has happened in the wake of the Parkland shooting, with high school students becoming a mobilized group in their own right, a group that, like, the NRA, has nonpolitical activities and physical spaces that it can use for networking and organizing.

What began as a needed emergency shot of adrenaline to the heart of the economic patient in late 2008 has now become a continuous IV drip the academicians at the Fed for now deem unacceptable to moderate, let alone remove.

What remained to be unraveled Thursday was what drove the shooter to bring his rage to a school in what would become the nation's second deadliest public school shooting with a toll of at least 17 deaths.

Because the mass shootings in America have become a horror of repetition in which meaningful change has come to seem impossible.

Less than a week after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the surviving students — who are barely old enough to vote — have become some of the loudest and...

Many Americans don't want to live in the repressive hate - filled kind of place this country would become if the Talibangelicals called the shots.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

Less than a week after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the surviving students — who are barely old enough to vote — have become some of the loudest and most prominent voices for gun control reform.

And all the wealthy people would have to fight amongst themselves even more until they became poor and thus worthy of being shot.

We shoot our wounded and go on, reduce every career to a series of numbers so that we don't have to become involved with the struggles and real lives of the parsonage family.

As we noted earlier, Hogg has become a vocal advocate for gun reform in the wake of the shooting.