Sentences with phrase «stop mass shootings»

But the brazenness of the walkout matched the rhetoric that many students have used in recent days to express their outrage over the failures of adults to stop mass shootings.

To stop mass shootings, we have to go after the assault weapons that make it so easy to kill so many people so fast.

In an appearance on CNN, a grief - stricken Lori Alhadeff put her pain on full display, tearfully screaming into the camera for change and pleading for President Donald Trump to do something to stop mass shootings.

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.

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 president and Congress have been struggling to respond to public demands to stop mass shootings at schools since a former student armed with an AR -15-style rifle killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.

Vice President Joe Biden said President Barack Obama is exploring executive orders to help stop mass shootings.

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@Lou The point is that you can not in fact stop a mass shooting.

(AP) The massacre at a Florida high school is again raising concerns about whether the FBI missed signs that might have stopped a mass shooting.

«My instincts tell me that more guns are not the answer to stopping mass shootings,» said Brooklyn mom Jessica Byrne.

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In the wake of the mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we have heard a familiar refrain from those steadfastly opposing any kind of gun reform: To stop armed students, put armed guards — or teachers «adept at firearms,» as President Trump proposed — in schools.

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.»

Trump began his weekend trip to Florida by stopping by the nearby Broward County community torn by the nation's latest deadly mass shooting.

MEC doesn't sell guns, but has faced a petition calling on it to stop selling brands owned by Vista Outdoor because the U.S. company also develops and manufactures firearms similar to the type of weapon used in a recent mass shooting in Florida.

The political obstacles to real action to stop the spate of mass shootings in America remain significant.

Following a mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school in February, Dick's announced it would stop selling assault - style rifles and high - capacity magazines.

There are 260 million americans and a bill of rights and many millions of gun owners who have nothing to do with mass shooting yet you want to make the difference by banning something that affects 3 million plus law abiding citizens... to stop.008 % of murders???

Hillary Clinton and President Obama have decided to postpone their campaign stop in Green Bay Wednesday, as a result of the mass shooting in Florida.

Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, a mass shooting victim, called this «domestic terrorism,» adding: «Our thoughts and prayers aren't going to stop next shooting.

We can not accept mass shootings as part of who we are — this can and must stop.»

ALBANY — Republican lawmakers need to stop offering «thoughts and prayers» to mass shooting victims and start doing something to curb gun violence, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.

For those that seek to be protected neither this law, nor the Executive Order of President Obama, stopped the 10 mass shootings so far this year in New York (of which all but 2 were in NYC).

Reaction to Van Blarcum's statement was swift and exposed the yawning chasm between those who believe that the solution to mass shootings is stricter gun control and those who believe, as the NRA's Wayne LaPierre stated in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

The Broward County sheriff's deputy assigned to Stoneman Douglas High School took position outside of a building during the mass shooting there last week, but he never entered to try to stop the gunman, Sheriff Scott Israel said.

Two decades later and more police presence in school has not proven to be an effective solution and has not stopped a single mass shooting.

According to the permit application, «March For Our Lives is created 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.»

Packed inside were the thoughts and prayers we heard so much about — the ones from people willing to do something after 17 people died in Parkland, but not willing to do enough to stop future mass shootings.

We, the mass shooting generation, will stop at nothing to make our voices be heard and our wishes a reality.

Blaming government officials at the local, state and federal levels for failing to stop Cruz before the mass shooting happened may be the wrong things to focus on, said Rev. Anthony Burrell, who spoke on behalf of the clergy.