Sentences with phrase «students calling for gun control»

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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.

Those calling attention to the disparity in reactions have also highlighted the work of the Dream Defenders, a Florida - based group founded after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012, arguing that it helped pave the way for the current student movement for gun control.

Students are protesting nationwide on Wednesday, calling for action in Congress on gun control.

The rallies were started by students calling for more gun control after the Parkland Florida high school shooting.

The shooting comes a day before students and teachers across the country participate on walk out to honor the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas and call for stricter gun control laws.

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.

Calls for tighter gun controls surged in other parts of the country after the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where a former student killed 17 people, but they barely registered in gun - loving Texas, where more than 1 million residents are licensed to carry handguns.

ORIGINAL STORY: About 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School poured into the state Capitol this morning to call for tighter gun control laws in the wake of last week's massacre on their school campus, where they met with lawmakers and planned to join with college students for a noon rally.

UPDATE 12:58 p.m.: Thousands of students and supporters rallied at the state Capitol to call for stronger gun control measures, including students who survived last week's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and hundreds of college students who marched from Florida State University and Florida A&M University.

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

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.»

Organizers behind the anti-Trump Women's March called for a 17 - minute nationwide walkout by teachers and students on March 14, and a gun - control group was calling for a rally to ban assault weapons Wednesday at the Florida Capitol.

Students are calling for stricter gun control laws, building on the momentum of last week's National School Walkout.

Like the students who followed her, Renzette called for «logical,» «common sense» gun control, including age restrictions and universal background checks.

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.

Tim takes a moment to recognize all the student marches across the nation this past weekend calling for stronger gun control.

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

They have repeatedly detailed their harrowing experience to national news networks, many calling for stricter gun control laws while decrying President Donald Trump for not doing enough to protect students.

The National Rifle Association, and now the State of Florida, faced a growing backlash Saturday as companies cut ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre, and student survivors called for tourism boycotts of their home state until gun control measures are enacted.

Five students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who have been calling for greater gun control measures in the wake of the shooting at their school appeared on CBS's «60 Minutes» last night.

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.

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.

A group of students and teachers protested outside of the White House Monday afternoon, demanding a call for action on gun control.