Sentences with phrase «threat of gun violence»

We need to address the true threat of gun violence in this country and the easy availability of guns.

Kahlil Joseph's installation, m.A.A.d. (2014), remixes a 2012 album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar and sets it as the soundtrack to a dual - screen film that combines newly - shot, inherited and found news footage depicting the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Compton, powerfully conveying the everyday threat of gun violence within the community.

We're tired of living under the omnipresent threat of gun violence anywhere anytime, at our children's schools, at the mall, just driving around town, enough is enough!

A play - within - a-documentary recasts Shakespeare's timeless romantic tragedy as a celebration of life and art for disadvantaged young people coping with the daily threat of gun violence.

«Yet, after seeing what he students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School experiences last month at the hands of a man who should have not been able to obtain a gun and after having to shelter in place in my own school because of the threat of gun violence I've begun to stand up to protect my future,» Lily said.

«They reflect what I am hearing from parents and grandparents from all across our city: that statistics alone are cold comfort to communities that face the threat of gun violence — and that a real conversation on real solutions is needed.»

They want to study at school free from the threats of gun violence and want positive school climates that uplift them.

«We believe there is something seriously wrong when the threat of gun violence is so frequent and real throughout our country.

When I was a student in New York City schools, there was no threat of gun violence in schools.

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that provides grants to states to train teachers to be alert to threats of gun violence — but has no gun control provisions.