Sentences with phrase «with guns in schools»

Krueger also argued that parents were concerned about having officers with guns in schools.

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Guns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a school in the Scottish city armed with four hand guns and began shootGuns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a school in the Scottish city armed with four hand guns and began shootguns and began shooting.

No, the real issue is that «hardening» schools with gun - toting profs or guards isn't going to stop gun massacres in this country.

Sam Zeif, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida who survived last week's mass shooting, delivered an impassioned plea for stricter gun control during a White House listening session with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

It's the first time an executive at the nation's second - largest bank has publicly laid out how it will deal with gun - industry clients following Feb. 14 shootings at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.

The world's largest asset manager says it plans to speak with gun makers following public outcry sparked by the school shooting in Florida.

«The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,» NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012.

The list of companies terminating their partnerships with the National Rifle Association is growing as public outcry against the gun group escalates following the deadliest mass shooting at a public high school in U.S. history.

Along with the possibility of raising the age for purchasing a gun, the commission will study the effects of factors such as violent video games that contribute to what DeVos called a «culture of violence» in U.S. schools.

(CNN) Students around the United States are walking out of class to demand tougher gun laws in response to last week's deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, but some schools are threatening them with harsh punishments.

Countless Americans believe the «good guy with a gun» myth, but — as we saw with the armed guard in Florida who never went inside the high school — that isn't always the case.

In 2012, with the nation traumatized in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama sat where Trump does now and launched a major push for gun controIn 2012, with the nation traumatized in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama sat where Trump does now and launched a major push for gun controin the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama sat where Trump does now and launched a major push for gun controin Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama sat where Trump does now and launched a major push for gun control.

In 2016, Cruz posted a photo of himself on Instagram with guns saying he wanted to shoot up the school.

During a meeting with the nation's governors on gun safety, President Trump discussed reopening mental - health institutions and said that he would have intervened in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, even if he was unarmed.

During a meeting with the nation's governors on gun safety, President Trump said that he would have intervened in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, even if he was unarmed.

From left, Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg, 14, who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida; Francine Wheeler, mother of Ben Wheeler, 6, a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting, and Lori Haas, mother of a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting, during a meeting with Senate Democrats about gun violence last month.

He preened with guns and knives on social media, bragged about shooting rats with his BB gun and got kicked out of school — in part because he had brought bullets in his backpack, according to one classmate.

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

Local high school students are planning several walkouts to demand that Congress cracks down on gun violence in America, according to Cleveland 19 News, with similar demonstrations ongoing in Columbus, Ohio, as well.

After the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., both Dick's and Walmart WMT, -0.13 % announced an end to assault weapon and high - capacity magazine sales, along with a requirement that gun buyers be age 21 or older.

We stand with these teens even from across the country, because this problem — gun violence — is not confined to one school, student, or state, it threatens every young person living in America.

BlackRock went public with the questions that it is asking gun makers and sellers in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., an unusual step by the world's largest asset manager.

The GOP leadership of the Florida House and Senate quickly stood with Scott in backing a broad package of legislative initiatives, including funding for increased school security and setting up a new process to take guns out of the hands of those deemed to pose a danger.

During a televised roundtable with lawmakers to discuss what should be done to prevent future school shootings like the one in Florida, Vice President Pence began discussing the concept of gun violence restraining orders.

The extraordinary public exchange with the president gave voice to an intensely emotional debate over how to respond to the latest gun massacre in an American school.

Both groups are meeting with legislators, urging them to pass gun control, school safety and mental health measures in the remaining weeks of the annual legislative session.

A week after a gunman opened fire with an AR -15-style assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people and prompting a rash of student - driven lobbying for new gun restrictions, Mr. Trump met for more than an hour with grieving people in search of solutions.

DENVER — Students from the metro Denver area held protests and walkouts Wednesday in solidarity with schoolchildren from across the country who are demanding stronger gun regulations and protections in schools.

Students from the metro Denver area held protests and walkouts Wednesday in solidarity with schoolchildren from across the country who are demanding stronger gun regulations and protections in schools.

On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

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.

Earlier in the day, about two dozen teachers at Stoneman Douglas waved signs in front of the school and said they did not want to be armed with guns in order to keep students safe.

As students across the country walked out of their schools for the National Student Walkout in honor of the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, House lawmakers passed a narrow gun violence prevention measure with overwhelming bipartisan support.

For more than a week, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have held the country's attention as they join with peers across the country to demand a change in America's gun laws.

Kevin Wozniak, a sociologist at UMass Boston, reviewed polls after the Newtown school shooting in 2012 and found that the event coincided with a temporary spike in support for gun control, followed by a leveling off and return to pre-mass shooting opinion by the end of 2013.

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

Survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February has reignited the debate about how to keep children safe from a future attack, with President Trump and gun rights activists saying the best solution is to let teachers carry guns.

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.

The killings in Florida have also revived the debate over whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns in schools — an idea DeVos, while careful not to outright endorse it, said in an interview last week with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt should «be part of the broader, more robust conversation about how can we avoid these things in the future.»

Florida governor Rick Scott sent a statement, saying that he «will be organizing meetings with state and local leaders in Tallahassee next week to discuss ways to keep Florida students safe, including school safety improvements and keeping guns away from individuals struggling with mental illness.»

As the community mourns, lawmakers in Florida are responding with mixed ideas on what to do to address the recurring issue of gun violence in the state and the national trend of terrorists continually targeting schools.

And in the meantime I'll be on the lookout for an article about a would be shooter who died of a brain aneurism on the way to a school with a duffle bag full of guns and ammo.

They should do just like they did with schools, get God out and put guns in.

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

However, it amazes me that in a city that has recorded over 440 + school age children being injuired or killed but a gun this year, and with a city with some of THE STRICTEST gun laws in the US, that they aren't beating down city hall doors to make some more laws.

An off - duty LAPD officer fired his gun during an altercation with a 13 - year - old Latino boy and group of teens in Anaheim, California, allegedly because one of the teens walked on his lawn on their way home from school, sparking protests in the area community protested the case.

Guns are in schools because quite obviously kids are able to get them with relative ease, not because the govt took forced prayer out of public schools.

When I was growing up we didn't have people going into school's with guns or theatre; s.killing people, God has been taken out of school; s and every other place in the untied states.People have no moral's in this country anymore and no respect for life.You may think he is imiginary person but if you believe he is there for you.and he has always been their for me even jn the hard times.God so loveth the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlastlng life.

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