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If only our Republican Congressmen would start listening to our nation's students instead of to the NRA.......
More than 1,000 student walkouts scheduled across the country
NBC News, Mar 13 2018
Thousands of students and organizations across the country are joining in school walkouts in honor of those who died in the Parkland shooting last month and to call on legislators for stricter gun laws. On March 14 at 10 AM ET, administrators, allies and students of all ages will collectively leave classrooms in protest of Congress' inaction on gun reform.
The National School Walkout, with more than 1,000 protests organized so far, is led by the Women’s March’s Youth EMPOWER group and is just one of several upcoming events being held in wake of the Parkland shooting, including the March For Our Lives in Washington, spearheaded by the Parkland students, on March 23.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ountry-n855886
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If you think schools teachers should be armed.......think again.
California teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during public safety class
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cai...ent/ar-BBKbTPI
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Thousands of students today staged a nationwide walkout to protest the failure of the Republican-led Congress to take measures to stem the rising tide of gun violence. The NRA, which is a huge part of the problem, sent out a tweet saying "I'll control my own guns, thank you" along with a picture of an AR-15 (the gun used by Nikolas Cruz to kill 17 classmates) with an American flag sticker on it. The NRA values guns and gun ownership. The NRA does not value human life. Truly sad.
NRA trolls student gun protests with defiant tweet
https://nypost.com/2018/03/14/nra-tr...defiant-tweet/
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I heard something interesting about the walkout. Students stayed out of school for 17 minutes because 17 students were killed in the school shooting. Several TV channels like MTV and Nickelodeon showed their support by going off the air for 17 minutes. I hope the students keep protesting until something is done. It is sad that they have to live in fear of getting shot.
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My prediction: Seventeen wrongful-death lawsuits will be filed.
Parkland video shows deputy waiting outside school as shooting unfolds inside
Los Angeles Times, Mar 15 2018 10:50 AM
Surveillance footage released by Florida authorities today shows a Broward County deputy waiting outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for several minutes, speaking on his radio, as a mass shooting unfolded inside. The video, released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office on orders from a judge, sheds further light on officials' allegations that Deputy Scot Peterson failed to charge into the Parkland school as a gunman killed 17 people.
Media organizations had requested release of the footage as public controversy grew around law enforcement's failure to prevent the massacre — despite warnings about alleged gunman Nikolas Cruz's behavior — in addition to its slow initial response when the shooting began. The Sheriff's Office said in a statement, "The video speaks for itself. Peterson's actions were enough to warrant an internal affairs investigation, as requested by Sheriff Scott Israel on February 21. After being suspended without pay, Peterson chose to resign and immediately retired rather than face possible termination."
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...315-story.html
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I can answer the second part of this headline: As long as the NRA-puppet Republicans control Congress, no gun legislation will be passed. Cities, counties and states will have to act on their own.
Senate panel explores why the FBI missed warnings before Parkland school shooting — and whether gun measures can pass Congress
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...314-story.html
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Guns and ammo are sold at Fred Meyer stores in four states. In response to the Parkland massacre, the chain raised the minimum age to buy guns and ammo from 18 to 21. Now they've gone one step further. One big step further.
Superstore chain Fred Meyer to stop selling guns and ammo
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...317-story.html
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I heard that YouTube is getting rid of gun ads and videos that show how to assemble a gun. I think this is a good idea. There was another school shooting this week and I do not think guns should be sold to anyone under 21.
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The NRA worships guns -- always has, always will. However, guns are rapidly falling out of favor with the rest of America. Citigroup is the latest company to take action:
Citigroup restricts gun sales by customers
CBS News, Mar 22 2018 1:21 PM
Citigroup says it will no longer do business with those who don't adhere to its new policies on selling firearms. Citi will require its clients to refrain from selling guns to those who have not passed a background check or who are not yet 21. It also prohibits them from selling bump stocks and high-capacity magazines. The policy applies to bank customers who offer Citi-branded credit cards, borrow money or use other Citi services.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/citigro...iness-clients/
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I would like to think that action will be taken now to stem the rising tide of gun violence and school shootings -- and action won't have to wait until today's students are old enough to enter politics and get elected to public office. Unfortunately, I fear nothing will change until Democrats regain control of Congress.
'March For Our Lives' rallies unfold nationwide
CBS News, Mar 24 2018 3:29 PM EDT
Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across America today to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era. Chanting "Vote them out!" and bearing signs reading "We Are The Change," ''No More Silence" and "Keep NRA Money Out Of Politics," protesters packed Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.
"If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking," David Hogg, a survivor who has emerged as one of the student leaders of the movement, told the roaring crowd of demonstrators at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington. He warned: "We will get rid of these public servants who only care about the gun lobby."
Large rallies with crowds estimated in the tens of thousands in many cases also unfolded in such cities as Boston, New York, Chicago, Houston, Fort Worth, Minneapolis and Parkland, Florida, the site of the February 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead. Protesters complained over and over that they are afraid of getting shot in school and tired of inaction on the part of grown-ups after one mass shooting after another. They called for such measures as a ban on high-capacity magazines and assault-type rifles like the one used by the Florida killer, tighter background checks and school security, and a raising of the age to buy guns.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/march-f...washignton-dc/
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Mark Warner is a Democrat. I would like to think some of the Republican Congressmen are finally starting to agree with him. He said today, "I think it's time for us to have a legitimate debate about restrictions on gun magazines and assault weapons. These weaponized, militarized weapons need to be off our streets."
Senator Mark Warner on past vote against assault weapons ban: 'I think it's time to change our positions'
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-mar...our-positions/
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A few Republicans -- a very few -- may be rethinking their pro-gun positions but the majority are always going to value guns and the NRA far more than they value human life. Case in point: Marco Rubio, who "has an A+ rating from the gun rights group for supporting NRA-friendly legislation and has received $3.3 million from the group."
Senator Marco Rubio tells students he does not agree with the March For Our Lives
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...ives/23394549/
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I was appalled and disgusted by Rick Santorum's comments about the Parkland survivors and the anti-gun marchers. I was appalled and disgusted by Marcio Rubio's comments. I was appalled and disgusted by Leland Vittert's comments. I am mega-appalled and super-disgusted by Pete Hegseth's nasty diatribe: "Forgive me if I don’t want a lesson on the Second Amendment from a 16-year-old. Forgive me if I don’t want to watch a 9-year-old tell me that her dream is a world without guns." And then he donates money to the NRA! I do not forgive him -- and I hope nobody does. Fox should fire this gun-loving idiot -- but I'm sure the executives will come to his defense. You know, some of that "freedom of speech" that is granted to some people but not to others.
Fox & Friends' Pete Hegseth attacks Parkland survivors, donates to the NRA
https://splinternews.com/fox-friends...ors-1824059118
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A photo of Emma tearing up a gun target poster was altered to show her tearing up the Constitution -- just the latest dirty trick from the alt-right and the NRA.
Twitter said it would protect Parkland students but a fake photo of Emma González ripping up the US Constitution still went viral
http://www.fortune.com/2018/03/26/em...photo-twitter/
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We no longer have muskets and cannons. We have handguns and assault weapons. We no longer need a "well-regulated militia" to protect us from tyranny. And it was only through the efforts of the NRA that the Second Amendment was re-interpreted to mean everyone in the United States can own all the guns they want. I agree with Stevens' op-ed in today's New York Times. The "right to guns" is depriving many thousands of people of their "right to life."
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens calls for repeal of the Second Amendment
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/retired-...ond-amendment/
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Fake news from an alt-right website -- and of course Trump doesn't say a word about it. He's too busy attacking legitimate news outlets: CNN is "fake news," ABC is "fake news," NBC is "fake news" the Washington Post is "fake news," the New York Times is fake news.......
Man falsely accused in Parkland shooting suing Alex Jones, InfoWars for defamation
CBS News, Apr 2 2018 5:52 PM
A Massachusetts man is suing Alex Jones after the conspiracy theorist and conservative radio host's website InfoWars misidentified him as the gunman in an article about the Parkland high school massacre. Marcel Fontaine, 24, filed a lawsuit in Texas court todday naming Jones, InfoWars, parent company Free Speech Systems and Infowars employee Kit Daniels as defendants. Fontaine is seeking damages after he says InfoWars falsely identified him as the shooter and posted photos of him in several versions of an article on InfoWars' website.
Fontaine's suit claims a now-deleted InfoWars article including his photo published on February 14 "conveyed the impression that the photograph depicted the suspected Douglas High School shooter." The article, along with Fontaine's photo, spread across social media. Fontaine said he was then threatened and ridiculed online.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jo...hool-shooting/
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It's only one city -- but it's a start.
Illinois town votes to ban assault rifles
CBS News, Apr 4 2018 5:44 PM
The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has once again ignited the public debate around assault rifles and large-capacity magazines. And while no sweeping gun control laws have been enacted at the federal level, one town in Illinois is taking matters into its own hands. The Chicago suburb of Deerfield voted on Monday to ban the possession, sale and manufacture of assault weapons and large capacity magazines to "increase the public's sense of safety." Anyone refusing to give up his banned firearm will be fined $1,000 a day until the weapon is handed over or removed from the town's limits.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinoi...-1000-per-day/
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A district judge upheld Massachusetts' 20-year-old ban on assault weapons, calling them "military weapons" that are beyond the scope of the Constitutional right to "bear arms." Despite the unceasing and obsessive pro-gun efforts of the NRA and their Republican puppets, sanity occasionally prevails. Thank you, Judge Young!
Federal judge: Massachusetts' assault weapons ban does not violate 2nd Amendment
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jud...D=ansmsnnews11
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Broward County is home to Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School. The school board wisely concluded that state funds should be spent on hiring more resource officers and not on training and arming teachers.
Broward County school board votes against arming teachers
http://www.dailywire.com/news/29275/...s-hank-berrien
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What a sad testament to the violent times we live in: A student who was shot five times in a hallway and didn't die is considered to be lucky.
Parkland school shooting survivor Anthony Borges files lawsuit seeking damages from shooter and others
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flo...D=ansmsnnews11