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Florida School Shooting
The House’s Post-Parkland School Safety Bill Ignores Guns Lawmakers respond to the massacre with a bill to buy more metal detectors.
By Adam K. Raymond
Has Donald Trump Ever Played a Video Game? Trump is reviving a decades-old debate about violent video games — but has he ever even played Pong ?
By Adam K. Raymond
After Parkland, Florida Lawmakers Pass First Gun Control Bill in Decades The bill would raise the gun-buying age, create a three-day waiting period for most gun purchases, and give police more power to take guns away.
By Adam K. Raymond
Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sales of Assault Rifles and High-Capacity Magazines “We know that this isn’t going to make everyone happy,” CEO Edward Stack said.
By Adam K. Raymond
Two New Polls Show Widespread Support for Stricter Gun Laws The same surveys show President Trump dipping in popularity.
By Benjamin Hart
The Grief and Rage Outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Striking photographs taken at the makeshift memorial where mourners and protesters have converged in Parkland, Florida.
By Andres Kudacki
Businesses Cut NRA Ties As Pressure Campaign Mounts The organization is experiencing a rare moment of actual public reckoning.
By Benjamin Hart
Trump’s Minor Gun Actions Are Probably All Congress Will Allow The White House is rolling out tweaks to existing laws, but Republicans in Congress appear resistant to even the mildest gun-control measures.
By Margaret Hartmann
Activists Seek to Keep Gun-Safety Movement Student-Led Gun-control groups and celebrities are offering assistance, but trying not to taint the teens’ grassroots campaign.
By Margaret Hartmann
Every Brutal Marco Rubio Exchange From the CNN Town Hall on Gun Violence While they gave him credit for showing up, Parkland survivors took apart his talking points on banning assault weapons and accepting NRA money.
By Margaret Hartmann
Stoneman Douglas Students March for Gun Control in Tallahassee They were joined by thousands of students marching in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the country.
By Adam K. Raymond
Why ‘Red Flag Laws’ Are Gaining Bipartisan Support After Parkland Gun-violence restraining orders offer a way to temporarily disarm the mentally ill, based on the concerns of family members and law enforcement.
By Margaret Hartmann
Could Trump Actually Shift the Gun Debate? He may be uniquely positioned to do so, but his erratic response to the Parkland shooting suggests gun-control advocates should focus elsewhere.
By Margaret Hartmann
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Feb. 18, 2018
Top GOP Donor Cuts Off Opponents of Assault Weapon Ban The Florida school shooting seems to have moved at least some Republicans to action.
By Chas Danner
gun control
Feb. 18, 2018
Florida School Shooting Survivors Will Lead Nationwide Demonstration The teens say the ‘March for Our Lives’ gun-control demonstration will take place on March 24 in every American city.
By Chas Danner
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Feb. 18, 2018
Trump Blames Florida School Shooting on Russia Investigation “It always has to be about you,” one student responded, “how silly of me to forget.”
By Chas Danner
Rick Scott: The FBI Director Must Resign (for a Mistake He Didn’t Make) The (pro-NRA) governor says Chris Wray must quit because the FBI’s Miami field office failed to pursue a tip about the Parkland shooter.
By Eric Levitz
The FBI Received a Tip on Nikolas Cruz Last Month and Failed to Investigate The tipster said Cruz had a “desire to kill people” and warned of a possible school shooting, the FBI says.
By Adam K. Raymond
As Florida Shooting Survivors Beg for Action, Trump Opts to Lie Low As with the Rob Porter scandal, it appears his goal is to stay out of the spotlight and wait until the controversy blows over.
By Margaret Hartmann
People Reported the Florida Shooter, Like Trump Asked. He Still Got a Gun. School officials, police, and even the FBI received repeated warnings about Nikolas Cruz, but they couldn’t legally prevent him from buying firearms.
By Margaret Hartmann
Guns Make Republicans Feel Safe. So America Can’t Be. The GOP would rather make conservatives feel secure in their worldview than keep Americans safe in their communities.
By Eric Levitz
Trump’s Proposed 2019 Budget Cuts Millions From School-Safety Programs A program meant to prevent violence in schools would be cut if Trump’s budget became law.
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump Scolds Shooter’s Classmates for Failing to Report Him to the Police The president argues that the students of Douglas High could have done more to prevent mass shootings in the United States.
By Eric Levitz
At Least 17 Dead in Florida School Shooting The suspect, reported to be a former student, is in police custody.