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Jun 12

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Pulse shooting anniversary: Survivors soldier on for gun reform

By Ivette Feliciano, Connie Kargbo

Several events were held on Saturday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, in which a gunman killed 49 people and injured dozens. At the time, this was the deadliest mass shooting in modern…

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Jun 12

Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

The president emphasized that the country must do more to reduce gun violence, such as banning assault weapons and closing loopholes in regulations that enable gun buyers to bypass background checks.

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Feb 14

On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida community in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre.

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Feb 14

A year after Parkland, support sinks for stricter laws on gun sales, poll says

By Laura Santhanam

Few Americans -- 9 percent -- think the nation will be safer from gun violence any time soon.

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Aug 28

There’s a new global ranking of gun deaths. Here’s where the U.S. stands

By Laura Santhanam

Half of all gun-related deaths in 2016 occurred in six nations -- Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Guatemala.

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Mar 09

Florida governor signs school safety bill that raises minimum rifle age, creates handgun program for school employees

By Curt Anderson, Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout, Associated Press

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a $400 million school safety bill in response to the tragedy that killed 17 people at a high school. It raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and creates a…

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Mar 09

911 calls from Florida school shooting reveal confusion after shots were fired

By Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout, Associated Press

As Florida's Republican governor keeps everyone in suspense about whether he'll sign the legislature's response to the massacre of 17 people by a teenager with an assault rifle, 12 minutes of radio transmissions released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office…

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Mar 06

Baltimore students march on City Hall to protest gun violence

By Associated Press

Students from multiple high schools walked out of class Tuesday, chanting "Grades up! Guns down!" during a 5-mile march to the plaza outside City Hall.

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Mar 05

Nobody knows how many kids get caught with guns in school. Here’s why.

By Jen Fifield, Stateline

In the past few years, school and state officials have not properly tracked deadly school shootings in Arizona and Colorado, and firearm-related school incidents in Maine.

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Feb 23

Opinion: I’ve asked hundreds of students if they would feel safer if I was armed. Not one has said yes

By Mike Conrad

Teacher Mike Conrad says in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, students have told him they'd feel less safe if teachers were armed.

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