Mar 17 Survivors of school shooting take gun control message abroad By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Student survivors of the worst high school shooting in U.S. history shared their frightening experience in Dubai. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: New video shows what happened outside Parkland school shooting By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Police and school officials had resisted the release, saying it was evidence in an active investigation. Video of what happened inside the school is not being released. Continue reading
Mar 14 U.S. students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence By Collin Binkley, Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory… Continue reading
Mar 09 NRA files lawsuit over Florida gun control bill By Associated Press National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit Friday, saying that Florida's new legislation violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21. Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
Mar 08 Florida school shooting suspect withdraws plea By Associated Press Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill said in the filing Thursday that Cruz "stands mute" before the court. She said the not guilty plea was entered prematurely, before a grand jury indicted Cruz on 17 murder and 17 attempted murder charges… Continue reading
Mar 07 Florida school shooting suspect indicted on 17 counts of first-degree murder By Associated Press A grand jury in Fort Lauderdale returned the indictment Wednesday against the 19-year-old Cruz for the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in which 17 people died and 16 were wounded. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Mar 05 How teens want to solve America’s school shooting problem By Vic Pasquantonio, Elis Estrada One thing all students who have shared their thoughts with us agree on: Change is possible and action must be taken. Continue reading