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All posts tagged "gun control"
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609NewsAmid clamor from protesters, Tennessee Senate passes bill to arm some teachers
The law — that most teachers and parents oppose — now goes to a House vote.
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1.4KNews“It’s the guns. It’s always been the guns.”
“I’ve gone from scared and terrified, to kinda just really pissed off," Smith said.
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1.1KNewsStates divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage at a Texas elementary school, sending...
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2.6KNewsYouth activists, firearms trainers and police oppose unlicensed gun laws in Georgia and other states
On April 12, Georgia became the 22nd state allowing unlicensed gun-owners to carry a concealed weapon, one in a spate of so-called...
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1.2KNewsSandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit...
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2.1KNewsGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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1.9KNewsFew Barriers Prevent Gun Trafficking from Mississippi
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a...
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43.5KNewsA pistol bought in Mississippi killed a teen in Chicago
Malcolm Stuckey was pulling up in a burgundy Pontiac Grand Prix to his friend’s birthday party in Chicago’s once-prosperous Englewood neighborhood when...
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1.7KNewsN.M. Legislature Also Worked on Intersecting Foster Care Issues
There were both victories and setbacks for foster youth during the 2020 New Mexico Legislature in terms of bills that directly deal...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayGun Control Movement Experiencing Growing Pains
With the advent of March For Our Lives and the success of pro-gun control candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, today’s gun...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayForget Disarming ‘Bad Guys,’ We Must Make All Guns Harder To Get
Six days. That’s how long it took lawmakers in New Zealand to ban military-style assault weapons following an attack in Christchurch that...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayApplying Escalation Model to School Shootings Can Keep Everyone Safer
The tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018 reawakened our national terror of school shootings and renewed...
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3.0KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students Use ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ to Explore Solutions to Gun Violence
It’s early evening on a warm Tuesday in March, and a handful of teenagers are commanding rapt attention in a corner of...
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2.4KNewsNY High School Students Pull Off Gun Regulation Forum for State Candidates
Jessica Moskowitz hesitated before she sat in one of the pews in the back of an Episcopal church. The 16-year-old is Jewish...
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2.4KFrom the BureausMarch for Our Lives Is Turning Point for Lifelong Activist, Energized Teen
The soon-to-be marchers, many of them teenagers, stood in the dark, shivering in the bitter cold, bracing against brutal winds howling off...
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3.1KNewsPhotos and Videos of March for Our Lives Around the U.S.
They came by the hundreds and thousands to Atlanta; Boston; Jacksonville, Florida; and New York: from babes in arms or strollers to...
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1.6KVideosIn Rural North Georgia and Southern California, Youth Leaders Talk Gun Control
With March for Our Lives rallies happening around the U.S. Saturday, March 24, Youth Today asked young leaders who participated in their...
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2.1KNewsAtlanta High School Among Many Preparing for Walkout Linked to Parkland Shooting
Thousands of students, administrators and teachers across Georgia and the country are expected to walk out Wednesday for the one-month anniversary of...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayBlack Girls Pay the Price When Police Enter Schools
Sen. Marco Rubio sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week wrongly blaming the...
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3.5KFrom the BureausNY Students Quick to Throw Themselves Into March Organizing
It was late in the evening on Feb. 16 when Joey Wong’s flight from La Guardia Airport in New York City landed...
