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Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2018

Declaring that Republican leadership in Tallahassee has “transformed Florida into a petri dish of experimentation for the NRA” and “utterly failed to address public health and mental health care,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King said Friday he would fight the gun lobby, veto their bills, and seek to expand coverage and ban assault weapons. The […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

Though much of the talk from elected officials and politicians in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in Parkland has been of increased mental health screening and “school hardening,” there will be a legal case against Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people at his old high school. Cruz made his first court appearance Thursday, and was […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

On Thursday, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Gwen Graham pitched what her campaign calls “common sense” gun law reforms in the wake of Wednesday’s massacre at a Parkland, Florida high school. Primary among the reforms: Comprehensive universal background checks on gun sales, banning large-capacity feeding devices, seizing guns from abusers, investing in mental health and ensuring the mentally ill […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 15, 2018

Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson told his colleagues on the Senate floor Thursday that they shouldn’t shy away from addressing gun control measures in the wake of the recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. “To those who say now that it’s not the time to talk about gun violence because it’s too soon, we don’t […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

Less than 24 hours after Nicolas Cruz killed 17 people at the high school that expelled him in Parkland, Florida, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions weighed in, as did Gov. Rick Scott and state leaders. State leaders vowed to devote resources to “school hardening” and ensuring that mentally ill people don’t have access to guns. The President […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter on multiple occasions since Nicolas Cruz murdered 17 people at the Parkland school from which he was expelled. “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

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Sen. Marco Rubio discussed the latest mass shooting on Fox and Friends Thursday. Former student Nicolas Cruz killed 17 people with an AR-15 Wednesday, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Rubio said that when an “individual decides in a premeditated and orchestrated way” to do something like this, “it can happen anywhere.” “There was a running joke […]

Tag: Parkland

Chris King releases post-Parkland proposal to address mental illness, ban guns

Pam Bondi: Parkland massacre ‘will be a death penalty case’

Gwen Graham pushes gun law reform, vows to turn ‘anguish into action’

Bill Nelson: ‘Let’s get these assault weapons off our streets’

Federal, state leaders pitch mental health awareness, ‘school hardening’ in wake of Parkland massacre

‘So many signs’: Donald Trump responds to Parkland massacre

Marco Rubio on Parkland massacre: ‘It can happen anywhere’