Students demand action on gun violence with nationwide walkout
Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, walked out of class at 10 a.m. Wednesday — one month after a shooting there killed 17.
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Tens of thousands set to protest gun 'inaction' in national school walkout
Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will walk out of class at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday — one month after the shooting that killed 17.
Would Australia's mandatory gun buyback program work in the U.S.?
Australia's 1996 crackdown on guns has become an inspiration for Americans demanding action. But gun safety groups see it as a nonstarter.
Stores likely to face more lawsuits over ban on under-21 gun sales
"There is an actual scientific reason for treating young people differently when it comes to the purchase of a highly lethal product."
Florida Legislature sends gun and school safety bill to governor
Florida's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to approve a gun and school safety bill that would raise the age to buy all firearms to 21 — and potentially put guns into the hands of some educators.
20-year-old sues Dick's, Walmart over 21-and-over gun sales
The lawsuit is believed to be the first filed over the stores' new gun policies enacted in the wake of the Florida high school shooting that left 17 dead.
Cruz caught in election-year bind on gun control
Sen. Ted Cruz is in an election-year bind over fellow Texas Republican John Cornyn's background-checks bill on guns. Will he stick with the base or stray?
Florida state senate advances gun bill despite student anger
In a 20 to 17 vote along party lines, all but two Republican state senators voted in favor of creating a voluntary program to arm teachers, mental health funding for schools, and raising the age to 21 to purchase a rifle.
Top NRA lobbyist says Trump doesn't want gun control after White House visit
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence met NRA executive director Chris Cox, who later tweeted that the pair "don't want gun control."
Georgia teacher who fired gun claimed he had woman killed
Jesse Randall Davidson reported to police in 2016 that he led friends to kill a woman after she refused to end an affair. Police said the claim was unfounded.