Florida may soon reclaim its “Gunshine State” moniker as Republican lawmakers introduce bills aimed at rolling back key gun restrictions enacted following the 2018 Parkland school shooting. These bills, if passed, would expand gun rights in the state by repealing the red flag law, lowering the age to purchase rifles and allowing open carry. State … Read more
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a tragic event. Particularly so in that could have been prevented. Not prevented by enacting more gun control laws. It could have been prevented by the proper administration and application of law enforcement and school administration. But since the shooting four years ago, those who so … Read more
By Terry Spencer, AP The gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school will plead guilty to their murders, his attorneys said Friday, bringing some closure to a South Florida community more than three years after an attack that sparked a nationwide movement for gun control. The guilty … Read more
The thing that murdered 17 innocent children and staff in the Parkland school massacre is upset that he is being called the killer. He should be treated the exact same way he brutally murdered my Alex. #NOMERCY https://t.co/W6LnewkxCE — Max Schachter (@maxschachter) July 13, 2021 Don’t call the Parkland shooter a killer, his lawyers say. … Read more
By Larry Keane President Biden’s call for gun control on the anniversary of the Parkland, Fla. tragedy is, well…malarkey. President Joe Biden marked the anniversary of the tragedy at Parkland, Fla., by calling for three of the planks of his gun control platform. He showed with his gun control call that he’s more interested in … Read more
President Grampy McUnity’s handlers have chosen the third anniversary of the Parkland school shooting to issue a call for — you guessed it — more gun control laws. The Bidenharris administration ran on putting sweeping limits on Americans’ Second Amendment rights and so far, they’ve done nothing about it. That hasn’t gone over well with … Read more
The judge also said the plaintiffs are relying on too many “what if” questions to build a solid legal claim for damages. “There is no foundation for the argument that if Cruz had been sent to a different program, and if he had been treated as a higher threat years before the incident, and if … Read more
We first encountered Manuel and Patricia Oliver outside the NRA convention in Dallas in 2018. Their son was one of the 17 people murdered at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida earlier that year. Mr. Oliver, an artist, painted a mural in front of a crowd of supporters and the media to demonstrate … Read more
An initial lawsuit was filed against the Parkland School district by a group of survivors and families of some of those killed in the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. That case was dismissed by a federal court judge who ruled that the plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment right to due process had not been violated. Another … Read more
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