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NRA: 'Harden Our Schools,' Fear 'Socialist' Democrats

NRA breaks silence after Parkland, targets media, gun-control advocates

(Newser) - "Many in legacy media love mass shootings," NBC News quotes NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch as saying Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. "You love the ratings. Crying white mothers are ratings gold." A week after 17 people were killed at a school shooting in...

After School Threat, Cops Find Cache of Guns, Ammo

Security officer overheard teen threaten school shooting

(Newser) - Police say they found a cache of guns and ammo, including two AR-15 rifles, in the home of a student who was overheard saying "he was going to shoot up the school sometime in the next three weeks." Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell says the "disgruntled"...

Trump Pitches Teachers With Guns, More Mental Institutions

President meets with friends, family of Stoneman Douglas shooting victims

(Newser) - President Trump promised to "do something about this horrible situation that's going on" while meeting with students and families affected by shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other schools Wednesday at the White House, NBC News reports. His solution: arming teachers and other staffers. “If...

Students Around US Take to Streets Over Gun Violence
'I'm Not Going to Wait for
Some Adult to Make Change'
The Rundown
Feb 21, 2018 2:01 PM CST

'I'm Not Going to Wait for Some Adult to Make Change'

Students around US take to streets to protest gun violence

(Newser) - Students who survived the shooting that left 17 dead earlier this month in Florida marched on the state capitol in Tallahassee on Wednesday to confront lawmakers and demand a ban on assault weapons, CNN reports. They were joined by thousands of students from around South Florida, some of whom marched...

He Almost Shot Up a School. Here's What Stopped Him

An assault weapons ban and ... love

(Newser) - After the Parkland school shooting, Colorado father of four Aaron Stark listened as his wife and daughter discussed the massacre of 17 people. "They could not understand what could make someone do this. Sadly, I can," Stark writes in a letter to KUSA . "I was almost a...

Teens Walk Out of School, March 10 Miles to Shooting Site

Florida students demand end to gun violence

(Newser) - Hundreds of students walked out of their Florida high school Tuesday and made their way to the site of a school shooting 10 miles away in a show of solidarity for bringing an end to gun violence, the AP reports. "It has to be tougher. People are blaming it...

Clooneys Make Big Move to Fight School Shootings

'Our children's lives depend on it'

(Newser) - George and Amal Clooney are making a big move in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting: The celebrity couple is donating $500,000 to March For Our Lives , the Washington, DC, protest demanding gun control planned for next month by survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas...

After School Shootings, Russian Bots Hijacked Gun Debate

'The bots focus on anything that is divisive for Americans'

(Newser) - For Russia-linked Twitter accounts and bots linked to Russian propaganda campaigns, last week's horrific school shooting in Florida was just another opportunity to sow division among Americans, security researchers say. Within an hour of the shooting, hundreds of automated Twitter accounts with suspected Russian links began sending out tweets...

Petition: Parkland Student Hero Should Get Full Military Funeral

Peter Wang held doors for fleeing students, staff; another student hero recovers at a local hospital

(Newser) - Amid the grief and anger, stories of inspiration and heroism continue to emerge out of the Parkland school shooting last week, and a petition is now in place to honor one of the late students who helped his classmates escape to safety. The Sun Sentinel reports that the petition on...

Video of Cruz Fighting at School Surfaces

Teachers say they tried hard to help him

(Newser) - Former teachers say alleged school shooter Nikolas Cruz wasn't somebody who slipped through the cracks, he was somebody they worked hard to get help for. The teachers say that after behavioral problems in middle school and high school, they tried calling social workers, holding parent conferences, and sending him...

Trump: FBI Botched Shooter Tip by Focusing on Russia

Blames agency for missing 'all of the many signals' sent by suspect in Fla. school shooting

(Newser) - President Trump lashed out at the FBI on Saturday night, saying the agency "missed all of the many signals" sent by the suspect in the Florida school shooting and arguing they are "spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign." Trump tweeted...

Parkland Survivor Goes Viral by Calling Out Trump, NRA

'Is that how much these people are worth to you, Trump?'

(Newser) - “Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have ever been done to prevent this, we call BS,” Emma Gonzalez said Saturday at a gun-control rally in Florida. “They say that tougher gun laws do not...

'You Killed My Kid!' Father of Shooting Victim Yells

Meadow Pollack, Alyssa Alhadeff were buried Friday

(Newser) - A father's grief and anger boiled over Friday as the first victims of the Florida high school massacre were buried. With more than 1,000 mourners including Gov. Rick Scott packed into Temple K'ol Tikvah, Andrew Pollack looked down at the plain pine coffin of his 18-year-old daughter,...

Cops Were at Florida Suspect&#39;s House 39 Times
Cops Were at Florida
Suspect's House 39 Times
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 16, 2018 1:02 PM CST

Cops Were at Florida Suspect's House 39 Times

Nikolas Cruz's lawyers call him a 'broken child'; ex-classmates aren't so generous

(Newser) - The FBI has acknowledged that it received a tip about Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Kruz in January that wasn't properly investigated, as details continue to trickle in on the 19-year-old's evolution "from 'broken child' to mass killer" in the words of CNN . His defense attorneys say...

Trump&#39;s &#39;Favorite Paper&#39; Calls for Gun Control
Trump's 'Favorite Paper'
Calls for Gun Control
OPINION
Feb 16, 2018 8:56 AM CST

Trump's 'Favorite Paper' Calls for Gun Control

'New York Post' says it's time, but others on the right disagree it would help

(Newser) - The massacre in Parkland, Florida , remains topic No. 1 on the opinion pages, with much attention being paid to Friday's cover of the New York Post, which is, as Maggie Haberman of the New York Times tweeted , Trump's "favorite paper." The large headline: "Mr. President,...

JROTC Student Used Kevlar to Shield Dozens in Florida

17-year-old led fellow students to safer room

(Newser) - A Junior ROTC student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School says that when he heard gunshots Wednesday, his first thought was to get as many students to safety as possible. Colton Haab, 17, says he brought around 30 classmates to another room where an instructor was present. Haab and the...

Her Grandson's Diary Stunned Her. Then She Opened His Guitar Case

Wash. police are praising a grandmother for possibly stopping a potential school shooting

(Newser) - Amid the headlines about Wednesday's massacre in Parkland, Fla., comes word of a teen who may have had similar designs on his Washington school. The Seattle Times reports a woman called 911 Tuesday after stumbling across her 18-year-old grandson's journal and finding "upcoming and credible threats,"...

Vlogger Says He Warned FBI of 'Nikolas Cruz' in September

Bureau was unable to determine the identity of the YouTube commenter

(Newser) - It was a foreboding comment then and an especially eerie one now: "I'm going to be a professional school shooter" was posted to a YouTube video by a user named "Nikolas Cruz." Ben Bennight, the 36-year-old vlogger who'd uploaded the video, was alarmed enough that...

Nikolas Cruz Questioned for Hours, Then Charged

Nikolas Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder

(Newser) - Nikolas Cruz was on Thursday morning formally charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and booked into Broward County Main Jail. The Miami Herald reports the 19-year-old will be arraigned later Thursday and denied bond based on the charges. Cruz was taken to a hospital for labored breathing in the...

Football Coach Fatally Shielded Students During School Shooting

Suspect Nikolas Cruz bought gun legally

(Newser) - A heroic football coach fatally jumped in front of students to protect them during Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, witnesses say. "Can everyone please take a second to pray for my coach today he took serval [sic] bullets covering other students at Douglas,"...

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