Two Florida Lawmakers ‘Liked’ Tweets Insulting Parkland Survivors

Are you, perhaps, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who's sad or upset that a disturbed 18-year-old kid was able to legally buy an AR-15 rifle and kill 17 of your friends and teachers last week? Miami State Rep. Manny Diaz Jr. also has a message for you: You're actually too young and dumb to understand what happened to you, and are being used by disingenuous Leftists for political gain. They haven't actually said those messages in public.

Trump Calls ‘Fake News’ On CNN Gun Safety Town Hall

President Donald Trump used Twitter Thursday morning to call "fake news" on the gun safety town hall CNN held in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. One of the most surprising parts of Wednesday's event came when Sen. Marco Rubio shot down the idea that the way to stop school shootings is to arm teachers, an idea proffered by the White House both at a listening session with shooting survivors that occurred earlier on Wednesday and at Tuesday's White House press briefing.

Again the question: Could armed teachers stop shootings?

In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, President Donald Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed "he would have shot and that would have been the end of it." Revisiting an idea he raised in his campaign, Trump's comments in favor of allowing teachers to be armed come as lawmakers in several states are wrestling with the idea, including in Florida, where the 17 most recent school shooting victims are being mourned.

Florida school shooting survivors urge politicians to act on gun control

Aria Siccone, 14, a survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, cries as she recounts her story from that day, while state Rep. Barrinton Russell comforts her Survivors of the Florida school shooting have descended on the state legislature to deliver one overarching message on gun control: It is time for action. The youngsters split into several groups to talk with representatives and state leaders about controlling firearms, the legislative process and mental health issues one week after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Parkland area.

Stephen Colbert praises Parkland students’ campaign for gun reform

"Until we do something about guns, you can't vote if you're over 18," he said Tuesday night on "The Late Show." His quip references the campaigns for stricter gun control carried out by high schoolers in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed last week in the second-deadliest shooting at a U.S. public school.

Comedians call out do-nothing lawmakers for inaction on gun violence

Late-night comedians struck a serious tone on Tuesday as they called out lawmakers for "doing nothing" to curb gun violence in the wake of last week's mass school shooting in Florida. Add Gun Control as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Gun Control news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

Florida shooting survivors in capital, demand action on guns

Students who survived the Florida school shooting prepared to flood the Capitol Wednesday pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can't persuade lawmakers to change laws before their legislative session ends. About 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students arrived at a Tallahassee high school to extended applause late Tuesday after a 400-mile trip on three buses.

Survivors of Florida school shooting fight to – stop further gun deaths’

Tyra Hemans, 19, left, and Logan Locke, 17, right, students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, wait to board buses in Parkland Students who survived the Florida school shooting began a journey to the state Capitol to urge politicians to prevent another massacre. But within hours the gun-friendly Legislature had effectively halted any possibility of banning assault rifles like the one used in the attack.

President Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney in Utah Senate race

President Donald Trump has apparently endorsed one-time adversary and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney as Romney runs for Senate in Utah to replace Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is retiring. . @MittRomney has announced he is running for the Senate from the wonderful State of Utah.

Symone Sanders Shocks CNN Panel By Insinuating FBI Didn’t Stop…

CNN contributor Symone Sanders delivered a hot take for the ages Monday afternoon by insinuating that the FBI let Nikolas Cruz - the accused murderer of 17 Stoneman Douglas High School students - slip through their fingers because they knew he was a white supremacist. Even if you ignore Sanders' comments on race, her rant featured a glaring error, namely that Cruz was an avowed member of a white supremacist paramilitary group.

Outrage over Trump’s response to Parkland tragedy

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., expressed astonishment that President Trump would use the tragedy they experienced last week to push back on the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Late Saturday night from his nearby Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump accused the FBI of spending too much time on potential collusion between Moscow and his own presidential campaign.

Florida shooter willing to plead guilty to avoid death penalty, attorney says

Nikolas Cruz wants to plead guilty so that he can avoid the death penalty and spare a traumatized South Florida community a trial that would recount horrifying details of his mass shooting, a top public defender said Friday. "This is an opportunity to put the criminal case behind and help the victims' families begin to try and pick up pieces of their lives for our community to heal and to figure out how we stop these things from ever happening again," said Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein.