President Donald Trump is floating a unique two-step move on gun control. It involves both more guns and more controls.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren excoriated the National Rifle Association and allied Republicans in Congress Thursday night for failing to act on gun reform, and she rejected President Donald J. Trump's idea of arming teachers at schools to prevent another school shooting. "There is a lot we could do to make our kids safer, but putting guns in the hands of every teacher is not one of those things," Ms.

It's hard not to feel powerless watching the images of young students stream out of their school - hands in the air so police can ensure they are not hiding a weapon - after the latest school shooting. This time, 17 students and teachers lost their lives in Parkland, Florida at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a 19-year-old former classmate brought an assault weapon to campus.

Kansas legislators canceled debate Thursday on allowing elementary schools to offer a National Rifle Association-backed firearms safety course, responding to concerns such a step would be inappropriate the week after the mass shooting at a Florida high school. House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a conservative Kansas City-area Republican, said top GOP leaders are pursuing a more comprehensive plan that could include mental health initiatives.

President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a higher minimum age for buying certain rifles and tighter background checks for purchasers, saying "there's nothing more important than protecting our children," amid a public outcry for action after the Florida school shooting. Trump said he spoke Wednesday night with many members of Congress and "they're into background checks."

Thousands of community members and students gathered for a town hall discussion Wednesday regarding the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week. Students, parents and teachers asked Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio and Rep. Ted Deutch what action they will take to ban assault weapons, enforce stricter background checks and increase school security in the event moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper.

MSNBC "Hardball" anchor Chris Matthews needed multiple angles of questioning while trying to pin down a gun-owning Democratic Party congressman about the age that should be required to purchase an AR-style semi-automatic rifle. "Let me ask you, where are you on the AR-15, which is the gun of choice of these school shootings?" Matthews asked Congressman Tim Ryan on Tuesday.

In a blow to gun rights activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a challenge to California's 10-day waiting period for firearms purchases that is intended to guard against impulsive violence and suicides. The court's action underscored its continued reluctance to step into a national debate over gun control roiled by a series of mass shootings including one at a Florida school last week.

The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has sparked an urgent push for gun control, giving activists cautious hope that politicians might be willing to take some type of bipartisan action - action that has been elusive after previous mass shootings. Student survivors, some of whom made terrifying videos of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last Wednesday as their classmates died, are now forcefully speaking out for gun control, demanding that not another student face a similar fate.

WEST PLAM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump offered support for a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases Monday while staying largely mum in the last few days about the victims of the Florida school massacre and the escalating debate about controls on weapons.

The suspect in the Florida school shooting appeared in court Monday for a procedural hearing about how legal paperwork would be handled in the case. Nikolas Cruz said nothing when he made his first in-person appearance in Broward County Circuit Court.

David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks at a rally calling for more gun control three days after the shooting at his school, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday.

Students of the Florida school where 17 people died last week said Sunday they will organize nationwide marches for gun control next month and try to create a "badge of shame" for politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups.

Teen survivors of the school shooting massacre in Florida last week are calling for a march on Washington to demand action on gun control. Student organizers of the protest told ABC News' "This Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that they are determined to use protests and political action to make the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, a turning point in the national debate over gun control.

Students of the Florida school where 17 people died said Sunday they will organize nationwide marches for gun control next month and try to create a ''badge of shame'' for politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups. ''We are losing our lives while the adults are playing around,'' Cameron Kasky said on CNN's ''State of the Union.'

A funny thing happened during the current national scream that Congress must do something about gun violence. A Republican lawmaker made a common-sense statement about the limits of government and the left went nuts.