On Wednesday, St. Valentine's Day, I had just printed out an article from the CNN website headlined, "Exclusive: Gun lobbyist helped write ATF official's proposal to deregulate." Minutes later came news of gunfire at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

Gun advocates in New Jersey are pushing back against calls for more gun control in the wake of this week's school shooting in Florida. Alexander P. Roubian, president of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society, pointed out Saturday that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions admitted the FBI overlooked warning signs and a confidential tip about the Stoneman Douglas High School gunman, who killed 14 students and three adults Wednesday.

Campaigners took inspiration from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to call for gun control in the wake of a school shooting that killed 1 7. The Florida placards were driven around Miami on Friday to put pressure on its Republican senator after the high school massacre this week in Florida. The signs - reading "Slaughtered in school", "And still no gun control?", "How come, Marco Rubio?" - echoed the Oscar-nominated film where a mother challenges authorities over justice for her daughter who was raped and murdered.

Campaigners took inspiration from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to call for gun control in the wake of a school shooting that killed 17. The placards were driven around Miami on Friday to put pressure on its Republican senator after the high school massacre this week in Florida. The signs - reading "Slaughtered in school", "And still no gun control?", "How come, Marco Rubio?" - echoed the Oscar-nominated film where a mother challenges authorities over justice for her daughter who was raped and murdered.

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For a brief moment after the Las Vegas massacre last fall, Republicans and Democrats in Congress talked about taking a rare step to tighten the nation's gun laws. Four months later, the only gun legislation that has moved in the House or Senate instead eases restrictions for gun owners.

After a mass shooting at a Florida school, comedy writer Bess Kalb made a powerful point about campaign donations with a series of tweets. The death of at least seventeen people in a mass shooting at a South Florida high school in February 2018 prompted a by now all-too-familiar ritual: the offering up of "thoughts and prayers" for victims and their loved ones, by elected officials.

It's not only that the National Rifle Association spends millions on political lobbying. It's the reported 5 million-strong membership that is reliably and effectively mobilised, and its 145-year history with voters The vast majority of Americans support gun control, and yet Congress has failed to toughen laws even in the wake of a series of mass shootings.

Behind the scenes, a gun industry lobbyist provided comments that were directly incorporated into an internal memo at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to newly disclosed documents -- a white paper that suggested the agency peel back a number of gun regulations. The white paper was produced by Acting ATF Deputy Director Ronald B. Turk and dated on President Donald Trump's inauguration day, January 20, 2017.

An Associated Press report last week sounded rather shocking. State authorities conducted a raid in Los Angeles, where they "seized more than two dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition" from a man who had reportedly been barred from owning firearms.

The Brady Act made background checks a requirement for guns purchased through licensed dealers. Here's a brief look at how the current system works.

Members of state's congressional delegation are demanding that congress take action to prevent gun violence. This comes after the House passed a bill that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., center, is joined by, from left, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, a staff aide, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., right, as the panel meets Wednesday in Washington to craft a Republican bill to expand gun owners' rights. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., center, is joined by, from left, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, a staff aide, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., right, as the panel meets Wednesday in Washington to craft a Republican bill to expand gun owners' rights.

Republicans rammed a bill through the House on Wednesday that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first significant action on guns in Congress since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed more than 80 people. The House approved the bill, 231-198, largely along party lines.

In this Dec. 5, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks after House Republicans held a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican-led House is weighing a bill to make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first gun legislation in Congress since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed more than 80 people.

As lawmakers in the House advanced out of committee a bill Wednesday that would ease interstate travel for gun owners with permitted concealed weapons, a group of law enforcement leaders gathered with congressmen from both parties to slam the legislation as something that would "jeopardize public safety across America." "Police officers think this is a terrible idea," said Manhattan's district attorney, Cy Vance.