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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...

A Famously Armed Teacher Responds to Trump's Idea

Joel Myrick stopped a school shooter in 1997

(Newser) - President Trump picked up where he left off Wednesday night , taking to Twitter on Thursday morning to expound upon his idea of arming teachers. "I never said 'give teachers guns' like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @NBC," he began . "What I said was to...

Rubio, NRA Spokeswoman Jeered at Florida Town Hall
Victim's Father Calls
Rubio 'Pathetically Weak'
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 22, 2018 6:11 AM CST

Victim's Father Calls Rubio 'Pathetically Weak'

Senator, NRA spokeswoman jeered at an emotional town hall

(Newser) - Sen. Marco Rubio and NRA national spokeswoman Dana Loesch encountered the raw emotion of school shooting survivors and the parents of victims at a town hall meeting in Sunrise, Fla., Wednesday night. In one of the most heated exchanges, Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime died in the Parkland shooting, told...

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...

Future of Florida Shooter's Big Trust Fund in Judge's Hands

Nikolas Cruz reportedly due $800K inheritance

(Newser) - The 19-year-old man suspected of killing 17 people at a Florida high school last week is reportedly poised to inherit $800,000 being kept in a trust fund when he turns 22. At least that's what Nikolas Cruz told the family he was living with after his mother died...

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...

GOP Aide Fired for Calling Shooting Survivors 'Actors'

Conspiracy theories are spreading

(Newser) - An aide to a Republican lawmaker in Florida was fired Tuesday for spreading a bizarre conspiracy theory about survivors of the Parkland school shooting. Benjamin Kelly, a staffer to state Rep. Shawn Harrison, used a government email account to email the Tampa Bay Times , claiming that two students filmed speaking...

West Point Honors Dream of Teen Killed in Shooting

Peter Wang has been admitted to Class of 2025

(Newser) - West Point Academy has decided to honor the dream that died along with 15-year-old Peter Wang in the Parkland mass shooting. The JROTC member, who was shot dead in uniform while holding a door open for students and staff members fleeing the gunman, had hoped to go to the military...

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...

US Army to Honor Heroic Shooting Victims

Official describes outpouring of 'generosity and compassion'

(Newser) - He might not get a full military funeral , but Parkland school shooting victim Peter Wang will get a nod from the US Army. The 15-year-old old Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps member who held doors open for students and staff fleeing bullets at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week...

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...

Family on Fla. Suspect: 'We Had Monster Living Under Our Roof'

Kimberly and James Snead said they had no idea Nikolas Cruz was allegedly capable of Parkland shooting

(Newser) - On Friday, the family that was housing Parkland suspect Nikolas Cruz wasn't ready to speak out about him, with a "visibly emotional Kimberly Snead" telling the New York Post to respect her family's privacy. On Saturday, however, both Snead and her husband, James, spoke to the South ...

Clapper&#39;s Prediction on Mueller: &#39;More Shoes to Drop&#39;
Clapper on Russia Threat:
Trump 'Never Talks About That'
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
Feb 18, 2018 11:03 AM CST

Clapper on Russia Threat: Trump 'Never Talks About That'

Also, perspectives on this week's school shooting in Parkland

(Newser) - Robert Mueller's indictment against 13 Russians and the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. , spurred much of the conversation on the Sunday morning circuit. After the special counsel's newest indictment, President Trump spent much of the weekend tweeting how there was "no collusion" between himself or members of...

In the Works: School Protests to Take On 'American Carnage'

One is set for the anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine

(Newser) - The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins, and other actions on school campuses across the US aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws. Organizers behind the Women's March are calling for a 17-minute walkout on...

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...

Nikolas Cruz: First a Breakup, Then the Cutting

Teen posted images of himself cutting his arms on Snapchat, and investigation began

(Newser) - The problems reportedly started over a girl. Nikolas Cruz's mother in 2016 told investigators that his girlfriend had cheated on him and that she and the girl's mother had encouraged the teens to "end the relationship because it was unhealthy for everyone." Why Lynda Cruz told...

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