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Demonstrators hold signs Feb. 19 during a "lie-in" protest supporting gun control reform near the White House. A gun control rally set for Washington on March 24 will be held on Pennsylvania Avenue, not on the National Mall as originally planned.

Talent Show Filming Keeps Teens' Gun Control Rally Off National Mall

5:13pm March 01, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The organizers of the student-led gun control protest applied for a permit to march on the National Mall on March 24 — but the Mall was already reserved by a student group filming for a talent show.

President Trump speaks, watched by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, during a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress on school and community safety at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump Angers Conservatives Over Guns While Negotiating With Lawmakers On TV

9:10pm February 28, 2018

In a freewheeling talk with Republican and Democratic lawmakers on curtailing gun violence, President Trump appeared to throw his support behind efforts that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby.

Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 18., a few days after the shooting that left 17 people dead.

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Was Florida Deputy A 'Coward'? School Shooting Highlights Trials Of Police Duty

4:02pm February 28, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

President Trump this week called the school resource officer in Parkland, Fla., a "coward" because he stayed outside during the school shooting earlier this month. The deputy is defending his actions.

Surviving a shooting at his high school turned Gabe Glassman into a gun-control activist. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sophomore says political activism is his way of coping.

'We Were In That School': Parkland Students Prepare To Return After Shooting

5:00pm February 27, 2018

by Gabe Glassman

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students return to school Wednesday, two weeks after the deadly shooting. Sophomore Gabe Glassman captures what day-to-day life is like for these students now.

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Deerfield Beach high school students arrive at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday after walking 11 miles from school to school in support of the victims of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.

Pension Funds Under Pressure To Sell Off Investments In Gun-Makers

2:23pm February 27, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

Since the mass killing at a Parkland, Fla., school this month, many teachers have called on funds to sell their stakes in gun-makers. But some fund managers say that may not lead to industry change.

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Jordan Riger, 22, uses her laptop to track attendance for a weekly meeting of Students for the Second Amendment at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. She sees firearms as tools for self-defense.

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Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

12:02pm February 25, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Polling suggests millennials are more liberal than earlier generations on many social issues except gun laws. Pollsters say they can't explain this anomaly. Some millennials are surprised by it, too.

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The First National Bank of Omaha was among several businesses that renounced partnerships with the National Rifle Association in the aftermath of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.

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One By One, Companies Cut Ties With The NRA

4:41pm February 23, 2018

by Amy Held

Advocates for stricter gun laws have coalesced under the hashtag #boycottNRA, and several companies appear to have heeded the call a little more than a week after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.

Students chant outside the Florida House of Representatives chamber in Tallahassee Wednesday. Lawmakers passed a bill that same day that would require public schools to display the motto "In God We Trust."

Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill Requiring Schools To Display 'In God We Trust'

6:50pm February 22, 2018

by Amy Held

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Kimberly Daniels, said while "gun issues" need to be addressed "the real thing that needs to be addressed are issues of the heart."

Peter Wang is seen in this photo near a memorial in Parkland, Fla., on Friday. Peter, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was killed when former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at the school on Feb. 14.

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Army Awards Medal For Heroism To 3 JROTC Cadets Killed In Florida Shooting

4:03pm February 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Freshman cadets Peter Wang, Martin Duque and Alaina Petty were given the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps' highest medal for heroism. Wang, 15, was also posthumously admitted to West Point.

High school students from Parkland, Fla., where a young man gunned down 17 people, react as the state's House of Representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles.

Florida House Declines Debate On Assault Rifles, Calls Porn A 'Health Risk'

3:51pm February 21, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The lawmakers voted 71-36 against opening up debate on the bill that would ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, leaving it in committees that aren't scheduled to meet during this session.