NRA Sues State Of Florida Over New Gun Restrictions
The NRA insisted the measure "punishes law-abiding gun owners for the criminal acts of a deranged individual."
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The NRA insisted the measure "punishes law-abiding gun owners for the criminal acts of a deranged individual."
The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis.
The indictment returned by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale also charges Nikolas Cruz with 17 counts of attempted murder.
A grand jury considering charges against the teen suspected of killing 17 people at a Florida high school is expected to hear from the family he'd been living since his mother's death.
The Douglas students return to school after a whirlwind of political activism that has reignited the nation's gun and school-safety debate.
After school shootings like the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, administrators reach out to former Columbine High principal Frank DeAngelis for advice.
"You guys, half of you are so afraid of the NRA," the president said Monday at a meeting with the nation's governors. "There's nothing to be afraid of. And you know what? If they're not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while. That's OK."
Raising money one t-shirt at a time, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School PTA wants to help the families of victims killed in last week's school shootings.
In many instances the students have vehemently taken on politicians and pressed them on questions over lack of action on gun control.
A Florida sheriff says the deputy who was on duty at a high school where 17 people were massacred waited outside the building for about four minutes without ever going in.
Students who survived the Florida school shooting are pushing to ban the assault rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can't change the law sooner.
Students who survived the Florida school shooting began a journey Tuesday to the state Capitol to urge lawmakers to prevent another massacre.
The NRA is scheduled to hold their annual meetings in Dallas this May, but Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway is now calling for the group to stay away and work with elected officials on gun laws.
At least 1,000 people attended a candlelight vigil near the school where 17 people were shot and killed, some openly sobbed as the victims' names were read aloud. At one point, people began chanting, "No more guns! No more guns!"
When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, the 17 dead included students and school workers, young and old.
Reports of an active shooter inside a Florida high school started hitting airwaves Wednesday afternoon as one student took to Twitter to document the terror.
A shooting at a Florida high school Wednesday sent students rushing out into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building.
