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Tag: Gun control
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Guns on College Campuses Debate Ushers in New School Year
The issue of guns on campuses looms large as differing groups seek to find a balance between First Amendment free speech rights and the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Students and academics weigh in on the controversy as another semester begins.
September 4, 2018
News Roundup
After Parkland Shooting, VA Youth Voter Registration Skyrockets
According to a new TargetSmart analysis, voting registration rates for voters aged 18-29 have increased over the last seven months in Virginia, along with 38 other key battleground states. These results indicate that youth turnout is on the rise just in time for this year’s midterm and state primary elections. This increase in youth voter […]
July 19, 2018
News Roundup
David Hogg Is Postponing College to Push Gun Control
PARKLAND, Fla. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg says he wants voters to know which lawmakers are backed by the National Rifle Association before the mid-term elections. The #NeverAgain leader and high school senior says he’s postponing college for a year to engage in gun-reform activism, focusing mostly on getting students and others registered […]
May 9, 2018
News Roundup
Advocates Say School Gun Clubs Teach Discipline, Not Violence
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Their classmates took to the streets to protest gun violence and to implore adults to restrict guns, seeming to forecast a generational shift in attitudes toward the Second Amendment. But at high school and college gun ranges around the country, these teens and young adults gather to practice shooting and talk about […]
April 8, 2018
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Youth-Led ‘March For Our Lives’ Targets Gun Violence
WASHINGTON — It was one of the largest gatherings in recent history. Hundreds of thousands of people from Hawaii and Houston to Virginia and Vermont took to the streets in the nation’s capital to call for an end to gun violence.
March 25, 2018
Students
Students Around U.S. Stage Huge Walkout Against Gun Violence
They bowed their heads in honor of the dead. They carried signs with messages such as “Never again” and “Am I next?” They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message: Enough is enough. In a wave of protests one historian called the […]
March 15, 2018
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