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Civiqs’ data only goes back through 2015. But support for enacting new gun laws in April was higher than it was after the shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school in 2012, according to a Washington Post/ABC News survey, thanks largely to a movement among Democratic-leaning groups. A 53 percent majority of Americans told pollsters they believed student activism on guns were part of a lasting movement, while 43 percent said the rallies were “more of a one-time thing.” … [Read more...] about How Views On Guns Have Changed Since The Parkland Shooting

Concern about gun violence and a desire for Congress to take action are now several percentage points higher than they were in April, when most of the post-Parkland wave had already abated, but it’s difficult to say how much of that represents a genuine uptick, rather than the variability inherent in tracking polls. Either way, it’s clear that the energy around crafting new gun policies isn’t near the heights reached earlier this year. … [Read more...] about The Latest School Shooting Hasn’t Really Stirred The Gun Debate

“We shield them in safe spaces and give them participation trophies incentivizing mediocrity, and tell our young boys that their masculinity is toxic and our young girls that being a woman means acting like a man, further confusing the hell out of kids who are naturally going to struggle with their identity as is,” said Noir. … [Read more...] about All The Things The NRA Has Blamed For The Texas School Shooting

Eight states have passed “red flag” laws since the Parkland shooting, allowing family members or law enforcement to petition to have firearms removed from individuals who pose a danger to themselves or others. Supporters of such legislation say it can prevent domestic violence and suicides. They also argue that it would make it easier to disarm people like the young man now charged in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre who showed a pattern of disturbing and violent behavior before the shooting. … [Read more...] about More Than Half Of U.S. States Strengthened Gun Laws After Parkland Shooting

SAO PAULO -- Authorities say hooded teenagers opened fire at a school in southern Brazil, killing six people before taking their own lives. Wednesday's shooting happened in a public school in Suzano, a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city. The state government of Sao Paulo says two youths armed with guns and wearing hoods entered the school and began shooting at students and then killed themselves. Authorities say five students and an administrator at the school were killed. Latin America's largest nation has the largest number of annual homicides in the world, but school shootings are rare. Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro recently announced that gun ownership controls would be loosened. Report a Typo … [Read more...] about Teens kill 6, themselves in school shooting in Brazil: Officials