Bold-lettered signs that read, “Stand up to the NRA”, “No NRA Money” and “Disarm Hate” floated above a crowd of Democratic legislators on the capitol’s fourth-floor rotunda on Tuesday. In a gun violence prevention press conference, freshman legislators unveiled proposed gun legislation for the upcoming session. It was organized in …
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People gathered around a small blue tent on Turlington Plaza Monday afternoon with lit candles to mourn the 11 lives lost in the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Squirrel Hill near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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A former University of Florida English professor will publish a 300-page book on the history of Waldo and its people this fall.
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A Girl and A Gun, Gainesville's women’s shooting league, is about the sisterhood -- not politics, but rather empowerment and support for one other.
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Gov. Rick Scott announced today his three-part plan to keep children safe at school, including gun access, school safety and mental health. Alachua County Sheriff's Office said it already has in place many of the procedures listed in Scott's plan.
Read More »More than 100 people from Gainesville and Ocala are expected to caravan to Tallahassee with thousands of other Floridians on 20 buses Monday to fight for stronger gun legislation at the Rally to Tally for Gun Reform.
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North Marion High School will teach ALICE Training, a new security protocol, beginning this week, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
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Two gun-related measures backed by Second Amendment advocates were put on hold Wednesday as students from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other schools pressured lawmakers for gun-control legislation.
Read More »Congressman Ted Yoho, Florida's 3rd District U.S. House representative, talks about the Parkland shooting, his thoughts on gun regulation and the red flags seen in recent mass shootings.
Read More »For some University of Florida students hailing from Parkland, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is not just a tragedy on the news. It’s the shooting that changed the way they saw their hometown.
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