"Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have ever been done to prevent this, we call BS," Gonzales said.
"They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS.
They say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. We call BS.
They say guns are just tools like knives and are as dangerous as cars.
We call BS. ...
They say that no laws could have been able to prevent the hundreds of senseless tragedies that have occurred.
We call BS."
--------------------------- [Vox, Feb. 19, 2018]
Miss Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, was telling it like it is from her point of view at a rally this past Saturday.
"Enough is enough" will be the theme for two events next month:
National School Walkout, on March 14
March for our Lives, March 24
Official websites and Facebook pages give information for each of these events.
Ohio Governor John Kasich has said something about guns and public safety, but whatever he said went back and forth so much, I couldn't tell what it was, so...
------------------------ [excerpts, article: "Students are rising up against gun violence in the aftermath of the Florida shooting." Written by German Lopez. Vox] ----------------------- "Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school,"...organizers...said in a statement.
"Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day."
Alex Wind, one of the survivors of the Florida shooting, echoed the sentiment on NBC's Meet the Press: "We're marching because it's not just schools. It's movie theaters, it's concerts, it's nightclubs.
This kind of stuff can't just happen.
You know, we are marching for our lives, we're marching for the 17 lives we lost. And we're marching for our children's lives and our children's children and their children."
------------------------ Some of the response is also perhaps fueled by sentiment against President Donald Trump, who in his speech after the Florida shooting failed to mention gun control at all and tweeted over the weekend that Democrats are to blame for inaction on gun violence. ------------------------ [end, excerpt]
CNN
Feb. 19, 2018
"Trump tweet angers survivors of Parkland shooting"
written by Eli Watkins
David Hogg, one of the students, spoke on NBC's "Meet the Press" and issued an angry and passionate call for Trump to take action on the issue.
"You're the President," Hogg said. "You're supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us. How dare you? Children are dying, and their blood is on your hands because of that. Please take action. Stop going on vacation in Mar-a-Lago. Take action.
Work with Congress.
Your party controls both the House and Senate.
Take action, get some bills passed, and for God's sake, let's save some lives."
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According to CBS News, Al Hoffman Jr., major Republican donor, says he won't fund politicians who oppose assault weapons ban....
...When Hoffman first heard about the school shooting, he said he was "incredulous."
"I couldn't believe it. I felt I had my heart in my hands," Hoffman told CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan.
That feeling led the 83-year-old Republican donor to stop contributing to his own party candidates unless they change the gun laws.
"I will not write a check for anyone who does not propose a ban on assault style weapons," Hoffman said.
"You were quoted as saying, 'This particular shooting was the end of the road' for you," Duncan said.
"That's right," Hoffman responded.
"Why not a Sandy Hook?" Duncan asked.
"Well, I have been after so many politicians to adopt legislation and always the answer is, 'Well, we're working on it, we're working on it,' and nothing ever changes," Hoffman said...
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