The movement was inspired by the book “Why Meadow Died” by Andrew Pollack, a Florida father who investigated the 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, including his daughter, Meadow Pollack.
"One day after a student killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Fla., Loch Raven’s SRO received a tip that a student was concealing a gun in a backpack.
Nikolas Cruz, facing 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Feb. 19, 2018.
Trump Comes to Defense of NRA
Trump also used Twitter to come to the defense of the National Rifle Association, which has been criticized by some following the Parkland shooting.
Parkland, Florida: Listen to Their Cries
America must pause to honor the lives gone too soon from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Joe Zevuloni prepares to place a Jewish and American flag at a makeshift memorial to honor the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School victims of the mass shooting, at Pine Trail Park in Parkland, Florida on February 16, 2018.
Following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Walmart Inc. banned sales of firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21.
The brother of accused Parkland school shooting gunman Nikolas Cruz has been arrested for allegedly trespassing on the school grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to police.
Right: Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, after Nikolas Cruz opened fire on the campus on Feb. 14, 2018.
Broward County sheriff's deputies have started carrying AR-15s on school grounds following the school shooting in Parkland last week, the sheriff said.
Several days later, Biden claimed he was vice president when he met with survivors of the Parkland mass shooting despite leaving office in 2017, over a year before the shooting took place.
Many of these were instituted in the aftermath of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured.
Following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Walmart banned sales of firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21.
Trump's call to ban bump stocks isn't related to the Parkland massacre, but ties back to the worst shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas last year.
Those are similar to the type of rifle a shooter used earlier this month to kill 17 people at a school in Parkland, Fla. While MEC doesn't sell firearms, it does stock the helmets, sunglasses, and other outdoor goods Vista makes.
Florida recently approved increasing the number of armed teachers, in response to the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead.
“After the events in Parkland, there was no mention in the schools. There was no addressing the issue with students and the one teacher that brings up the concerns is suspended.”
Following the Parkland Highschool shooting earlier this month, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said, "This happens nowhere else other than the United States of America."
Trump also called for the arming of teachers and increasing school security to head off future mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018.
Democratic lawmakers generally support tighter gun laws.
"As an example, the monster in the Parkland high school in Florida had many red flags against him, and yet nobody took decisive action. Nobody did anything. Why not?" he said.
"It was my privilege to work alongside the finest and brightest in the FBI, local law enforcement and our federal partners, participating in the investigations of myriad criminal cases: The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida
