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1. Florida governor signs bill imposing limits on guns in what could become blueprint for other states weeks after Parkland massacre

Subjects
Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018 -- Influence, Governors -- Powers and duties, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Washington Post Staff Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican who has an A-plus rating from the National Rifle Association, defied the powerful group by signing the bipartisan legislation. The bill [...]

Published
2018

2. Florida legislature backs new gun restrictions after Parkland school shooting

Author

Scherer, Michael

Subjects
Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, School violence -- Prevention, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Michael Scherer Florida lawmakers bucked the National Rifle Association on Wednesday to pass new firearms regulations and create a program for arming some school employees in a rare act [...]

Published
2018

3. Trump stops short of full endorsement of gun proposals

Author

DeBonis, Mike, Gearan, Anne, Balz, Dan, and O'Keefe, Ed

Subjects
Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018, President of the United States -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Social policy, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Mike DeBonis;Anne Gearan President Trump stopped short Monday of a full-throated endorsement of any legislative proposals to tighten gun restrictions while lawmakers insisted that the fate of any changes [...]

Published
2018

4. The NRA's big dilemma

Author

Blake, Aaron

Subjects
Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, National Rifle Association -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Aaron Blake Florida Gov. Rick Scott made perhaps the most significant statement in years Friday when it comes to Republicans and gun control, calling on his state legislature to [...]

Published
2018

5. Obstacles -- and silence -- on Capitol Hill even as clamor for new gun laws grows

Author

DeBonis, Mike, Sullivan, Sean, and O' Keefe, Ed

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Mike DeBonis;Sean Sullivan The push for Congress to enact new federal gun restrictions following the shooting deaths of 17 students and faculty inside a Florida high school this month [...]

Published
2018

6. Democrats discover another institutional check on Trump

Author

Rubin, Jennifer

Subjects
Central-local government relations, State laws -- Interpretation and construction, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Jennifer Rubin When discussing the institutional safeguards against President Trump's overreach, many commentators have pointed to the courts, the free press, the potential (more theoretical, as long as Republicans [...]

Published
2018

7. House Republicans push Ryan to hold vote on background-check bill

Author

DeBonis, Mike and Stein, Jeff

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Republican Conference -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018 -- Influence, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S. federal government) -- Powers and duties, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Mike DeBonis;Jeff Stein Nineteen House Republicans are pressing Speaker Paul D. Ryan to schedule a vote next week on legislation that would boost the national background check system for [...]

Published
2018

8. A big question in the debate about arming teachers: What about racial bias?

Author

Scott, Eugene

Subjects
Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018 -- Influence, Race discrimination -- Evaluation, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Eugene Scott In the wake of the school shooting that killed 17, President Trump and the National Rifle Association's main proposal to prevent another tragedy like the one in [...]

Published
2018

9. Florida Gov. Rick Scott backs raising age for rifle purchases to 21

Author

Scherer, Michael

Subjects
Governors -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Rifles -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Michael Scherer Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined a growing list of Republican lawmakers Friday to endorse raising the minimum age for purchasing rifles to 21 years old, marking his [...]

Published
2018

10. Five states allow guns to be seized before someone can commit violence

Author

Bernstein, Lenny

Subjects
Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Lenny Bernstein In the wake of massacres similar to Wednesday's school shooting in Parkland, Fla., a small number of states have passed 'red flag laws' that allow the seizure [...]

Published
2018

11. Peruta v. San Diego, analyzed

Author

Kopel, David

Subjects
United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- Social policy, San Diego County, California -- Social policy, Gun laws -- Interpretation and construction, Right to bear arms -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: David Kopel The 9th Circuit in Peruta v. San Diego upheld longstanding precedent that the concealed carrying of firearms may be prohibited. All 11 judges of the en banc [...]

Published
2016

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