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A Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 Muddy Girl Sport rifle chambered in .22 LR is shown in front of a rack of other rifles at Duke's Sport Shop in New Castle, Pa. on Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Gun rights advocates take aim at new age restrictions

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

City erases school shooting suspect’s name from park fence

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Students wait to cross the street after their first day back at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The students were greeted Wednesday morning by police officers carrying military style rifles and an array of counselors and therapy dogs. They missed two weeks of school following the Feb. 14 mass shooting that killed several students and teachers. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

The Latest: Grand jury likely to consider charges

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Students wait to cross the street after their first day back at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The students were greeted Wednesday morning by police officers carrying military style rifles and an array of counselors and therapy dogs. They missed two weeks of school following the Feb. 14 mass shooting that killed several students and teachers. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

The Latest: Parents of shooting survivors have had to adjust

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Cars are parked in the lot outside the Dick's Sporting Goods store in Cranberry, Pa., on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The sporting goods chain says it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut. They also say it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) ** FILE **

Dick’s Sporting Goods to no longer sell ‘assault-style’ rifles, high-capacity magazines

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Students wait to cross the street after their first day back at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The students were greeted Wednesday morning by police officers carrying military style rifles and an array of counselors and therapy dogs. They missed two weeks of school following the Feb. 14 mass shooting that killed several students and teachers. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Classes continue but Florida parents traumatized by shooting

By ROBERT RAY and BRENDAN FARRINGTON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 19, 2018, file photo, Nikolas Cruz, accused of murdering 17 people in the Florida high school shooting, appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

Nikolas Cruz carried rifle magazines etched with swastikas during Florida school shooting: Reports

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This Feb. 14, 2018, file photo shows students being evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a former student opened fire on the campus. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

Nikolas Cruz’s former neighbor in Florida ‘begged’ police to act prior to mass shooting

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Illustration on police protection of schools by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why deterrence can work

By Cal Thomas

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel makes a point to NRA Spokesperson Dana Loesch during a CNN town hall meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at the BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Fla. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Scott Israel insists only 1 deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school during shooting

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Margarita Lasalle, a bookkeeper and Joellen Berman, a guidance data specialist, look at a memorial Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 as teachers and school administrators returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first time since 17 victims were killed in a mass shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Caller told FBI Florida shooting suspect ‘going to explode’

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

FBI says it’s trying to rebuild trust after botched tip

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel makes a point to NRA Spokesperson Dana Loesch during a CNN town hall meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at the BB&amp;T Center, in Sunrise, Fla. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

The Latest: No answer at home of school’s ex-armed officer

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Editorials from around Oregon

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Student survivors from the fatal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School start gathering inside the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018. The students are in town to lobby the Florida Legislature to push a ban on the assault-style rifle used to kill over a dozen people a week ago. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

The Latest: Angry students, parents confront Sen. Rubio

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Mourners hug as they leave the funeral of Alaina Petty, in Coral Springs, Fla., Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Petty was a victim of Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Latest: Stoneman Douglas students greeted in Tallahassee

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President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the mass shooting at a South Florida High School from the White House, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump pushes bump stock ban

By Dave Boyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Chris Grady, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, poses at a memorial outside the school, for Wednesday's mass shooting, in Parkland, Fla., Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Grady huddled in his classroom at the high school last Wednesday listening to shots ring out nearby, what he felt wasn't fear, but anger. Grady and his friend are among about 100 Stoneman Douglas students who are heading to Florida’s capital, Tallahassee, to push lawmakers to do something to stop gun violence. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Students shaken by shooting focus on stopping gun violence

By JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

Florida Governor Rick Scott addresses the congregation during a Sunday service at the First United Methodist Church of Coral Springs, dedicated to the victims of the Wednesday mass shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Coral Springs, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, who is in custody, was charged with 17 counts of murder on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rick Scott calls on FBI to release details surrounding tip about Florida shooter

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

People participate in a candlelight vigil in memory of the 17 students and faculty who were killed in the Wednesday mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Warning signs ignored again

By Cal Thomas