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High school voters taking civic duty seriously

By REBECCA R. BIBBS - Associated Press

David Hogg, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., raises his fist after speaking during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

David Hogg leads new wave of anti-gun activists against NRA after Parkland

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In a Friday, March 23, 2018 photo, Dakota Overland, 14, a competitive shooter who travels to meets across the nation, is timed by her father, Todd, during a training session at a gun range in Forest Lake, Minn. During a 3-gun match, a shooter moves through different stages of a course, engaging targets in a variety of different positions. The stage might require the use of a shotgun, rifle or pistol and the shooter will need to transition between them. (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)

Twin Cities girl is a champ on the ‘action shooting’ circuit

By TAD VEZNER - Associated Press

Latest: ‘Hot poker’ conservative host loses radio show too

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In this March 2, 2017 photo, Moderator Jamie Allman, host of Allman in the Morning, sits at a City of St. Louis Mayoral Debate filmed at Vue 17, in Richmond Heights, Mo. The conservative commentator who tweeted that he would use &quot;a hot poker&quot; to sexually assault a survivor of a Florida high school shooting resigned from KDNL-TV, a St. Louis TV station. (Cristina M. Fletes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

TV host resigns after threatening school shooting survivor

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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at a news conference following a visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Coral Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Stoneman Douglas shooting shows folly of Education Department’s school-discipline letter

By Jonathan Butcher

Students wear clear backpacks outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday, April 2, 2018. The bags are one of a number of security measures the school district has enacted as a result of the Feb. 14 shooting at the school that killed 17. (John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Parkland students, police state style, back in school

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018 file photo, students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooter opened fire on the campus. A sheriff’s office captain told deputies to form a perimeter instead of confronting the gunman at the high school where several people were killed in a mass shooting, according to documents obtained by the Miami Herald. The newspaper reported late Thursday, March 1, that it had obtained a partial Broward Sheriff’s Office dispatch log, which showed that Capt. Jan Jordan gave the order for deputies to establish a perimeter. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Secret Service study: Over half of those involved in mass attacks have history of mental illness

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., closes her eyes and cries as she stands silently at the podium for the amount of time it took the Parkland shooter to go on his killing spree during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Emma Gonzalez stirs flap by wearing Cuban flag on sleeve at March for Our Lives

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The increase of 100,000, to 2.3 million run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, breaks a five-month streak of year-over-year declines. (Associated Press/File)

Gun purchase background checks surge after Parkland

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Demonstrators cheer during a &quot;March for Our Lives&quot; protest for gun legislation and school safety Saturday, March 24, 2018. Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington march spearheaded by teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where over a dozen people were killed in February. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The Latest: Santorum says better for students to learn CPR

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students led a &quot;March For Our Lives&quot; rally Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. Thousands of people filled a park near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for a rally near the site of last month's school massacre in Parkland. After the rally participants marched to Stoneman Douglas. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)

20,000 march by Stoneman Douglas High to support gun laws

By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press

People take part in a march rally against gun violence Saturday, March 24, 2018, in New York. Tens of thousands of people poured into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignite political activism among the young. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

‘Vote them out!’: Hundreds of thousands demand gun control

By ASHRAF KHALIL and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

The Latest: Dueling protests held in Helena over guns

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Tens of thousands march at NYC gun protest

By DAVID JEANS - Associated Press

A student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School holds a sign during the &quot;March for Our Lives&quot; rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Student protesters say they’re fed up, ready for gun reform

By JOSH REPLOGLE - Associated Press

Demonstrators march through downtown during the &quot;March for Our Lives&quot; protest for gun legislation and school safety, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Cincinnati. Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington march spearheaded by teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where over a dozen people were killed in February. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Thousands in Ohio gather for March For Our Lives rallies

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Participants gather during the March For Our Lives-Parkland event Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)

The Latest: “March for Our Lives” rallies draw huge crowds

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Terri Robinowitz, center, holds a framed photo of her granddaughter Alyssa Alhadeff who was killed in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, with Alyssa's parents, Lori Alhadeff and Ilan Alhadeff, right, as lawmakers and gun control activists gather at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, a day before the March for Our Lives rally Saturday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘This just needs to stop’: Hundreds of thousands decry guns

By ASHRAF KHALIL and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press