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Florida Rep. Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) walks around a group of 20 college students and activists as they stage a die-in on the 4th floor rotunda between the House and Senate chambers while the House takes up the school safety bill at the Florida Capital in Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Gun legislation passes Florida House, goes to governor

By CURT ANDERSON and BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JOSH REPLOGLE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2018 photo, Sergeant Scott Pfeiffer, evidence room supervisor for the Westmoreland County Sheriff Department shows off a collection of guns that have been confiscated through court ordered seizure due to a protection from abuse order, inside the gun vault at the Westmoreland County Courthouse, in Greensburg, Pa. Confiscating firearms could easily be part of the job description for deputies on the second shift at the Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office. (Dan Speicher/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)

Thousands of firearms confiscated in court-ordered seizures

By DEBRA ERDLEY and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Associated Press

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Betsy DeVos pressed to toss Obama ‘Dear Colleague’ school-discipline directive

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office during the President's Daily Economic Briefing on July 30, 2009. (White House)

Nikolas Cruz avoided police scrutiny with help from Obama policies

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Latest: Students motivated by shooting register to vote

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Editorials from around New England

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President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, with members of congress to discuss school and community safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump urges lawmakers to ‘do something’ soon about school shootings

By Dave Boyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Annabel Claprood, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School touches one of the roses at the Pulse night club, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Parents and students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School made a stop at the site of the nightclub attack on their way back home from Tallahassee. Students returned to class at the high school, Wednesday, following the Feb. 14 mass shooting that killed several students and teachers. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

When the government disarms in selected zones it increases helplessness

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Faculty and staff greet police officers stationed outside of at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Parkland, Fla. With a heavy police presence, classes resumed for the first time since several students and teachers were killed by a former student on Feb. 14. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)

The Latest: Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammo

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FedEx to keep NRA discounts despite boycott threats

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

CORRECTS LOCATION TO WARWICK, NOT PROVIDENCE. CLARIFIES POLICY - Cheers erupt as Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signs an executive order Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in Warwick, R.I., to establish a new policy to try to keep guns away from people who show warning signs of violence. It directs law enforcement to take all available legal steps to remove firearms from those who pose a threat, launches a public awareness campaign and creates a gun safety working group. It doesn't give law enforcement any new authority to take guns away. California, Connecticut, Indiana, Oregon and Washington already have so-called &quot;red flag&quot; laws. More than a dozen other states are considering similar bills. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)

State sets new policy to keep guns from people deemed threat

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

Pulse survivor India Godman, left, hugs Wendy Garrity at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, for an open house as parents and students returned to the school for the first time since a shooting took place at the high school on Feb. 14. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)

The Latest: School safety bill moves ahead in Florida Senate

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National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. Supporters and opponents of stricter gun control measures face off at a hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence in the wake of last month's shooting rampage in Newtown, Ct., that killed 20 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

NRA accuses companies of ‘cowardice’ after severing ties under threat of boycott

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this March 19, 2014 file photo, Peter Mason tries the Oculus virtual reality headset at the Game Developers Conference 2014 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

Facebook pulls shooting game from CPAC booth ‘in light of recent events in Florida’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

From left, President Donald Trump, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student students Carson Abt, and Ariana Klein, listen as Carson's father Frederick Abt, speaks during a listening session with high school students, teachers, and others in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed “he would have shot and that would have been the end of it.” Revisiting an idea he raised in his campaign, Trump’s comments in favor of allowing teachers to be armed come as lawmakers in several states are wrestling with the idea, including in Florida, where the 17 most recent school shooting victims are being mourned.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says arming teachers in schools ‘Up to States’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

This Feb. 21, 2018 file photo shows Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Cameron Kasky, left, asking a question to Sen. Marco Rubio during a CNN town hall meeting in Sunrise, Fla. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

After years of dejection, proponents of gun laws see hope

By MATT SEDENSKY and TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press

A bicyclist rides past a sign at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 in Parkland, Fla. Teachers and administrators returned for the first time since the Valentine's Day shooting that killed several people. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Police experts urge intensive training if teachers are armed

By LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

Mourners attend the funeral service for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School assistant football coach, Aaron Feis. at the Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 22. 2018. Football players wearing Stoneman Douglas jerseys carried Feis' casket into the service at the church where family and friends gathered to remember him as loyal and caring. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

The Latest: NRA lobbyist takes issue with Florida gun plans

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Members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School football team depart the service at the Church by the Glades for Aaron Feis, the football coach who was killed at the school shooting last week, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Coral Springs, Fla. Hundreds gathered to remember the 37-year-old assistant football coach and security guard gunned down while helping students to safety during a mass shooting at the high school on Valentine's Day. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)

Funerals stir more tributes for school shooting victims

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

Eric Harris, left, and Dylan Klebold, carrying a TEC-9 semi-automatic pistol, are pictured in the cafeteria at Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colorado, during their April 20, 1999 shooting rampage where they killed a teacher and 12 students. (Associated Press/Jefferson County Sheriff's Department)

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Columbine High School killers, inspire mass shooters

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times