'The Doors Don't Lock': After FSU Shooting, Petition Demands Locks on Classroom Doors

'The Doors Don't Lock': After FSU Shooting, Petition Demands Locks on Classroom Doors

Liv Caputo
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April 20, 2025
TALLAHASSEE—When a gunman opened fire outside of Florida State University's busiest building, nearby students desperately used chairs and desks to barricade themselves inside classrooms with a near-fatal flaw: the doors have no locks. Two students hope to change that.  Seniors Meghan Bannister and Sarah Walker started an online petition demanding FSU install internal locks on […]
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Donalds Appears on Fox News, Praise Law Enforcement's Response to FSU Mass Shooting

Donalds Appears on Fox News, Praise Law Enforcement's Response to FSU Mass Shooting

Jackson Bakich
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April 18, 2025
Congressman and Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds (R-FL) appeared on Fox News' "The Will Cain Show" to talk about the shooting that took place at Florida State University just after noon Eastern. Two victims are deceased (not believed to be FSU students), and six victims were injured and sent to the hospital. The shooter, who […]
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‘Slap in the Face’: After Debate, House Committee Approves Three Pro-Gun Bills

‘Slap in the Face’: After Debate, House Committee Approves Three Pro-Gun Bills

Liv Caputo
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March 12, 2025
TALLAHASSEE—A slew of pro-gun measures flew through their first House committee Wednesday, aimed at expanding firearm access and repealing a swath of 2018's massive gun control act passed after Florida's deadliest school shooting. The three measures, all filed by conservatives, faced scrutiny from the five Democrats on the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee and a crowd […]
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Florida Republican Files Bill Criminalizing AI Gun-Detection Software in Public Spaces

Florida Republican Files Bill Criminalizing AI Gun-Detection Software in Public Spaces

Liv Caputo
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February 10, 2025
Florida Senator Blaise Ingoglia, a top ally to the governor, filed a new bill Monday criminally punishing Floridians who use artificial intelligence systems to detect firearms in most public areas. Ingoglia, a potential candidate for Chief Financial Officer, filed SB 562 weeks after Daytona Beach voted to buy artificial intelligence (AI) software designed to equip […]
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Senate President Albritton 'Not in a Place' Yet to Pick Sides on Proper Gun-Buying Age

Senate President Albritton 'Not in a Place' Yet to Pick Sides on Proper Gun-Buying Age

Liv Caputo
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December 16, 2024
Already opposed to open carry laws, Florida Senate President Ben Albritton is unsure if he would agree to one Republican's bill repealing Parkland-era gun laws requiring Floridians to be 21 to purchase firearms. Albritton, a Wauchula Republican, told reporters Monday that because he likes to follow law enforcement's lead on gun issues, and because he […]
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BSO arrests teen after allegedly making mass shooting threats made to Broward schools

BSO arrests teen after allegedly making mass shooting threats made to Broward schools

Michael Costeines
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September 8, 2024
LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. - The Broward Sherriff's Office arrested a 14-year-old girl from Lauderdale Lakes over the weekend after she allegedly made threats on social media against some schools across Broward County. According to the sheriff's office, the teenager threatened to kill or conduct a mass shooting on multiple of her Instagram stories on Saturday […]
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Last Squeeze?—9.6.2024—Florida Lawmaker Thinks Schools Should Be Built Like 'Military Bases'—Trump Would Appoint Elon Musk to Federal Commission if Elected—Much More...

Last Squeeze?—9.6.2024—Florida Lawmaker Thinks Schools Should Be Built Like 'Military Bases'—Trump Would Appoint Elon Musk to Federal Commission if Elected—Much More...

Liv Caputo
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September 7, 2024
Florida's Panic Button Law Sparks Debate on Future School Security: Should They Be 'Built Like Military Bases?' As school shootings, dead students, and murdered educators become sickeningly more commonplace, a dark new trend has emerged to protect the most vulnerable: panic buttons on teachers...READ MORE Sen. Marco Rubio: "Since March, Biden and Kamala Harris have […]
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Florida's Panic Button Law Sparks Debate on Future School Security: Should They Be 'Built Like Military Bases?'

Florida's Panic Button Law Sparks Debate on Future School Security: Should They Be 'Built Like Military Bases?'

Liv Caputo
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September 6, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—As school shootings, dead students, and murdered educators become sickeningly more commonplace, a dark new trend has emerged to protect the most vulnerable: panic buttons on teachers. Attached to staff ID badges, teachers are told to press the button three times in an everyday emergency. For a school shooting? Don't stop pushing, the Washington […]
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Moskowitz Claims Congress 'Isn't Serious' About Gun Violence

Moskowitz Claims Congress 'Isn't Serious' About Gun Violence

Daniel Molina
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September 5, 2024
Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D), responding to the shooting, claims that Congress “isn’t serious” about issues like gun violence.
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Bipartisan Congressional Delegation Tours School Shooting Site in Florida

Bipartisan Congressional Delegation Tours School Shooting Site in Florida

Javier Manjarres
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August 4, 2023
Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D) invited a group of congressional lawmakers to walk through and take part in a reenactment in the actual building where the February 14, 2018 school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School took place, Both Republican and Democrat congressmen and women came in from all over the nation to take […]
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Florida School District Bans Bookbags over Potential Security Threat

Florida School District Bans Bookbags over Potential Security Threat

Javier Manjarres
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June 4, 2022
Fort Lauderdale— Parents with school age children in Broward County have been told that as of Tuesday June 7th, “no bookbags and backpacks will be permitted in any school building” as the school district may have received a credit threat (s) of violence that could take place in the last days of the school year.
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Florida's GOP-led legislature should pass

Florida's GOP-led legislature should pass "no-brainer" school safety bill

Javier Manjarres
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November 11, 2019
The tragic school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida should have been prevented if the glaring warning signs were addressed by school officials and law enforcement, but unfortunately, these signs were ignored and 17 teachers and students were lost.
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Rick Scott's school shooting investigation leads to arrest

Rick Scott's school shooting investigation leads to arrest

Javier Manjarres
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June 4, 2019
Shortly after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Scot Peterson, the ex-Marjorie Stoneman Douglass High School resource officer on 11-counts related to his ‘inaction’ during the shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, Sen. Rick Scott (R) said he was glad to see the results of an investigation he first initiated as governor.
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Ex-MSD school officer arrested after shooting 'inaction'

Ex-MSD school officer arrested after shooting 'inaction'

News Service of Florida
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June 4, 2019
TALLAHASSEE --- Scot Peterson, the former Broward County school-resource officer who was forced to retire after he did not confront the gunman in last year’s Parkland school massacre, was arrested Tuesday on 11 charges related to his inaction.
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Armed Teachers plan clears senate hurdle

Armed Teachers plan clears senate hurdle

News Service of Florida
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April 17, 2019
TALLAHASSEE --- A little more than a year ago, the idea of allowing armed teachers in classrooms nearly scuttled school-safety legislation hurriedly crafted in the wake of the horrific mass shooting at a Parkland high school that left 17 students and staff members dead.
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Andrew Pollack sounds off, calls for Broward County School Board firings

Andrew Pollack sounds off, calls for Broward County School Board firings

Javier Manjarres
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July 10, 2018
This piece of sh*t was in the promise program while in middle school.
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On gun control and safety, Democrat congresswoman says she doesn't have

On gun control and safety, Democrat congresswoman says she doesn't have "all the answers"

Javier Manjarres
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May 8, 2018
Democratic lawmakers have pushed the ban weapons agenda as quick fix to the "gun violence" problem in the U.S., but could Demings step back be the beginning of a pull back on the issue?
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Youtube HQ shooter upset over revenue payouts, Democrats continue gun control focus

Youtube HQ shooter upset over revenue payouts, Democrats continue gun control focus

Javier Manjarres
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April 4, 2018
Florida Congresswoman Val Demings (D) echoed the calls to “address gun violence” across the country.
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