(1,3) This article gets to the sides in the gun safety debate. The NRA is working to protect gun manufacturers from lost sales and revenue. It is that simple. Others, like me, are working to prevent you from becoming the next victim of gun violence. amp.tallahassee.com/amp/2022582001…
(2,3) Marion Hammer argued billions are at stake. What about the victims of gun violence and the economic loss from lives lost. What about the ongoing needs of the families who were victims? Who should pay for that? Marion, you have it wrong.
(3,3) Not only should we deal with these weapons and the ammunition, since you brought up money, every gun and bullet sold should be sold with a built in victims compensation fee to ensure that the families of victims are compensated for their loss.
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(1,4) Months ago I started planning a vist with @VP and @WHOGVP46 to Parkland. We have walked 100's of elected leaders, FBI, Secret Service, educators, and others through this building. I never imagined a visit like yesterday's was possible but VP Harris politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
(2,4) said to make it happen. Too be clear, she walked the untouched crime scene where Jaime and 16 others were murdered. The blood, DNA, glass, unfinished work is still there. Her time with our families and her compassion with everyone is something that I will never forget.
(3) We had allocated an hour for the family meeting time, VP Harris insisted spent hours. The media there knows how delayed we were because of it. Following the family meeting, we walked the building. I have no doubt because of what was experienced by the @VP , @GregJackson46
(1,6) Months ago, I started working with the @VP office and the @WHOGVP46 to plan a visit to the Parkland school building where Jaime and 16 others were murdered. Today, they will walk through the building with me and many other family members. Too be clear, they will walk
(2,6) and untouched crime scene. The blood, DNA, broken glass, course work on desks left unfinished and other remnants of the mass shooting incident will still be there. That Vice President Harris and her team are walking through this building with us to learn the lessons of
(3,6) why this happened and what could have been done to prevent it, as well as what we can do in the future to prevent gun violence, and also to prevent mass carnage when gun violence happens is a big deal. I will be forever grateful that they agreed to not make this a private
(1,4) Hoping to address some unfortunate misinformation around the visit to the school in Parkland where the shooting happened tomorrow by @VP and the @WHOGVP46. This visit is
(2,4) happening because I asked for it. Following the creation of The Office of Gun Violence Prevention back in November, I asked Vice President Harris and others from that office to come. The ability to learn from this
(3,3) untouched crime scene, while it still exists, is unlike anything else. I have worked with her office for months to do this during spring break to minimize disruption. They agreed with my wish to keep this visit focused on our families and the importance of the building.
(1,21) “Never live in the past but always learn from it.” This quote is painted on the 2ndfloor wall of the 1200 building at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Yes, that is the school and the building where my daughter and 16 others were murdered. Today marks 6 years since
(2,21) I sent my children Jesse and Jaime to that school on Valentines Day. Today marks 6 years since gun violence forever changed my family. Today marks 6 years since Jaime was murdered. Today marks 6 years since my son Jesse was forever affected by the reality of gun violence
(3,21) and is forever a changed person. Jesse lost a part of who he is that day. Today marks 6 years since my wife and I went from having two kids to take care of and to dream about futures with, to being overprotective parents of Jesse while visiting our forever 14-year-old
(1,5) We must make 2024 the year that voter turnout breaks all records. The discussions on this platform suggesting young people won't vote MUST STOP HERE! The idea that everything you ask for gets delivered or you will sit home MUST STOP HERE!!! We are all stakeholders in our
(2,5) Democracy & our vote is our power. I don't care if you are young or old, in either case you are an American & what happens matters to you. As for the younger people who developed a platform after the Parkland shooting, where my daughter was murdered, I have faith in you.
(3,5) However, the role of adults has mattered in your lives as well & you would be well served to remember that. It is true that adults had done a terrible job of voting in elections for a long time and that is the reason we are in this place. Don't make that same mistake.
(1,5) This week, a serious beating just took place at Marjory Stoneman High school, the same high school where my daughter was murdered. As those close to me know, I have deep issues with the current Principal there over her response to our families since sun-sentinel.com/2023/12/13/stu…
(2,5) taking over that school. Her response to this beating is alarming and based upon my concerns with her, also not surprising. No, this was not a “a disturbing incident that took place off-campus.” This was a beating of an MSD student by other MSD students in a parking lot
(3,5) that all students walk to after school because they park there. Until schools and the district understand the responsibility of safety for students walking into school and walking out of school, you can't have true safety.