Gun Control

The GoFundMe page created by Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Cameron Kasky had raised more than $1.5 million Wednesday evening, not counting $2 million pledged by four Hollywood celebrities.

Parkland Students Have A Cause And $3.5 Million. Here’s How They’re Going To Spend It.

David Smiley

To help fund a national gun-control movement, a small group of South Florida students who survived the worst high school shooting in U.S. history set up...

South Florida Students Walk Out Of Classrooms To Show Support of Gun Control

Andrea Perdomo

Students around South Florida participated in classroom walkouts one week after the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland,...

Gov. Rick Scott, Broward Superintendent Rob Runcie and Broward Sheriff Scott Israel discuss Parkland school shooting.

Legislators Say They're Open To Gun Restrictions In Wake Of School Shooting

Lynn Hatter

Florida lawmakers say they’re working to come up with legislation aimed at curbing school shootings like the one last week in South Florida. Students...

James Snead (right) and his wife Kimberly discussing their relationship with alleged Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz with reporters last weekend.

Family That Took In Parkland Shooter Got Him Therapy, Defends Letting Him Keep AR-15

Tim Padgett

After last week’s school shooting in Parkland that killed 17 people, a lot of focus has fallen on the home where the confessed shooter was living. WLRN...

State Sen. Gary Farmer, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat, said he's going to pressure the Legislature's Republican leadership to take up gun control bills as the session nears its scheduled end date of March 9.

Fort Lauderdale Senator: As Legislative Session Nears End, 'It's Time For Action' On Gun Control

Jessica Bakeman

State lawmakers are facing renewed pressure to pass gun control legislation following last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...

Student Survivors of Deadliest High School Shooting Take On Role of Gun Control Activists

Jessica Bakeman

They are angry. They are channeling their pain and stepping into the harsh spotlight of a heated and ongoing national debate. They are shielding their...

Pulse: One Year Later

Matthew F Smith

Monday marks one year since a gunman opened fire at Pulse, the LGBT nightclub near downtown Orlando. The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history…

Trying To Send A Message, Fla. Lawmaker Refiles Gun Control Bill For Special Session

Sascha Cordner

A Florida lawmaker is hoping the state legislature will take up a refiled gun control bill during this week’s special session.

Gun Bills Could Again Struggle In Senate

The News Service of Florida

A proposal that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to store firearms with security officers at courthouses narrowly advanced Tuesday...

Rep. Greg Steube debates on the House floor on Feb. 2, 2016. Steube is the main author of most of the gun bills before the Legislature in 2017.

Democrats and Republicans Take Aim at Guns in Legislative Session

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Battle lines are being drawn in Florida over a perennially thorny issue: Guns. State lawmakers have filed over a dozen bills seeking changes to existing...