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Florida Senate Rejects Ban On Assault Weapons, Approves Arming Teachers Following Parkland School Shooting

Sha Be Allah | March 4, 2018

The Florida Senate rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons, and voted for a measure to arm some teachers, weeks after 17 people were killed in the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information An amendment that would have banned assault weapons attached to a wider bill failed on Saturday […]

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Maryland’s Challenge to Assault Weapons Ban

Kiara Dunston | November 27, 2017

Succeeding the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting massacre, which left 20 children and six adults dead, Maryland’s General Assembly banned the selling of assault weapons and detachable large-capacity magazines in 2013. In response to an appeal by Maryland residents, weapon dealers and owners alike who argued that the ban violated their Second Amendment rights, the […]