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• Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Pulse shooting survivors will join local political leaders in speaking out about gun laws tomorrow in downtown Orlando. The event is part of a national voter registration drive.
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• High school students throughout Central Florida will walk out of class for a second time today. It is the second walkout in the two months since the Parkland High School shooting.
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• The defense is expected to bring witnesses like Omar Mateen’s father, a former FBI informant, as her trial wraps up this week.
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• Teachers at Brevard County Schools might be able to carry weapons soon if a new safety plan is approved. The school board will vote on the plan later in the month.
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• Students walked out of class this morning at dozens of schools across Central Florida marking one month since the Parkland shooting. Danielle Prieur was at Wekiva High School for the walkout and has the report.
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• More than 30 Pulse survivors and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Parents gathered today outside the Orlando gay nightclub. The group called for gun reform.
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• This isn’t normal. Sunday’s horrific event in Las Vegas is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. For 16 months, Orlando was burdened with this title. Awful as it was to be at the top of of that list, it wasn’t one we wished on anyone else. If it feels like mass shootings are becoming both more deadly and more frequent, it’s because they are. They’ve become such regular occurrences – five in just the last two years – that our reactions have become formulaic. When horror strikes we fall into a predictable cycle that ultimately achieves nothing but to make us just a bit more numb. Politicians and elected officials offer “thoughts and prayers.” Anyone calling for …
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• Gun reform advocates in Orlando say FedEx is helping the National Rifle Association grow its membership. A handful of organizers protested Wednesday afternoon outside a FedEx in downtown Orlando.
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