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Oklahoma debates handgun purchase age amid high gun violence rate

Oklahoma ranks amongst the top 20 states experiencing a high rate of gun violence.But are tighter gun laws the answer to stop it?According to everystat.org, Okl

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students to gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been 120 reported mass shootings. that data coming from the gun violence archive. on saturday, us president joe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence. in it, he said: but gun control is a highly polarizing issue in the us, many democrats advocate for stricter gun laws, while republicans tend to view gun ownership as a fundamental right. to take stock on gun violence prevention efforts in the us, i spoke to david hogg. he's a survivor of the parkland school shooting, and a co—founder of march for our lives — an organisation advocating for gun control legislation. great to have you here on bbc news. you say that you and people of your age are part

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but gun control is a highly polarizing issue in the us. many democrats advocate for stricter gun laws, while republicans tend to view gun ownership as a fundamental right. to take stock on gun violence prevention efforts in the us, i spoke to david hogg. —— i spoke to chris brown. thank you for being here with us, a quarter century after the columbine high school shooting. what has the us done and sent, has it done enough to prevent identical similar incidents from happening again? ida. identical similar incidents from happening again? no, we're not. we from happening again? no, we're not- we have _ from happening again? no, we're not. we have done _ from happening again? no, we're not. we have done a _ from happening again? no, we're not. we have done a lot - from happening again? no, we're not. we have done a lot but - not. we have done a lot but there is still needs a lot more laws that need to be passed. we need better enforcement of the laws we have. 25 years ago today, car crashes with the number one killer of our

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of police officers. unfortunately, too often is there patrolling good guys with gun turn out to be cowards with good guns when it counts. if we're only able to stop shooter by the time to get into a high school parking lot we're failing. countries whether it's the uk, countries across europe or australia they don't have these type of shootings on what seems like a weekly basis in terms of school shootings. it's not because there are cops in every school, not because they have metal detectors, it's because they actually passed comprehensive gun laws that raise the standard of ownership. even in countries that do have guns pretty widely accessible like switzerland. they have stronger gun laws that help prevent things like what happened in parkland from happening again. effectively what these "solutions" which are propose are really band—aid solutions to much bigger problems that is caused by the easy accessibility of firearms that we have here in the united states. it's not to say

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you kids care, you want to create change but you really don't understand that this is florida. things don't change here. the laws get weaker here. we said, ok, watch us and we did change gun laws raised the age to buy guns at 21 and were able to pass a red flag law that's been able to be used 12,000 times in florida alone since parkland. guess who uses it the most? is republican sharers these are bipartisan solutions being passed to do work, we pass across party lines was up there a reason why largely in my opinion a lot of that is happened is because of the courage of young people to stand up and not accept a country where we're told the only solution that we had to keep it safe in their schools is to teach them how to potentially survive a school shooter instead of addressing how that shooter gets the gun of the first place. the shooter and parkland was a criminal but not a mastermind. he was a deranged 19 year old that was able to legally access in ar 15. how hopeful are you that the us can take action to prevent

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coming from the gun violence archive. on saturday, us presidentjoe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence. in it he said quote... but gun control is a highly polarizing issue in the us.many democrats advocate for stricter gun laws, while republicans tend to view gun ownership as a fundamental right. krista hanley is a survivor of the columbine shooting and the cofounder of we are safer together a self—defence organisation. i spoke to her earlier about her experience that day and her personal journey since. thank you for being here with us today. what are your reflections as we mark 25 years now since the shooting that took place at your high school, at columbine high school? �* , ., school, at columbine high school? �*, ., ., , school? it's hard to believe it's 25 years _

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of what you call the school shooting generation. curious if you could describe what that means. i think what that means is a generation that is live through the aftermath of columbine. our generation has gone through school shooter drills in our classrooms, we lived in constant fear whether it's in a movie theatre, our classroom or on the street in front of our homes. kids are dying not only in school shootings but daily gun violence as well that rarely makes it on the news. you were born one year after the columbine high school shooting. i'm curious, do you ever think back and think the us might�*ve missed an opportunity 25 years ago to take stronger action to prevent similar school shootings like the one that ended up affecting you and your classmates at parkland? yes, yes. the bottom line is if the federal government acted and passed comprehensive gun laws following columbine that

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The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart

folks who might be listening. we just showed pictures of the 12 students and one teacher who were killed on that day 25 years ago today. just showing the picture again right now. your book takes a deep dive into the 2018 waffle house shooting and how these mass shooters reveal a lot about the issues on race and mental health we continue to face in our country. can you expand on that? >> my book takes a deep dive into that 2018 waffle house shooting. it was a shooting where a naked white shooter went into a waffle house in a part of nashville where it was 2:30 in the morning, full of young adults of color celebrating after the clubs closed and it was many things. it was a mentally ill mass shooting, it was a race shooting, it was a sign of what happens in a state like tennessee with our pathologically loose gun laws. in many ways, it is the same thing where our town came together and said enough is enough. we will turn course. this has shown us the worst of humanity. now let's turn course. i want to say there are a lot

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chairs — one for each of the victims — as short biographies were read out. after each, the crowd replied together �never forgotten.� since columbine, gun violence in the united states has become increasingly severe both in schools and in wider communities. according to data collected by the washington post, there have been more than 400 school shootings since 1999 — exposing more than 370,000 students to gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been 120 reported mass shootings — that data coming from the gun violence archive. on saturday, us presidentjoe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence. in it he said "i've met with countless families who've lost loved ones because of gun violence. their message is always the same: do something." but gun control is a highly polarizing issue in the us. many democrats advocate for stricter gun laws, while republicans tend to view gun ownership

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both in schools and in wider communities. according to data collected by the washington post, there have been more than 400 school shootings since 1999 — exposing more than 370 thousand students to gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been 120 reported mass shootings, data from the gun violence archive shows. on saturday, us presidentjoe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence. in it he said "i've met with countless families who've lost loved ones because of gun violence. their message is always the same: do something." but gun control is a highly polarising issue in the us. many democrats advocate for stricter gun laws, while republicans tend to view gun ownership as a fundamental right. so where can agreement be reached? i put that question to kris brown. she's the president of brady united against gun violence. we're seeing a lot of progress across states that her passing laws

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