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Latest massacres test gun-control advocates’ resolve as White House faces growing pressure to act Toluse Olorunnipa, Marianna Sotomayor The routine has become so predictable that some gun-control activists see the familiarity of tragedy as their biggest obstacle to achieving the change they’ve been seeking for the past decade. A gunman’s rampage that claimed eight lives Thursday in Indianapolis became the latest mass shooting to set off the well-known pattern of condolences, lowered flags and a somber presidential statement calling on Congress to act. With the cy...

With Democrats in control of Washington for the first time in a decade, the recent string of mass shootings has encouraged activists to make a concerted push for fresh legislation restricting access to guns.

WASHINGTON - The routine has become so predictable that some gun-control activists see the familiarity of tragedy as their biggest obstacle to achieving the change they've been seeking for the past decade.

By TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA AND MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR | The Washington Post | Published: April 17, 2021 WASHINGTON — The routine has become so predictable that some gun-control activists see the familiarity of tragedy as their biggest obstacle to achieving the change they've been seeking for the past decade. A gunman's rampage that claimed eight lives Thursday in Indianapolis became the latest mass shooting to set off the well-known pattern of condolences, lowered flags and a somber presidential statement calling on Congress to act. With the cycle typically ending in legislative gridlock before r...

Parkland Students Want More Done on Gun Violence After Biden's Executive Order On 4/8/21 at 12:52 PM EDT Parkland students are calling on President Joe Biden to sign even more executive orders targeting gun violence as he is set to take action in response to the recent wave of deadly mass shootings across the nation. In a statement released Thursday, March For Our Lives (MFOL) said that while the new orders Biden is expected to issue will be "a critical step toward treating the gun violence epidemic as the public health crisis that it is," "there remains more to be done." MFOL is a national y...