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Students Across Northwest Join Demonstrations For School Safety And Gun Measures

By NWPB News March 14, 2018

Students from some Seattle high schools march to a school safety rally at the University of Washington on March 14, 2018.

Students from across the Northwest joined a nationwide walkout today on the one-month anniversary of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to bring attention to safety, gun violence and to remember the 17 people killed in Parkland, Florida.Read More

How School Walkouts Test Student Rights And School Responsibilities

By NPR News March 13, 2018

Wednesday morning, March 14, students at schools across the country -- including Washington, Oregon and Idaho -- will walk out of their classrooms. The plan is for them to leave school — or at least gather in the hallway — for 17 minutes. That's one minute for each of the victims in last month's school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The walkout has galvanized teens nationwide Read More

Florida Governor Rick Scott Signs Package Of New Gun Restrictions

By NPR News March 9, 2018

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act on Friday. The legislation includes a number of gun restrictions and also permits school personnel who are not full-time teachers to be armed

Among other things, the legislation raises the legal age for gun purchases to 21, institutes a waiting period of three days and allows for the arming of some school personnelRead More

Washington Legislature Declines Bill To Address School Shootings

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa March 9, 2018

File photo of the Washington Senate gallery. CREDIT: WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE

After the recent mass shooting in Florida, Washington state lawmakers faced immense pressure to enact gun control legislation. But a bill to address school shootings made little progress, despite Democratic control of the House and Senate.Read More

Washington High School Students Rally In Olympia For Gun Control

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa March 7, 2018

High school students rallied at the Washington state Capitol Tuesday demanding restrictions on purchases of military-style weapons and tougher background checks. CREDIT: ENRIQUE PEREZ DE LA ROSA / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK

More than 100 Washington high school students rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday, March 6 demanding restrictions on purchases of military-style weapons and tougher background checks.Read More

Age Restriction On Semi-Automatic Rifle Purchases Moving Through Washington Legislature

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa March 1, 2018

The Washington Legislature is considering a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21. CREDIT: MICHAEL SAECHANG / FLICKR - TINYURL.COM/HJQMT6U

President Donald Trump has called on Congress to raise the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21. In Washington state, a proposal to do that passed a major legislative hurdle Thursday when it was voted through a powerful Senate committee.Read More

Gun Rights Advocates Rally In Olympia Against Bump Stock Ban, Background Checks

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa January 13, 2018

Washington state Rep. Representative Matt Shea, R-Spokane, speaks at the ''Rally 4 UR Rights'' gun rights rally in front of the state Capitol steps in 2018. CREDIT: ENRIQUE PEREZ DE LA ROSA / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK

Gun rights activists from across Washington state rallied in Olympia recently. They came to protest proposed gun control legislation that supporters say will reduce mass gun violence. Most were openly carrying weapons including pistols and semi-automatic rifles.Read More