Obama: I'm 'Proud' Of Parkland Students Who Are Pushing For New Gun Laws
- 5 years ago
Former President Obama posted a tweet on the anniversary of Parkland school shooting.
Former President Barack Obama on Thursday commended the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who have pushed for new gun laws since the February 14, 2018, mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
"In the year since their friends were killed, the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are and marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country," Obama said in a tweet. "I'm proud of all of them." The shooting at the school claimed 17 lives, and weeks later, a number of students began to organize a campaign for new gun legislation and school safety standards. Shortly before Obama's tweet on Thursday, President Trump released a statement outlining what lawmakers and his administration have done to prevent school shootings. "My Administration has completed a regulatory process, which it had started in October of 2017, to ban bump stocks," he stated. Trump also noted he "signed the STOP School Violence Act and Fix NICS Act into law" which began "the process of expanding health and other services to low-income public elementary and secondary schools." "The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation also convened a School Safety Summit that discussed how to better identify troubled students, conduct threat assessments, and institute anonymous reporting systems," the president further said.
Former President Barack Obama on Thursday commended the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who have pushed for new gun laws since the February 14, 2018, mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
"In the year since their friends were killed, the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are and marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country," Obama said in a tweet. "I'm proud of all of them." The shooting at the school claimed 17 lives, and weeks later, a number of students began to organize a campaign for new gun legislation and school safety standards. Shortly before Obama's tweet on Thursday, President Trump released a statement outlining what lawmakers and his administration have done to prevent school shootings. "My Administration has completed a regulatory process, which it had started in October of 2017, to ban bump stocks," he stated. Trump also noted he "signed the STOP School Violence Act and Fix NICS Act into law" which began "the process of expanding health and other services to low-income public elementary and secondary schools." "The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation also convened a School Safety Summit that discussed how to better identify troubled students, conduct threat assessments, and institute anonymous reporting systems," the president further said.