‘Not going to replace Parkland’: Florida committee won’t take up House-approved bill lowering gun buying age to 18
- On Thursday, April 17, 2025, a shooting at Florida State University left two dead and six injured.
- The FSU shooting sparked anxiety, especially for those connected to the university and Tampa Bay area.
- The suspect, a 20-year-old gunman, was the son of a deputy, who used his father's service weapon, according to officials.
- Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime died in the Parkland shooting, posted, "Sadly, because of the many people who refuse to do the right things about gun violence, I am not surprised by what happened to you."
- Following the tragedy, Florida A&M canceled classes, and Joshua Gallagher, a Parkland survivor present at FSU, reported the event; officials are still investigating.
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Florida shooting survivors urge lawmakers to defend arms control law
Florida students who were traumatized by the Parkland school shooting in 2018, and last week's deadly shooting at Florida State University (FSU), urge Republican-controlled state legislatures not to reverse the arms restrictions they passed after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school incident.
Florida Senate unlikely to pass law to lower gun purchasing age
Days after a mass shooting at nearby Florida State University, the state Senate appears poised to scuttle a controversial proposal that would allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and other long guns.
‘Not going to replace Parkland’: Florida committee won’t take up House-approved bill lowering gun buying age to 18
Days after a mass shooting at nearby Florida State University, the state Senate appears poised to scuttle a controversial proposal that would allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and other long guns.


Florida Senate unlikely to pass repeal of gun-buying age law passed after Parkland
Days after a mass shooting at Florida State University, the state Senate appears poised to scuttle a controversial proposal that would allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and other long guns.
Florida House Democrats raise alarm over gun control after Florida State University shooting
Days after the mass shooting at Florida State University, legislators are entering a new week of the legislative session and House Democrats are raising red flags about gun legislation. Democratic representatives discussed various topics on a call Monday, including the shooting that killed two. House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell claims that the Democratic Party has brought up gun control laws that don’t get heard by the Republican superm…
‘I’ve been through this before’: Parkland graduates take shelter during Florida State University Shooting
By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — As Ilana Badiner took shelter in the student union during the Florida State University shooting on Thursday, she remembers thinking “I kind of knew the drill already.” Seven years ago, Badiner was an eighth grader at the middle school adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida. “I’ve been through this before. It was a similar situation,” Badiner, …
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