Friday marks the 7th anniversary of the Parkland school shooting
A former student named Nikolas Cruz walked into Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle. He killed 15 students and 2 staff members.
It was the deadliest U.S. school shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack in Connecticut about 5-years earlier. Cruz pled guilty to murder in October 2021 and is now serving life in prison without the possibility of parole.
As a result of the shooting, the Florida legislature passed some of the nation's toughest restrictions for buying firearms.
But the current state legislature is considering bills that would weaken those restrictions. Nationally, Democrats worry the Trump administration is rolling back policies to fight gun violence.
The white house says they're taking steps to protect Second Amendment rights, but also combat gun crime.
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