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State lawmakers want guns on college campus

By Michele Richinick

A Republican-led House committee in Florida this week approved a measure that could allow students to carry guns and concealed weapons on college campuses — just two months after a shooter injured three people at a Florida State University library. Republican State Rep. Greg Steube, who filed the bill, said the measure would make campuses safer...

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Members of the community and students grieve beside a makeshift memorial at Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Oct. 26, 2014 in Marysville, Wash. (David Ryder/Getty)

School shooter reportedly ambushed friends

Two girls hug at Shoultes Gospel Hall church where families are reuniting after an active shooter situation at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington Oct. 24, 2014. (Photo by Jason Redmond/Reuters)

Two dead after gunman opens fire at school

Michael Dunn returns to his seat after reading his statement, which included an apology to the Davis family, during his sentencing hearing on Oct. 17, 2014 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Life in prison for 'loud music' shooter

A firearms instructor holds a handgun.

Lawmaker shoots at alleged robber

Susan Collins

GOP candidate 'a calm voice' against guns

Members of the Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services wait as units of the Louisville SWAT team search Fern Creek High School Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 in Louisville, Ky.

Students injured after two school shootings

People hold candles as they view a growing memorial on July 21, 2012, near the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. where a gunman killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others. (Photo by Ted S. Warren/AP)

Mass shootings on the rise

A convention attendee handles a .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol at a trade show on Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nev. (Photo by Julie Jacobson/AP)

Gun-shy? Too bad

Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., listens during a news conference Feb. 10, 2014, at a Fraternal Order of Police lodge in Philadelphia. Photo by Matt Rourke/AP

Giffords' group applauds Republican

An employee reviews a customer's application as part of a background check for a handgun sale, in Houston, Texas.

How gun background checks get bypassed

A man practices shooting his semi-automatic handgun at targets at the Ferry Brook Range, on January 26, 2013 in Keene, New Hampshire.

Giffords' gun group aims new ads at Northeast

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions at the U.S. Capitol on Sept.16, 2014 in Washington, DC. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty

McConnell responds to Grimes' gun ad

Gabrielle Giffords testifies before a Washington state House panel Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

Giffords' gun group aims video at GOPer

Bill Clinton Campaigns With Kentucky Senate Candidate Alison Grimes

Grimes continues boom of guns in ads

Students line up to go back inside after recess at Westbrook Elementary School in Taylorsville, Utah, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Earlier, a teacher accidentally shot herself in the leg, while alone in a faculty bathroom, shortly before school started.

Utah teacher shoots herself in the leg

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks with a reporter in the Capitol, July 22, 2014.

Survivors stand up to violence against women

A sign is posted in front of a Panera Bread restaurant on June 3, 2014 in San Francisco, California. — Rachel Maddow

Panera Bread latest to push for gun-free...

Does the decision change your view?

A pedestrian walks by a Panera Bread restaurant on June 3, 2014 in San Francisco, California.

Panera serves up gun reform

'Bad Apple' campaign targets gun dealers

Inside A Kroger Store Ahead Of Earnings Figures

Gun control group goes after grocery chain

Business Leaders Speak At New York Ideas Event

Giffords' gun group targets candidate

A young person runs by the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Gun range instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun.

Automatic weapons are not child's play

NewsNation

Banning kids from gun ranges?

NewsNation

Banning kids from gun ranges?

Bill and Melinda Gates attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2014 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Billionaires hop on gun reform bandwagon

August 19, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.

In Ferguson, who owns the night?

Gun control activists demonstrate outside of the Capitol in Washington D.C., March 11, 2014.

Pro-gun movement reaches new low

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