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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Mar 23, 2018, 11:35 AM Mar 2018

Biden praises Parkland students fighting for gun reform: 'They're going to win'

Source: The Hill

BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 03/23/18 11:26 AM EDT

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Former Vice President Joe Biden said he’s confident the Parkland students are “going to win” in their fight for gun control. Biden spoke with MSNBC on Friday, the day before 500,000 people are expected to flood Washington, D.C. for an anti-gun violence march.

“They’re going to win,” Biden said on Friday. “Watch … We can beat the NRA.”

Survivors and family members of the Parkland, Fla. school shooting last month have been actively fighting back against the National Rifle Association [NRA].

Biden has consistently pushed for bans on assault weapons and changing the national background check systems.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/379924-biden-praises-parkland-students-fighting-for-gun-reform-theyre

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Biden praises Parkland students fighting for gun reform: 'They're going to win' (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

The will once Joe Biden becomes president. sandensea Mar 2018 #1

You tell 'em Joe! tonyt53 Mar 2018 #2

the younger generation will only make a difference if they register to vote AND VOTE beachbum bob Mar 2018 #3

10 year old speaks on NPR saidsimplesimon Mar 2018 #4

Thank God! JaneQPublic Mar 2018 #5

When I was a kid, school violence involved fists IronLionZion Mar 2018 #6

sandensea

(21,639 posts)

1. The will once Joe Biden becomes president.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 11:42 AM

Mar 2018

As long the current regime is ensconced in the White House, not much by way of gun control will be allowed to happen.

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

2. You tell 'em Joe!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 11:47 AM

Mar 2018

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

3. the younger generation will only make a difference if they register to vote AND VOTE

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 12:06 PM

Mar 2018

otherwise, nothing will happen.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

4. 10 year old speaks on NPR

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 12:08 PM

Mar 2018

https://storycorps.org/listen/tanai-benard-and-dezmond-floyd-180323/

On February 14, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 17 people and injured 17 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in United States history. This has heightened the national dialogue around school safety, a conversation that one family decided to bring to StoryCorps in Houston.

There, 10-year-old Dezmond Floyd sat down with his mother, Tanai Benard, after experiencing his first active shooter drill with his fifth grade class.

Originally aired March 23, 2018 on NPR’s Morning Edition.