LEWISTON — Hundreds of students linked arms along four long hallways Wednesday morning for a moment of silence at Lewiston High School. They want to be safe and they want something done. Ninth-grader Kaylee Bouchard held a sign that read, “One child is worth more than all the guns in the world.” “If we all […]
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Feeling misunderstood, even demonized, 5 Maine gun owners speak out
On Thursday, 19 of 21 students in Carter Barthelman’s environmental science class stood up and walked silently out the doors of South Portland High School. They joined about 500 students – more than half of the student body – in a protest against gun violence. Young people led nearly 3,000 similar demonstrations across the country […]
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Edward Little students stage walk out
AUBURN — The threat of detention and outside temperatures in the teens did not stop more than 100 students at Edward Little High School from walking out of class Monday to protest gun violence. At 10 a.m. sharp, dozens of students streamed out of the gymnasium entrance and gathered on the steps. One of the […]
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Gibson quits state House race after Martin jumps in for GOP
[UPDATE: Rep. Steve King’s campaign ties Parkland’s Emma Gonzalez to ‘communist’ Cuba | A pro-civility Republican also emerges to challenge Les Gibson | ‘Horrified’ Democrat decides to take on Gibson for House seat | Leslie Gibson under fire for his comments on Parkland teens | Republican state senator, Democrats call for Gibson to withdraw from state House race] SABATTUS — Hoping to restore “some […]
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Snow postpones local student walkouts
Local student walkouts calling on tougher gun laws scheduled for March 14 — one month after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting — were postponed because a storm prompted another snow day. As students in some other Maine districts were forging ahead with protests in the snow, other districts were planning walkouts for Thursday or Friday. […]
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Snowstorm doesn’t stop all of the student walkouts in Maine
YARMOUTH (AP) — A snowstorm that dumped up to 2 feet of snow on Maine has forced postponements of many, but not all, student demonstrations demanding school safety. But more than 200 students gathered Wednesday outside Yarmouth High School to hold a moment of silence for the victims in Parkland, Florida, and to rally against […]
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Teacher trained in gun safety accidentally fires gun in California classroom
A teacher who is also a reserve police officer trained in firearm use accidentally discharged a gun Tuesday at Seaside High School in Monterey County, California, during a class devoted to public safety. A male student was reported to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The weapon, which was not described, was pointed at the ceiling, according […]
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State House candidate in Sabattus calls Parkland shooting survivor a ‘skinhead lesbian’
[UPDATES: A pro-civility Republican also emerges to challenge Les Gibson | ‘Horrified’ Democrat decides to take on Gibson for House seat | Leslie Gibson under fire for his comments on Parkland teens | Republican state senator, Democrats call for Gibson to withdraw from state House race] Two of the students who survived a shooting at a Florida high school last month have […]
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Ohio schools include teachers and guns in security plans
RIVERSIDE, Ohio — The safes were installed last summer. Thirty-two in all. Spread out among the four elementary schools, the two middle schools, the high school and the administration building of the Mad River Local Schools district here on the outskirts of Dayton. On Aug. 14, the first day of school for the district’s 3,900 […]
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White House vows to help arm teachers but not raise the age for buying guns
WASHINGTON — The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background checks system, but backed off President Donald Trump’s earlier call to raise the minimum age to purchase some guns to 21 years old from 18 years old. Responding […]