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Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District students Josephina Bonura, left, Anna Kirby, Kara Vecchione, and Justin Dynia joined radio host Lou Telano, center, on April 14 to discuss the student-led anti-gun violence movement.
Kennedy, Calhoun students talk gun violence on WGBB
Four Bellmore-Merrick high school students were highlighted Saturday on WGBB Radio, as they shared their thoughts on the post-Parkland, Florida, shooting movement against gun violence. more
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Tracy Bacher, a leader of Moms Demand Action in Nassau County, and Robert Gaafar, a Rockville Centre resident who escaped the mass shooting in Las Vegas last October, spoke at a forum about gun violence at the Rockville Centre Public Library on Saturday.
Rockville Centre survivor, students seek solutions to gun violence at forum
“I am a survivor of the worst mass shooting in the history of our country,” said Robert Gaafar, standing before a packed room at the Rockville Centre Public Library last Saturday to share his story. more
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Students at Oyster Bay High School wrote letters to survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida.
Oyster Bay High School students send letters to Parkland survivors
The letters weren’t written to anyone in particular. The only requirement was that they be addressed to students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. And although the idea … more
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Assemblyman Mike Montesano
Legislators approve new state gun law
In the wee hours last Saturday morning, after approving the $168.3 billion state budget, Albany legislators also passed stand-alone gun legislation. The purpose of the bill, which now awaits Gov. … more
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State Sen. John Brooks, of Seaford, says that both mental illness and access to certain firearms played a role in the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. He spoke at a March 3 news conference that focused on gun violence in schools.
Long Island officials, schools focus on mental illness
The Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., spurred a national dialogue about the connection between gun violence and mental illness. more
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For 17 minutes, the field was silent as the names of the 14 students and three teachers killed were recited over the loudspeaker.
Oceanside students mull path forward after walkout
On March 14, the Ocean-side High School football field was crowded with between 300 and 400 students. Usually a gathering of teenagers on that scale would be reserved for jubilant occasions — a … more
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Student activists rallied for stricter gun-control legislation on Saturday outside City Hall in Long Beach.
Long Beach rallies against gun violence
“We should be able to go to school to learn and not worry about school shooters,” said Long Beach High School junior class President Fiona Eramo told the crowd on Saturday. About 500 people … more
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More than 1,500 protesters, including many children, turned out for a March for Our Lives rally at SUNY Farmingdale on Saturday morning.
1,500 students, elected leaders rally for gun control at SUNY Farmingdale March for Our Lives
Nearly 25 years have passed since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed and 19 wounded. Kevin McCarthy, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but he survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed. more
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Junior, Leah Hochman, left and senior, Michelle Luongo, right, held hand-made signs to spread awareness.
Approximately 200 students walk out
Students huddled in circles, holding signs with messages like “Enough is enough” and “One student is worth more than all the guns on earth.” Freeport High School students wore orange and … more
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in honor of the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14., East Rockaway High School Interim Principal Neil Lederer organized an assembly.
East Rockaway students recognize Parkland shooting victims
East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School students and staff participated in an assembly Wednesday in honor of the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. more
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