gun control

After the Nashville school shooting tragedy, a South Florida freshman congressman, Democrat Jared Moskowitz of Parkland, is making waves as he pushes for gun safety and school hardening laws.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz spoke to NBC6’s Ari Odzer after debating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over gun control.

A House panel approved a bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida. NBC 6’s Ryan Nelson reports

The president of the Florida Senate opposes a proposal to lower the age limit to buy rifles in the state.

With backing from Speaker Paul Renner, a House panel on Monday approved a bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida. The bill (HB 1543) would reverse part of a 2018 law that set the minimum age at 21 after a gunman killed 17 students and faculty members…

Lawmakers are considering permitless carry, which supporters call “constitutional carry,” allowing a person to carry a gun with neither training nor a permit.

Emotions also ran high inside the Capitol, with the permitless carry bill passing another senate committee. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports

The massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School inspired Ryan Deitsch to fight against gun violence.

The massacre at MSD sparked Ryan Deitsch to fight against gun violence. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

There have been 523 mass killings since 2006 resulting in 2,727 deaths as of Nov. 19

New York City will begin posting signs proclaiming the iconic tourist destination Times Square as a “Gun Free Zone.” The 25-block business district in the center of Manhattan is arguably the busiest in the United States. Under a sweeping new state gun law that goes into effect Thursday, it would be one of scores of “sensitive” places, including parks, churches...

A new report finds 400 law enforcement officials rushed to Uvalde mass shooting, but “systemic failures” caused delays that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally killed

NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports on a meeting by community members in Overtown to find solutions to the gun violence happening in that neighborhood.

The Safer Communities Act arrived with high expectations.

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports on how some people in the South Florida community say that the latest bipartisan gun legislation doesn’t impact everyday street crime

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has the latest after the father of a Parkland school shooting victim interrupted President Joe Biden on the White House lawn Monday during an event meant to celebrate a new law aimed at reducing gun violence.

President Joe Biden was interrupted during a speech celebrating the passing of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

Just as Valentine’s Day is forever stained with tragedy in Parkland, so too is the Fourth of July in Highland Park, Illinois. The two communities, unfortunately, have too much in common.

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer details how the gun control battle continues following another mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.

The stars were out in full force for the BET Awards, and many used their time on stage to call out the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. NBC 6’s Danni Dikes has the top trending stories for NBC 6 on Monday, June 27, 2022.