Stories Related to Florida School Shooting: Hundreds Rally For Stricter Gun Laws In Wake Of Massacre

patrick.riley@naplesnews.com, The News-Press
Sat, 02/17/2018 - 4:28pm

The gathering comes just days after a gunman killed 17 people in a high school in Parkland, reigniting a public outcry for a ban on assault rifles.

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