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There is a Clear Link between Mass Shootings and Mental Illness

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Sister Of Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Arrested After Menacing Social Media Post

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CNN will hold a town hall with the victims' classmates, parents and community members. "Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action" will air live Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.

Instead of waiting for adults and politicians to respond to the mass shooting that killed 17 classmates and teachers last week, young survivors are organizing in a wave of impassioned advocacy for gun reform. They've garnered support from other teenagers, their families and teachers.

"They can change the world, and we can only go with them," Darren Levine, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High teacher, said of the school's students at an anti-violence rally Monday.

Andrew Pollack lost his 18-year-old daughter, Meadow Pollack, in the shooting last week.

"I'm not gonna let my daughter's death go in vain," he told CNN affiliate WSVN. "I promised all these kids that I've been talking to that they're gonna go to school and they're gonna be safe, and we're gonna have a movement."

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will be holding meetings Tuesday with law enforcement, school administrators, teachers and mental health experts about ways to keep students safe and prevent guns from getting into the hands of people struggling with mental illness. The workshops will be livestreamed.

"A tragedy like what occurred in Broward County must never happen again and swift action is needed now," said Scott in a statement. "I am bringing local and state leaders together to find solutions on how to prevent violence in our schools and keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill individuals. This is an urgent matter that we must address quickly."

Latest developments

Reopening the school: The high school will reopen in phases, first to to staff members on Friday and then for a voluntary campus orientation open to students and parents on Sunday. The "goal is for classes to resume at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on a modified schedule on Tuesday, February 27, 2018," according to the Broward County Public Schools' news release.

Shooter's weapons: The shooter, Nikolas Cruz had obtained at least 10 firearms, all of them rifles, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN. Investigators are trying to track the purchases, which Cruz appears to have made in the past year or so, the source said.

Cruz bought two weapons from Gun World of South Florida in Deerfield Beach, said Kim Waltuch, the store's CEO. She would not provide details on the types of guns he purchased or on the time frame, but said the sales team followed normal protocol for Florida firearms purchases.
Remembering the victims: Funerals and viewings are scheduled for several victims Tuesday. A run is planned Tuesday in memory of teacher and cross country coach Scott Beigel, who was killed as he tried to usher students back into his classroom when the shooting broke out.

Report: Cruz came to state agency's attention

More details have emerged about Cruz's history before the shooting. CNN obtained a 2016 report from the Florida Department of Children and Families that said Cruz engaged in self-destructive behavior and began cutting his arms after a breakup with a girlfriend.

He also announced plans to buy a gun, put racial slurs and hate symbols on his backpack and suffered from depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, the report said.

DCF spoke with the teen's now-deceased mother, Lynda Cruz, who told them after the breakup, he began cutting his arms and posting it to Snapchat. Previously, Cruz had put a Nazi symbol on his backpack, and "had hate signs on a book bag, stating, 'I hate n*****s,'" according to the report.

Despite Cruz's behavior, the report concluded the "final level of risk is low," because the teenager was residing with his mother, receiving in-home mental health services and attending school.

In a statement Monday, DCF Secretary Mike Carroll said the agency "is absolutely heartbroken and disgusted by last week's tragedy."

Once DCF learned the shooter had a history with the agency, Carroll said DCF officials began the process of asking the court to release records of the agency's involvement with Cruz and conducted a review.

"In these investigations, DCF relies on the expertise of mental health professionals and law enforcement and these records show that DCF took the steps to involve these partners in investigating this alleged abuse. Cruz was receiving mental health services before, during, and after our investigation was closed, he was living with his mother, and attending school," Carroll's statement said.

Cruz is being held without bond in Broward County. He appeared in court Monday for a hearing in the sealing of certain documents in the case, but didn't speak publicly and looked down for most of the hearing.

Facing charges of premeditated murder, he is willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty, according to the public defender's office representing him.

CNN's Keith Allen, Danielle Hackett, Devon M. Sayers, Evan Perez, Eric Feigel, Eric Levenson, Carma Hassan, Keith O'Shea, Jamiel Lynch, Darran Simon and Amir Vera contributed to this report.

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At least 17 people were killed last week in a mass shooting at a high school in southeastern Florida.

Police say a gunman opened fired shortly before the school day ended. According to officials, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former student, confessed to carrying out the shooting rampage.

The shooting has galvanised students and thousands of others to organise near-daily protests, demanding stricter gun control laws.

Here's what we know so far about the shooting and protests that followed:

What happened and where?

A gunman began shooting outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday just before the end of the school day.

The gunman arrived at the school at 2:19pm local time (19:19 GMT)

At least two people were killed outside the building and one person was killed in the street.

The fire alarm went off inside the school.

The gunman entered one of the school buildings where, according to police, he continued his shooting rampage with a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle.

He eventually fled the scene.

The suspected gunman was later taken into custody in a neighbouring town. According to police, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz confessed to carrying out the shooting. He has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters that an armed police deputy who was assigned to the school arrived at the building where the shooting took place about 90 seconds after the first shots were fired. The deputy then stood outside for four minutes while the rampage continued inside. According to Israel, the shooting lasted for a total of six minutes.

"I am devastated ," Israel told reporters. "Stick to my stomach; he never went in."

The shooting took place in the town of Parkland. It is about an hour drive from Miami in southeast Florida.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a public school with about 3,000 students.

How many people were killed?

At least 17 people were killed, including 14 students and three adults who worked at the school.

Three people were killed outside the school, while 12 were shot dead inside one of the buildings. Two died from their injuries at the hospital.

The school's American football coach and athletic director are among the dead.

At least 15 others were injured.

The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz.

He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday morning.

According to police documents, he admitted to the shooting.

Police say Cruz was armed with a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle and carried "multiple" magazines with him. He was also equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades.

According to officials, Cruz was expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for disciplinary issues. They did not specify when he was expelled or the specifics of his expulsion. He was enrolled in a different high school, local reports said.

Officials have begun going through Cruz's social media accounts and have found "disturbing" posts.

We have already begun to dissect his websites and things on social media that he was on and some of the things... are very, very disturbing," Sheriff Scott Israel said late on Wednesday.

Police said they are investigating possible links between Cruz and a white supremacist group in Florida.

The FBI acknowledged that it did not follow its own investigative procedures after it failed to act on a tip about Cruz. In January, the agency received a report from "a person close" to Cruz, who said the 19-year-old displayed a "desire to kill people", "erratic " and "disturbing social media posts".

According to local media, the FBI was warned about a post on YouTube last September by someone with the name Nikolas Cruz that said: "I'm going to be a professional school shooter". A video blogger alerted the FBI to the comment and was then questioned by the agency. Local reports said the FBI did not alert local police about the comment. Investigators are trying to determine the true identity of the individual who posted the comment.

'I just ran': What have witnesses said?

A number of unverified videos from inside the school at the time of the shooting have been circulating on social media.

In one video, people are screaming "Oh my God!" as gunshots rang out.

Students at the school have described the "chaotic" scene to local media.

"I just ran. I had my book bag on my back, just in case I got shot in the back," one student told CNN.

"I saw some bodies. It wasn't good," another student told West Palm Beach's WPTV.

"We hear bullets coming closer and closer to us, and then we just hear kids screaming," a ninth-grade student told Miami's WPLG news station. "This teacher was apparently trying to help a student and got shot," the student added.

What have officials said?

Florida Governor Rick Scott said the shooting was "absolutely pure evil". He also said there was "a time" to talk about gun control when questioned by reporters on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the families of the victims. He said: "No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school".

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy spoke in front of the Senate shortly after the shooting, saying Congress is "responsible for the level of mass atrocity that happens to this country with zero parallel anywhere else". He added: "As a parent, it scares me to death that this body doesn't take serious the safety of my children."

Chris Murphy on the Florida school shooting: "Let me just note once again for my colleagues, that this happens nowhere else other than the U.S.A.... We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/Mqyr01r9Xh
- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 14, 2018

What are others saying?

Online, the shooting renewed calls for stricter gun control in the country. #GunControlNow trended worldwide after news of the shooting broke, with many criticising politicians for what they said was a failure to act on gun violence. Others pointed to the use of the AR-15 rifle in a number of mass shootings around the country.

Students across the country have organised near-daily protests against gun violence. Major marches and walkouts are scheduled for March.

Many have also rejected Trump's suggestion to arm teachers who are "adept at firearms", saying teachers are meant to teach, not meant to carry guns.

There is one common denominator: The AR-15

Stop acting stupid in order to protect the NRA. This gun should be banned as should every gun similar to it. This isn't against the 2nd Amendment. It's against mass murder! #GunControlNow #schoolshootng
- Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 15, 2018

Start your morning off right with the wise words of @davidhogg111, "It's insane, and the fact that there's more bullet holes in those windows than bills that have been proposed and passed to save these kids' lives is disgusting." #NeverAgain #MarchForOurLives
- Emma González (@Emma4Change) February 21, 2018

Seriously aren't politicians supposed to know more then us? How could they ever think letting a generation of voters grow up accustom to school shootings would get them reelected? The #3rdgreatawakening is here.
- David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 21, 2018

#NeverAgain no child should have to experience what I experienced. No parent should have to live with the grief of losing a child. Never again.
- Alex Wind (@al3xw1nd) February 16, 2018

Hearing my school said in the same sentence as Columbine and Sandy Hook will never stop shocking me. I don't want MSD to be remembered as "the school that had the shooting." I want it to remembered as the school that started a revolution.
- carly (@car_nove) February 22, 2018

#NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/K3FepXbqL6
- Matt Deitsch (@MattxRed) February 16, 2018

What has Trump proposed?

Trump, who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) during the 2016 presidential election, said after the shooting that he would be in favour of stricter background checks for gun buyers.

He also called for a ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic rifles to fire at the rate of a machine gun.

Despite widespread , he has stood by his suggestion that "gun-adept teachers with military or special experience".

Many teachers have blasted the proposal on Twitter, saying arming teachers would result in damaging consequences.

Politicians have also slammed the suggestion to arm teachers. Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson told CNN it is a "terrible idea". Nelson's colleague, who is from Trump's Republican party, also said the idea has "practical problems" and that it is "not something ... [he is] comfortable with".

Trump also said he favours raising the minimum age to buy guns to 21. In several states, including Florida, the minimum age to buy a gun is 18 years old.

What has the NRA said?

NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre has accused gun control advocates of politicising the Florida shooting to "eliminate the Second Amendment". He echoed Trump's call to arm teachers.

LaPierre's comments were slammed by Democrats and others as "pathetic".

As a result of the NRA's response to the shooting, more than a dozen companies have cut ties with the NRA.

On Sunday, NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch told ABC news that "the NRA doesn't support any ban". She was responding to a question about Trump's call to ban bump stocks.

Would American patriots try to buy our elections and our children's lives by lobbying for lax gun laws even after massacres? @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ePAz1xHu23
- David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 22, 2018

What major protests are planned?

Students across the country have organised near-daily protests to demand stricter gun control laws. They are also planning larger marches and walkouts for March.

March 14 - National School Walkout: Nationwide walkout, supported by those who planned the Women's March, will take place on March 14 for 17 minutes at 10am across every timezone.

March 24 - March For Our Lives: Students and their families across the US are organising a protest in Washington, DC, as well as in cities nationwide, to "demand that safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today".

April 20: National High School Walk-Out for Anti-Gun Violence: Students are planning a school walkout on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, in which 13 people were killed. Students are being asked to wear orange to tell politicians that the "time to act is now".

In solidarity @womensmarch @schoolwalkoutUS 👏🏼👏🏿👏🏽#MarchForOurLives #NationalSchoolWalkout pic.twitter.com/SmxLsT2DrK
- March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) February 18, 2018

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Earlier, President Trump met at the White House with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and called for a series of gun control measures, some of which the National Rifle Association has vigorously opposed.

Walmart and Dick's acted after a number of major companies moved last week to dissociate themselves from the N.R.A. Hertz car rental, MetLife insurance and Delta Air Lines, among others, publicly ended their relationships with the organization.

In a news release late Wednesday, Walmart noted that in 2015 it discontinued the sale of high-powered rifles, including AR-15-style weapons, in its stores in the United States. But at the time, Walmart sidestepped any controversy involving gun politics, attributing its decision to lower customer demand for the military-style rifles.

This time, Walmart directly linked its action to the shooting in Florida, saying, "In light of recent events, we've taken an opportunity to review our policy on firearm sales."

Top Walmart executives made the decision and then informed the board, a company spokesman said.

Walmart sells guns in roughly half of its nearly 4,000 supercenters, the company said, but the sheer scale of its customer base gives its decision significant heft. Every week, more than 150 million people around the country shop at Walmart.

Dick's decision was announced by Edward Stack, the 63-year-old chief executive whose father founded the store in 1948. Mr. Stack made clear that he was deliberately steering his company directly into the storm over gun reform.

"When we saw what happened in Parkland, we were so disturbed and upset," Mr. Stack said in an interview. "We love these kids and their rallying cry, 'Enough is enough.' It got to us."

He added, "We're going to take a stand and step up and tell people our view and, hopefully, bring people along into the conversation."

The decision drew immediate - and passionate - reaction on social media. By midday, the number of Twitter messages containing Dick's name had jumped 12,000 percent from the average over the previous 10 days, according to Sprout Social, a social media management, advocacy and analytics software platform.

About 79 percent of the tweets had a positive sentiment, Sprout Social said, including supportive messages from Hollywood actors and actresses.

But the company's critics posted their plans to no longer shop at the retailer, some closing their tweets with "#boycott."

Investors did not appear to worry about a backlash, as Dick's stock spent much of Wednesday trading about 1.8 percent higher before finishing up 0.69 percent.

Mr. Stack said Dick's hoped to move the conversation beyond social media and into the political realm. As part of its stance, the company is calling on elected officials to pass what it called "common sense gun reform": raising the minimum age to buy guns to 21, banning assault-type weapons and so-called bump stocks, and conducting broader background checks that include mental-health information and previous interactions with law enforcement.

This is not the first time that Dick's has made changes in response to a school massacre. In 2012, after a gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dick's removed assault-style rifles from its main stores. But a few months later, the company began carrying the firearms at its outdoor and hunting retail chain, Field & Stream.

As of Wednesday morning, the company said, AR-15-style and other semiautomatic rifles will no longer be sold in its 35 Field & Stream stores or on its websites. And this time, Mr. Stack added, the changes will be permanent.

Mr. Stack said the retailer had begun scouring its purchase records shortly after the identity of the suspected Parkland killer, Nikolas Cruz, became known. The company soon discovered that it had legally sold a gun to Mr. Cruz in November, though it was not the type used in the school shooting.

"But it came to us that we could have been a part of this story," Mr. Stack said. "We said, 'We don't want to be a part of this any longer.'"

That response raised rounds of discussions with the company's top executives and its directors, all of whom backed the decision to take a stand, Mr. Stack said.

He said Dick's remained a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and would continue to sell a variety of sport and hunting firearms. Although he has never been a member of the N.R.A., Mr. Stack said, he is a gun owner and enjoys trapshooting.

But when it comes to selling guns to individuals under 21 or stocking assault-style rifles, Mr. Stack said, his company is done. "We don't want to be a part of a mass shooting," he said.

The company said that it had not decided what to do with its inventory of assault-style rifles but that they would not be sold in the marketplace.

Legal experts said they saw no likely challenges to Dick's decision to stop selling assault-style rifles. But the decision to stop selling weapons to anyone under 21, however, could be tested in court.

Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at the School of Law of the University of California, Los Angeles, said Dick's could be challenged in lawsuits claiming a violation of laws that bar age discrimination. Although federal civil rights laws do not apply, some states, including New York, prohibit businesses from denying goods and services on the basis of age.

"Don't be surprised if an aggressive attorney general of a gun-friendly state brings an age-discrimination claim against Dick's," Professor Winkler wrote in an email response to questions.

The company said that it believed its decision was in accordance with the law and that it was instituting the policy immediately.

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Sen. Marco Rubio deserved every jeer, lecture and boo he received at last night's CNN school shooting town hall in Sunrise, Florida.

After a year of not facing his constituents at a single town hall meeting over fears of a "hostile atmosphere," the Florida senator finally did his job and listened to someone other than lobbyists or deep-pocketed campaign donors, and it was glorious.

Rubio faced a tough crowd of parents and teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where just a week ago a teenaged gunman used an AR-15 to murder 17 students and teachers.

A father of a girl who was shot in the back last week trying to escape the school tore into Rubio.

"Your comments this week, and those of our president, have been pathetically weak," he said to a standing ovation. "You and I are now eye to eye. So look at me and tell me guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids in this school this week. And look at me and tell me you accept it, and you will work with us to do something about guns."

Rubio, visibly uncomfortable, then replied that an assault weapons ban would not have saved his daughter, which of course was met with loud boos.

Florida school shooting survivor Cameron Kasky challenges Sen. Marco Rubio: "Can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the NRA?" https://t.co/LiU42QFBEv #StudentsStandUp https://t.co/p6jlUGFxOs
- CNN (@CNN) February 22, 2018

Another pivotal moment came when Cameron Kansky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, asked Rubio if he would stop taking money from the National Rifle Association.

Of course, Rubio's answer was no.

"People buy into my agenda," said Rubio, who has accepted more than $3.3 million from the NRA over his career. "And I do support the second amendment, and I also support the right of you and everyone here to go to school and be safe. And I do support any law that would keep guns out of the hands of a deranged killer. And that's why I support the things I've stood for and fought for."

Kansky then fired back. "So right now, in the name of 17 people, you cannot ask the NRA to keep their money out of your campaign?" To which Rubio repeated, "No. No, because [...] I will always accept the help of anyone who agrees with my agenda."

Rubio did concede on a few points, saying he would looking into banning high capacity magazines, and age limits for buying assault rifles. While these concessions aren't exactly milestones, it's amazing what can happen when lawmakers listens to their constituents.

Other Florida elected officials like Sen. Bill Nelson, Rep. Ted Deutch and Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel were also in attendance, along with NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch. However, one key figure that was noticeably absent was Gov. Rick Scott, who has literally signed every gun rights bill that has floated across his desk, and currently has an A+ grade from the NRA.

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Marco Rubio finally went to a town hall meeting, which is his job, and was aptly roasted

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click to enlarge Sen. Marco Rubio deserved every jeer, lecture and boo he received at last night's CNN school shooting town hall in Sunrise, Florida. After a year of not facing his constituents at a single town hall meeting over fears of a "hostile atmosphere," the Florida senator finally did his job and listened to someone other than lobbyists or deep-pocketed campaign donors, and it was glorious.

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