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Friday, 16 February 2018

After Parkland shooting, some call for mental health reforms while others want gun control

PHOTO: Broward County Superintendent of Schools, Robert W. Runcie, speaks to the media about the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed, on Feb. 15, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.

Local officials in Parkland, Florida, and their federal counterparts are grappling with Wednesday's deadly school shooting and proposing what they believe are necessary changes.
 Like so many prior school shootings and other mass shootings across the country, the debate over whether it is appropriate to discuss changes to gun control laws so soon after the tragedy is mixed in with grief.

And like so many other mass shootings, some shift attention toward the need for mental health support and treatment to prevent actions of future would-be shooters.

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Here's a rundown of the split in the debate among local and federal officials who have come out of either side.

Calling for gun control discussions

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie


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