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Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday spoke at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., about gun safety measures after meeting with families whose loved ones were killed during the 2018 shooting at the school. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

The memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2023. Five years earlier, 14 students and 3 staff members were killed in a mass shooting at the school. Saul Martinez/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial on Oct. 14, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Amy Beth Bennett/AP hide caption

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Friday

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz reacts at his trial in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool hide caption

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Thursday

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz tugs at his shirt collar at the defense table for the verdict in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The jury recommended Cruz receive a life sentence. Amy Beth Bennett/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A memorial to the victims is seen outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2019, during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting. Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP, File hide caption

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Friday

People sit Feb. 14 in front of a photo display of the 17 people killed four years earlier during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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A teacher who was at the Parkland shooting offers advice for the Uvalde survivors

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Wednesday

The Montalto and Hoyer families hold hands inside the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, during Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's guilty plea in the 2018 shootings. The Montalto's daughter, Gina Montalto, 14, and the Hoyer's son, Luke Hoyer, 15, were both killed in the massacre. Amy Beth Bennett/AP hide caption

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Monday

Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2020, during the two-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting that killed 17 people and injured another 17. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images hide caption

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A Florida school district will pay $25 million to the families of Parkland victims

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Monday

A Broward County Sheriff's Office vehicle is parked outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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In Florida, Schools Under Pressure To Get Rid Of Police Officers

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Tuesday

In this 2015 photo, then-school resource officer Scot Peterson spoke at a school board meeting of Broward County in Florida. Peterson was arrested on Tuesday and faces 11 charges in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Broward County Public Schools via/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Monday

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks to a group in Iowa City, Iowa, in February. Swalwell, who became the latest Democrat to run for president, was born in Iowa but grew up in California. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Sherrie Lawson struggled with PTSD, depression and anxiety after she survived the Washington Navy Yard shooting. Courtesy of Sherrie Lawson hide caption

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Dealing With Trauma After A Mass Shooting — Over The Long Term

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Thursday

Thousands of people participate in the March for Our Lives protest in New York City in March 2018. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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NRA Facing Most Formidable Opposition Yet, A Year After Parkland

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