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No Student Should Have To 'Dodge Bullets To Survive,' Parkland Survivor Tells Lawmakers
Seventeen-year-old Aalayah Eastmond hid beneath the lifeless body of a classmate as a gunman opened fire at her Parkland, Florida high school in February. "No student should have to literally dodge bullets to survive," Eastmond recalled Monday, "but I was that student. No student should have to have body matter of her classmate picked out of her hair, but I was that student." (Daly, 5/7)
And in Oklahoma —
Several Republican candidates for governor of Oklahoma urged GOP Gov. Mary Fallin Monday to sign legislation allowing adults to carry handguns without a permit amid growing opposition from some of the state's top law enforcement officials. Oklahoma currently requires a license to carry a handgun openly or concealed and charges handgun license applicants a fee of up to $200. But gun rights supporters, including GOP gubernatorial candidates Gary Richardson and Dan Fisher, a former state representative, said they believe the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to carry firearms without government interference. (Talley, 5/7)