"President Trump on February 22, 2018 - the second year of his first term - hosted a "listening session" discussion at the White House on the critical issue of firearms violence. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos attended. Also attending were several surviving students and parents of deceased students from the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which occurred in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018 and killed 17 people and injured another 18."
"Immediately after learning of the shooting, President Trump publicly offered his prayers and condolences to the victims' families, writing, "No child, teacher, or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school." Two days later, he and First Lady Melania Trump flew on Air Force One to the site of the tragedy, where they spoke. They also visited the hospital where eight of the injured had been admitted."
On February 22, 2018 President Trump hosted a White House listening session on firearms violence, attended by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, surviving students, and bereaved parents from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The Parkland attack on February 14, 2018 killed 17 and injured 18. Trump offered prayers and condolences and visited the site and hospital where eight injured had been admitted. Students requested more active shooter training and coordinated agency responses, and one student said she had never experienced safety or peace. A grieving parent angrily demanded stronger action. Trump said he would ask Congress to strengthen background checks and raise the gun-purchasing age.
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