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☆ AI-generated voices of dead shooting victims are sending gun-control pleas to lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

We have tried almost every single way to approach gun violence in a way that people will pay attention. There have been 50 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Brett Cross says he's unfazed by critics who are against the use of AI-generated voices of children killed by gun violence. But earlier this month, it announced that robocall scams using AI-generated voices are a violation of telecommunications law. He says some parents who’ve lost children to gun violence were reluctant to take part in the project.

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“We come from a place where gun violence is a problem, but you will never see a 19-year-old with an AR-15 getting into a school and shooting people,” Manuel Oliver said. “There’s a reason for the gun violence in a Third World country. Joaquin's AI voice identifies him and then says, “Many students and teachers were murdered on Valentine’s Day ... by a person using an AR-15, but you don’t care. Other families who lost loved ones to gun violence will be allowed to add their victim's re-created voice to the project, which runs indefinitely. They call themselves “the rebel side of the gun violence prevention movement."

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☆ A Father Stages the Unthinkable: Losing a Son in a School Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Christopher Kuo | More About Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Manuel Oliver had arrived at the point of his one-man show where it was time to re-enact the murder of his son, Joaquin, who was one of 17 people killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. He donned a paper mask of the face of Joaquin, who was a 17-year-old senior when he was killed. He grabbed a hammer and turned to a life-size portrait of Joaquin and methodically banged it four times — once for each bullet that had struck him — creating a jagged hole. The searing re-enactment of the shooting was part of “Guac: The One Man Show,” a show about Joaquin that Oliver has been performing around the nation, and that he brought this month to the Theater Row Studio Theater in Manhattan. About 50 people watched as Oliver opened the play with a question: “When you lose a son, what do you do?”

Persons: Manuel Oliver, Joaquin, Marjory Stoneman, Oliver Organizations: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Locations: Parkland, Fla, “, Manhattan

☆ The father of a Parkland shooting victim called Ron DeSantis 'pathetic and 'small-minded' for signing Florida's new concealed carry law. He says the bill 'guarantees' there will be more dead children.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis quietly removed the need for training or background checks to carry concealed firearms. Guttenberg's 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was killed in the 2018 Parkland school shooting. Ron DeSantis' new law that allows Floridians to carry concealed firearms without a permit. "Ron DeSantis today put his signature to a bill that guarantees there will be more Jaimes." The permitless concealed carry law DeSantis signed on Monday will take effect from July 1.

☆ A school shooting victim's protesting parents were hauled out of Congress by Capitol police last week. Now another mass shooting has left 3 adults and 3 more children dead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Parkland victim's parents were taken out of Congress last week, days before another mass shooting. Manuel and Patricia Oliver interrupted a House gun regulations committee hearing last Thursday. Now, just days later, another mass shooting has left three schoolchildren and three adults dead in Nashville, Tennessee. Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of 17-year-old Parkland, Florida, shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, attended a House committee hearing on gun regulations last Thursday, NBC reported. The mass shooting marks the 129th recorded this year, according to Brady, a non-profit working to prevent gun violence.

☆ Parkland parents forcibly removed, arrested at U.S. House hearing on gun control
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - The parents of one of the 17 people killed in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, were forcibly removed on Thursday from a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on guns, videos showed. Manuel Oliver was pinned to the ground outside the hearing and arrested by Capitol Hill Police. His wife, Patricia Oliver, was also removed from the hearing by police. The Olivers' son, Joaquin, was 17 when he was killed by a mass shooter at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. The incident led to a mass movement among youth and parents of gun violence victims to push for stricter gun laws in the United States.

Following are some of the guests expected to attend:* Brandon Tsay: Tsay was called a hero by authorities for disarming a gunman who shot dead 11 people during a celebration of the Lunar New Year in Monterey Park, California. The White House called it a "recognition of sustained U.S. support for Ukraine nearly a year after Russia launched its unprovoked attack." * The White House has also invited Paul Pelosi, husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "The attack reportedly was politically motivated, with the intruder's alleged intent to harm and kidnap the former Speaker," the White House said. The United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan in August 2021 after a 20-year war.

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