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   Every time there is a mass shooting, which seems to happen every other month now, Republicans will say “now is not the time” to discuss gun safety and gun control. Meanwhile, children are dying. The barrage of “thoughts and prayers” won’t bring them back, and they won’t help the next school targeted by a killer.   And all President Trump could do was blame mental health–a straw man argument so old at this point that you can build a scarecrow out of how often it’s used–and offer “prayers and condolences” to the families. But for Lori Alhadeff, the mother of one of the victims in yesterday’s tragedy, this is not enough. “How do we allow a gunman to come into our children’s school? How do they get through security? What security is there?” Alhadeff begins to ask on CNN. “There’s no metal detectors. The gunman, a crazy person, just walks right into the school, knocks down the window of my child’s door, and starts shooting–shooting her! And killing he...

  Obama calls for 'common-sense gun safety laws' after Florida school shooting Washington (CNN) In the wake of the Florida high school shooting, former President Barack Obama is calling for legislative action on gun control, saying it's "long overdue." "We are grieving with Parkland. But we are not powerless," the 44th President tweeted Thursday. "Caring for our kids is our first job. And until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue, common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change."     Former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted earlier Thursday that Congress has a "moral obligation to take action and spare more families from this violence." On Wednesday, a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in what is one of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history. Ob...