Parkland students call out senator for law protecting dogs instead of gun control

Parkland students are criticizing lawmakers' quick action to protect animals on flights while ignoring pleas for stricter gun control laws. 

Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, introduced a new bill on Thursday called the Welfare of Our Furry Friends Act (cleverly shortened to WOOFF) that would forbid airlines from putting animals in overhead bins. 

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He announced his plans for this bill only hours after an 11-month-old puppy died on a United Airlines flight after a flight attendant forced its owner to put it in an overhead bin, and on the same day as the national student walkout in remembrance of the victims who died in the Parkland school shooting a month ago.   Read more...

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