Firearms debate rages as Florida rally coincides with gun show


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  • Sunday, 18 Feb 2018

A protester holds a defaced placard at a rally calling for more gun control three days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.,February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

MIAMI (Reuters) - Student survivors of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school called for gun restrictions on Saturday during an angry and sombre rally, but attendees at a nearby gun show said firearms could not be blamed for the massacre.

Wednesday's shooting in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Parkland fuelled the long-running U.S. debate between supporters of tougher controls on firearms and advocates for gun rights, which are protected by the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.

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