monday. and it has been almost two years since a former student opened fire at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, the deadliest high school shooting in u.s. history where 17 people were kill and 17 others injured. now the father of one of those victims is speaking out in a scathing new op-ed directed at president trump and mitch mcconnell. fred guttenburg writes in this op-ed, there is more to be done. until this white house and mcconnell are ready to stop politicizing gun violence and to complete the work sent to them by the house of representatives, more americans will die. we ll hear from fred guttenburg in a moment. but i want to share this. since the parkland shooting and many others, there has been a loud chorus for change. but not much has actually happened. at least on the federal level. we are still waiting for the senate to take up two bills the house passed back in february. hr-8 known as the bipartisan background checks act of 2019.
columbia now have those red flag laws. before parkland, only five states had them. joining me now, the and you are authorize of that op-ed fred guttenburg and also from the center for gun policy and research ca research cass sandra kafarsi. your daughter was a dancer, a student, when she was killed. what do you make of the changes in gun legislation in the last two years? you know, i m glad that you distinguish between what is happening nationally and locally about because you have mayors, governors and states attorneys generals who are doing amazing heroic things. you have businesses who are doing amazing heroic things. ed stack of dick s sporting goods is my hero. but you also have washington, d.c. and what is happening in washington, the house of representatives under the leadership of speaker pelosi and