Following the Florida attack US papers turned their attention to gun legislation and the killer warning signs that went ignored.
Here is a look at Friday’s front pages.
The Boston Globe
Today’s Paper: The same sad script of America’s mass shootings, fear and security reminders in Mass. schools, Cruz confesses to shooting students, more. https://t.co/oXoiIQU8kg pic.twitter.com/CowXDBoqcP
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) February 16, 2018
The Boston Globe ran a poster front page addressing the familiar themes and responses to recent mass shootings.
The headline read: “We know what will happen next, Parkland. Las Vegas. Sutherland Springs. NewTown. On and on: In America, mass shootings have become so familiar that they seem to follow the same sad script.”
In the piece, Boston Globe columnist Nestor Ramos highlighted overlapping factors in gun massacres in the past few years, including those at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Parkland high school and Las Vegas.
The New York Post
Enough is enough https://t.co/Efu51w0hxJ pic.twitter.com/rLVPfbbD0m
— New York Post (@nypost) February 16, 2018
The newspaper’s front cover used the headline: “Mr. President, please act” followed by “we need sensible gun control to help stop the slaughter”.
The front page stirred conversation on social media as soon as it was tweeted on Thursday night. The New York Times’s White House correspondent Maggie Haberman tweeted “The president’s favourite paper” along with the image.
The Miami Herald
Front page of the Miami Herald today. https://t.co/Fo9n066Xt0 pic.twitter.com/4GX8BI6S1p
— Brian Latimer (@briskwalk) February 16, 2018
The Miami Herald, an East Coast paper from the state of Florida, led with: “The 17 Lives Lost at Douglas High.”
The headline is accompanied with pictures of the 17 victims, their names and ages.
Florida Today
The front page carries a picture of mourners leaving cross-shaped tributes and flowers on a fence outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
A similar story is featured on The New York Times front page, which reports that Nikolas Cruz “displayed flashes of rage and other warning signs”.
