Congress must help address homelessness With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision (Grants Pass v. Johnson) allowing cities to prohibit homelessness without addressing its root causes, the urgency for Congress […]
Tag: gun reform
Failing students, one shooting at a time
by Patricia Murphy It was every parent’s nightmare — news Wednesday morning of a lockdown at Apalachee High School turned into reports of gunfire, then injuries, then deaths. As of […]
April 21 letters to the editor
‘Terrorist’ label won’t stop mass shootings In The Dominion Post on Feb. 22, Delegate Bill Ridenour (R-Jefferson) was quoted saying: “School shooters are terrorists. That’s all they are.” At the […]
A bump-stock ban is common sense
A semiautomatic rifle equipped with a “bump stock” can fire at a rate of up to 800 rounds a minute. Does that make it a machine gun? Joe Biden and […]
Getting guns away from abusers will save lives
by Megan Walsh and David Lamb “273.D.” The dispatch code for domestic violence sends chills down the spines of law enforcement officers, who know these calls to be among the […]
We treat mass shootings like natural disasters
by Peter Hanink America witnessed yet another mass shooting on Wednesday, Oct. 25, this time in the small city of Lewiston, Maine. While people were shocked by the scale and […]
Why Maine’s mass shooting matters for us
We’ve almost become numb to the horror of mass shootings as their frequency has increased in the last several years. But the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, should hold particular […]
Gun cultures need gun laws, too
Rep. Jared Golden’s about-face on gun laws is not surprising. He is a Democrat representing Lewiston, Maine, still convulsed by a mass shooting that took 18 lives. Formerly against tightening […]
A generational shift on guns
New polling shows trouble ahead for Republican politicians who continue blocking any attempt at rational restrictions on guns: Young conservatives of the kind the GOP will increasingly need in the […]
Save your outrage over Ja Morant
by Francis Wilkinson What exactly did Ja Morant do wrong? The 23-year-old NBA superstar faced a barrage of criticism after he was seen in an Instagram Live last weekend waving […]
