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 […]
Tag: mass shooting
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 […]
A few thoughts about prayers after Kansas City parade’s mass shooting
by Melinda Henneberger Look, I happen to believe in prayer, which as all of the rest of you who do, too, know is nothing like asking Santa for Barbie’s pink […]
Who brings a gun to a parade?
Mayhem spoils KC Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration by Toriano Porter Who brings a gun to a victory parade, anyway? Someone did, and this mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ […]
Lessons from Uvalde school shooting
by Robin Abcarian The Justice Department’s report on what went wrong in Uvalde, Texas, nearly two years ago when an 18-year-old gunman armed with a high-powered rifle slaughtered 19 children […]
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 […]
Some political leaders have a hard time condemning racist shootings. Why?
by Colin P. Clarke and Jacob Ware Last month, a terrorist inspired by white supremacy opened fire at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., killing three Black people. The […]
May 14 letters to the editor
Consequences of anti-LGBTQ sentiment Sadly, two major stories in this week’s The Dominion Post seem related. Huggins’ inability to use sensitivity in describing incidents involving a college basketball rivalry in […]
