by Darryll J. Pines and Gregory Washington We see so many remarkable families whose loved ones have been silenced by bullets stand before crowds and cameras and, […]
Tag: mass shooting
Could images of gun violence prod the public into action?
by Gregory A. Daddis Another American holiday. Another mass shooting. This time in Highland Park, Ill., where at least seven were killed. We seem destined to both […]
Reforming gun laws
Yesterday, when we mentioned the process of getting a license to drive a car, we said we’d come back to that. Well, we’re coming back to it […]
Bring common sense back to gun ownership
First, the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., that left 10 dead. Second, the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 kids and two teachers dead. Finally, […]
June 5 letters to the editor
Guns changed since Second Amendment Another horrific mass killing of children in schools — now in Texas but previously in Florida, Connecticut, Colorado and Florida. How can […]
So much for the good guy with a gun
So much for the good guy with a gun. That, you will recall, was NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s preferred solution to America’s epidemic of firearms violence. “The […]
Uvalde, Texas shooting: A failure of several levels
There are no adjectives that can accurately describe the gruesome act committed by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. He killed 19 children […]
WVU professors weigh in on prevention, long-term effects of mass shootings
As the country continues to be at odds over solutions to the mass shooting/gun control issues plaguing the nation, two professors at West Virginia University are sharing […]
Will the cycle end?
Another mass shooting. Another school shooting. Another senseless tragedy. What is there left for us to say that someone else hasn’t already said? Thirty-one people, including more […]
A Latino-on-Latino mass shooting
by Gustavo Arellano When I heard that a gunman had killed multiple schoolchildren in a predominantly Latino town in Texas, I immediately thought: white supremacist. How could […]