Another day, another mass shooting: 208 in 130 days. Likely more by the time you read this. Seven, in fact, on Sunday alone, with 12 total over […]
Tag: gun reform
Our biggest fear is each other
by Helen Ubiñas We’ve spent much of the last few years dreading the possibility of coming into close physical contact with one another. And then, preparing ourselves […]
‘2nd Amendment people’ should be at forefront of gun control solutions
Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who served Illinois’ 11th Congressional District and later the 16th from 2011 to early this year, is one of the Republican Party’s […]
Why so many mass shootings if ‘guns don’t kill people’?
At the time of this writing, there have been 164 mass shootings in the first 109 days of 2023. By the time this editorial is published, that […]
Even Republican voters want more gun laws. Why don’t their representatives?
by LZ Granderson The Alamo and the Riverwalk are the landmarks most associated with San Antonio, but they don’t tell you as much about the city as […]
Citizens rising up against guns and for our children
by Rob Okun “Until people start to go into the streets and protest, we’re not going to see the changes … If you don’t have the people […]
Guns kill people. Zombie politicians see to it
Right after a 28-year-old shot six people to death at a small Christian school, Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, emoted on camera. “Three precious little kids […]
Teachers the target of a school shooter — and the GOP
In the past week, America has pondered two news stories involving schools, one tragic, the other cynical. Last Monday, an attacker shot and killed three children and […]
The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial
by David A. Hopkins Gun politics in the U.S. demonstrates that a popular majority does not always get its way. Even though most Americans support stricter gun-safety […]
Nashville shooting shows what Second Amendment was not meant to protect
by LZ Granderson Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew nothing would change. A madman […]
