In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was one bright spot that was almost entirely overshadowed: For the first […]
Tag: gun reform
The answer to gun violence isn’t to turn schools into prisons
In the last couple weeks, local schools have been testing their new weapons detectors, and area high schools plan to have them up and running for daily […]
Senate gun safety deal isn’t small potatoes
by George Skelton Politicizing is paying off. And hopefully we’re headed for the slippery slope that gun lobbies long have dreaded. The response is automatic from gun […]
NRA money distorts gun debates
by Rekha Basu On March 15, 22-year-old Eden Montang of Ames, Iowa, made an Instagram post about red flags, a topic that, uncannily, is now being debated […]
School shootings endanger kids, teachers, democracy
by Jerald McNair I remember the days when the only thing students worried about in school was getting good grades, and when there was a healthy supply […]
The AR, AR-style rifle conundrum
Today we present the last of our gun reform proposals, and it is probably the most controversial of them all. The sale of AR and AR-style rifles […]
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 […]
We must address guns but that’s not the only solution
by Cynthia M. Allen In the aftermath of a tragedy like the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, when emotions and egos are running high, few of us […]
