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 […]
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The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 7
Good: SB 740 and SB 471 — both of which deal with digital technology and child pornography. SB 740 would make it illegal to use digital manipulation […]
Parents who arm troubled kids finally face justice
Her blank face in court spoke volumes. Jennifer Crumbley saw no problem handing her severely depressed 15-year-old a semiautomatic handgun as a Christmas present. Ethan soon after […]
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 […]
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 […]
Preparing for the unthinkable — county agencies train active school-shooter scenarios
Law enforcement agencies and first responders from across the county were at University High School throughout the day Friday working on their strategies, tactics and communications in […]
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 […]
The generation of school shootings
Look at the faces of Michigan State University students as they ran down staircases, jumped behind low walls and barricaded themselves in dorms and classroom buildings when […]
Judge’s actions at Parkland sentencing must be scrutinized
Given human nature, it is understandable that some of those who lost loved ones in the Parkland massacre would want to vent their anger at the killer’s […]
Instead of protecting them from guns, Texas’d rather fingerprint kids’ bodies
by Robin Epley When I was in about fifth grade, my elementary school held an event where the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office came and talked to us […]
