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Mass Shooting of Children in Connecticut
An unnamed gunman has murdered more than twenty people, mostly children, at an elementary school in Connecticut. According to CNN, yet another mass shooting has broken out, this time in Newtown,...
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The Sandy Hook Shooting and What We Call Things
How different is “gun control” from “massacre prevention?” Or “gun violence” from “male gun violence?” It’s 2:00am in Thailand as I type but I can’t sleep. The news is rolling in about the dead...
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Letting Go of Whitman: ‘Male Violence’ & Practical Empathy
Talking about empathy is great, but doing it can change lives. Sparked by Tom Matlack’s Why Our Boys Need The Good Men Project Attempts to understand what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School have...
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Gun Violence and My Autistic Brother
The author and her brother In light of the tragic shooting in Newtown, Rachel Peck reflects upon the words she has used in the past to describe her brother Daniel, who has Autism. In August, I wrote a...
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Florida Pawn Shop Owner Pulls All His Guns off the Shelves
Frank James declares ‘I’m not going to be a part of it any more,’ even if it means losing his business. A pawn shop owner in Seminole, Florida, Frank James has pulled all the guns out of their...
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NEWSER: Connecticut Forges US’ Toughest Gun Laws
Gun control advocates praised the bill, with some saying they were amazed at how far it went. Connecticut lawmakers have agreed on what many are calling “the nation’s strongest gun control bill.”...
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Gun Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Officials in Connectucut
The Office of the Connecticut Attorney General asserts that the new legislation is legal and the office is “prepared to vigorously defend the law against any court challenge.” In early April,...
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Going Home to Newtown
As Sean Beaudoin prepares to return to his devastated hometown, he attempts to ascribe a meaning to the events of last week. — EDITOR’S NOTE: This post first ran on Dec. 20, 2012, one week after the...
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A Day w/o Gun Sanity = A Day with Senseless Death & Heartbreak
Sending our kids to elementary school or college, attending a political rally or going to the movies, hanging out at the corner store or walking home with a snack, should not be a death sentence. No...
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A New School Year: Are You Ready?
At the end of summer, an annual ritual takes place in many homes. Notebooks, binders, pens, laptops, and books are stashed in backpacks to be toted to school and stashed in lockers in between classes....
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