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Gun Violence Shootings Archive

Archives for December 2015

Politics
Grand jury says police shooting of Tamir Rice was legally justified. That’s the problem.Grand jury says police shooting of Tamir Rice was legally justified. That’s the problem.
Politics

A legal justification doesn’t mean the shooting was okay.

By German Lopez
Politics
Car crashes are no longer deadlier than gun violence. It’s our fault.Car crashes are no longer deadlier than gun violence. It’s our fault.
Politics
Americans used to support an assault weapons ban. Not anymore.Americans used to support an assault weapons ban. Not anymore.
Politics

The people who say they’re most worried about terrorism are also more likely to say the solution is for Americans to carry more guns.

By Libby Nelson
Why I stopped looking for lessons in tragedies
Features

He said he had a bomb and that there were radio-controlled explosives stationed throughout the city. He said Sydney was under attack by Islamic State.

By Madeleine Watts
Gun Violence
A heartbreaking account of Obama comforting the grieving families after Sandy HookA heartbreaking account of Obama comforting the grieving families after Sandy Hook
Gun Violence

“Over and over and over again, through well over a hundred relatives of the fallen, each one equally broken, wrecked by the loss.”

By Libby Nelson
Explainers
What forms of gun control work best? Congress bans federal agencies from finding out.What forms of gun control work best? Congress bans federal agencies from finding out.
Explainers

Right now, the federal government is willfully ignorant about guns.

By German Lopez
Politics
San Bernardino shooting: FBI believes suspects were radicalized 2 years agoSan Bernardino shooting: FBI believes suspects were radicalized 2 years ago
Politics

Another mass shooting in America.

By German Lopez
I’m from Canada, and I was never afraid of guns until I moved to the United States
Gun Violence

Every time there’s a mass shooting, I think about leaving the US.

By Julia Belluz
Politics
The Chicago police shooting of Ronald Johnson: video footage releasedThe Chicago police shooting of Ronald Johnson: video footage released
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Politics

Cook County state’s attorney announced she won’t file charges.

By German Lopez
Gun Violence
The NYT’s first front-page editorial in 95 years calls gun violence a “national disgrace”The NYT’s first front-page editorial in 95 years calls gun violence a “national disgrace”
Gun Violence

“These are weapons of war, barely modified and delivered marketed as tools of macho vigilantism.”

By Libby Nelson
“Can a podium stop a bullet?”: teaching in the age of mass shootings
Features

This fall, I found myself scanning the room of new students, 25 pairs of eyes, trying to figure out if anyone looked unstable. If anyone appeared angry, too cloistered, too much of a loner.

By Gila Lyons
Politics
This video has a chilling start, but it makes a great point about the 2nd AmendmentThis video has a chilling start, but it makes a great point about the 2nd Amendment
Politics

A clever take on America’s gun laws.

By German Lopez
Politics
The San Bernardino shooting is America’s 1,044th mass shooting in 1,066 daysThe San Bernardino shooting is America’s 1,044th mass shooting in 1,066 days
Gun Violence
This is the best paragraph I’ve ever read on gun control and mass shootingsThis is the best paragraph I’ve ever read on gun control and mass shootings
Gun Violence

“The cell phones in the pockets of the dead students were still ringing when we were told that it was wrong to ask why.”

By Max Fisher