Tell Williams, a teacher in Philadelphia, keeps lollipops in his desk in case of an active shooter. About a decade ago, the school Williams teaches at had been put on lockdown because a drunk man at the apartment complex across the street had a rifle. After the lockdown was lifted, Williams and his fellow teachers … Read more
Tim Walz hit back at Republicans with a “fact of life” Saturday after Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) response following the deadly school shooting in Georgia. The Minnesota governor, in a speech to the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner in Washington, D.C., knocked right-wing book ban efforts by pointing to a bill he signed into law … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — School shootings are a “fact of life,” so the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday. “If these psychos are going to go after our kids we’ve got to be prepared … Read more
Former MMA fighter and professional wrestler Ronda Rousey has issued an online apology, which she admits is “11 years too late,” for reposting a conspiracy video about the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting on social media. Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo, said reposting the video was “the single most regrettable … Read more
In a speech three years ago, North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson blamed school shootings on the lack of Christian prayer in schools, saying that shootings would not happen “if you had told those students Jesus Christ is the way and the light and only through him can you receive salvation.” Robinson’s comments came during … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend marked by mass shootings that left … Read more
PITTSBURGH — Last week in Parkland, Florida, wrecking equipment began demolishing the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman’s rampage in 2018 ended with 17 people dead. As the rumble of destruction echoed, people in the community set to explaining exactly why ripping the building down was so meaningful — and so … Read more
WASHINGTON — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns, automatic weapons and certain firearm accessories … Read more
WASHINGTON — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns, automatic weapons and certain firearm accessories … Read more
Brett Cross, whose son died in the 2022 mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, said in a TikTok video Monday night that he was arrested earlier in the day for cursing in a county commissioners’ meeting. “I was literally arrested for saying ‘f**k’ in a commissioner’s court because Mariano Pargas wants to sit … Read more
