Search Results for "Gun Violence" or "Mass shooting"

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Opinion September 9, 2024

Which Gun Laws Work, And Which Do Not.

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College The killing at Winder Georgia’s Apalachee High School struck a nerve throughout the state. Everyone I’ve talked to has some…

Justice July 30, 2024

I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know

by Eric L. Piza, Northeastern University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Like many large cities in the U.S., Detroit’s gun violence rate has fluctuated since…

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Health Care March 15, 2024

They Were Injured at the Super Bowl Parade. A Month Later, They Feel Forgotten.

This article by Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR, first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR March 14, 2024 Jason Barton didn’t…

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Opinion November 3, 2023

Bookman: Turning teachers into guns for hire an absurd answer to school shootings

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] November 2, 2023 Lt. Gov. Burt Jones came up with a helluva idea the other…

Gun violence April 14, 2023

Why do mass shooters kill? It’s about more than having a grievance

by Arie Kruglanski, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An acutely troubling aspect of life in contemporary America is the growing proliferation of…

Gun violence February 8, 2023

U.S. Senate Democrats unveil legislation to ban high-capacity gun magazines

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 7, 2023 WASHINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, along with 27…

Gun violence February 4, 2023

A judge in Texas is using a recent Supreme Court ruling to allow domestic abusers to keep their guns

By April M. Zeoli, University of Michigan and Shannon Frattaroli, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For a large part of the history…

Gun violence January 26, 2023

Typical mass shooters are in their 20s and 30s – suspects in California’s latest killings are far from that average

by Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The two men who shot dead 18 people in…

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Gun violence June 29, 2022

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

By Pierre M. Atlas, IUPU [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it…

Students and adults marched through Atlanta June 11 to call for gun safety reforms. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Gun violence June 14, 2022

Echoing 2018, Georgia youth rally for gun law changes

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 13, 2022 Chloe Lipton of Fulton County experienced her first active shooter drill when…

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