Gunmaker unlikely to be wounded
Consider the Glock, “treasured by thugs, gun enthusiasts and police departments,” and owned by Jared Loughner and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Marshall Kilduff takes a look at the brand’s popularity and...
View ArticleStewart on Charleston: No comedy tonight
Jon Stewart came close to breaking the Internet with an opening monologue last night that skipped the usual comedy and offered his take on the killings of nine black congregants at a Charleston, S.C.,...
View ArticleA nation of cowards on gun control
American is witnessing mass shootings, to one degree or another, at a rate of one a week, writes Bill Press at The Hill, yet, “Despite all the public grief following each of those shootings, not one...
View ArticlePhotos may help prevent shootings
I was shocked last week to see the graphic shooting photographs of Allison Parker on the front pages of the New York City tabloids. But as the hopelessness that anything could be done to stop or even...
View ArticleCure societal ills by helping mentally ill
Better care for the mentally ill can go a long way to reducing crime, poverty, homelessness and even mass shootings, yet none of the 2016 presidential candidates have offered a detailed plan for how...
View ArticleBlame shootings on virtual reality
As Chris Churchill so clearly and astutely articulated in his column (“Shootings, and our response, grow routine,” Oct. 4), the “why” behind mass shootings must be central to any discussion and agenda...
View ArticleKeep working on curbing violence
The recent shootings at the community college in Oregon awaken images of the past mass shootings in various communities. The targets are usually innocent victims and the shooters are individuals who...
View ArticleShootings the real health menace
The editorial “Carnage’s latest episode,” Dec. 6, and that day’s editorial cartoon focus on the ironic aspects of our political inaction in facing up to the consequences of the ease with which people...
View ArticleKillings stigmatize all the mentally ill
Regarding mass shootings and mental illness, as discussed in Tom Templeton’s commentary (“Assumption of mental illness in shootings growing, wrong,” Dec. 28): Why do we persist in hiding our heads in...
View ArticleGun violence perspective needs to change in U.S.
The recent spate of highly publicized shootings provides a grim reminder of the high level of firearms violence in our country. We are by far the most violent developed country when it comes to death...
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