University of Chicago Cancels Classes After Shooting Threat
The University of Chicago has canceled all classes and activities at its main Hyde Park campus on Monday after being warned of threats of gun violence against the campus from the FBI.
Active Shooter Engaged in Hours-Long Standoff with Police in San Diego
A man has been barricaded in an apartment complex near the San Diego airport since around 9 am Wednesday morning, “firing sporadically,” according to police. As of 2:30 pm, planes are not being permitted to land at the airport. No injuries have been reported.
Dejah Joyner, 12, Killed In Her Living Room By Stray Bullet
A 12-year-old girl on Long Island has died after being struck in the head by a stray bullet. Dejah Joyner was standing in the living room of her Hempstead home Friday evening when the bullet came through the window, fired from the street. The gunman has not been located.
Ben Carson Suddenly Recalls Time He Was Held Up at Gunpoint at a 'Popeye's Organization'
The drawn-out, horrifying fever dream that is Ben Carson’s response to the Oregon community college shooting has not quite wrapped up, folks!
The Daily Show Wonders 'How Are Republicans Pro-Life and Pro-Guns?'
On Monday night, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah parsed how far-right Republicans are simultaneously pro-life and pro-guns. How can one be so upset about when life begins but so blasé about when it ends by doing little to restrict access to dangerous weapons? It boggles the mind!
Oregon Shooter's Father Calls for Gun Control Measures
The father of the man who murdered nine people at Umpqua Community College said the killings “would not have happened” if his son hadn’t been able to purchase so many weapons.
South Carolina Tops Nation For Deadly Violence Against Women
According to an annual report released by the Violence Policy Center, South Carolina has ranked the worst for deadly violence against women. The report found that had a rate of 2.32 women killed per 100,000 people in 2013. That’s more than twice the national average. Alaska, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Nevada rounded…
Teen Accidentally Kills Himself While Taking a Selfie With a Loaded Gun
A Houston teen fatally shot himself while taking a selfie with a gun. Sigh.
The finale of Mr. Robot, USA’s hacker thriller starring Rami Malek and Christian Slater, will be postponed because the episode contains a scene similar to the August 26 shooting in Roanoke, Virginia, according to Variety.
Trayvon Martin's Mom: The Government Doesn't Care Much for Black People
Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin, spoke to New York magazine about her son’s legacy as the spark that catalyzed the Black Lives Matter movement and America’s closer inspection of police and citizen violence—and how, for women like her, the grief of losing her child is never-ending.
Amy Schumer Calls for Better Background Checks After Trainwreck Shooting
New York Senator Chuck Schumer and his slightly better-known cousin Amy held a joint press conference Monday, calling for stronger background checks and better mental health funding as part of a plan to try to reduce the devastating number of mass shootings in the United States. A gunman killed two women and injured…
Police Have Shot 123 Mentally Ill or Distraught People So Far in 2015
A vitally important new analysis from the Washington Post found that one-quarter of the people shot dead by police this year—123 out of 461—were mentally ill or emotionally distraught. The Post found, too, that more than half of the killings involved police agencies whose officers weren’t properly trained in dealing…
'Meet the Press' Video Montage On Gun Violence Only Features Black Men
The June 17 shooting in Charleston, South Carolina has, among many other things, reignited debates on gun control. But hope for more effective conversations on gun control remains feeble when those doing the talking draw on racially prejudicial material.
Report Finds Link Between Mass Shootings and Domestic Violence
Michael Bloomberg's advocacy group, Everytown for Gun Safety, recently completed an analysis that found a strong connection between mass shootings and domestic violence. Everytown's report looked at mass shootings dating between January 2009 and and July 2014. The group used the FBI's definition of a mass shooting:…
9-Month-Old Dead After 5-Year-Old Brother Shoots Him in the Head
Tragic news out of Elmo, Missouri this evening as the Sheriff's department confirms that an infant was fatally injured by a gunshot to the head. The mother claimed that the child was killed in a paintball gun accident, but police have determined the infant was shot with a revolver.
Orlando Jones' Bucket Challenge Is the Only One You Really Need to See
Orlando Jones — the actor seen on Different World, MADtv and Sleepy Hollow — filmed a bucket challenge video unlike any other. It's the bullet bucket challenge.
Elliot Rodger Wannabe Arrested at University of Washington
There’s another disgruntled college male who fancies making women the target of his issues at Seattle’s University of Washington. Keshav Bhide, 23, was going to graduate this year before he took to YouTube and Google+ to praise UC Santa Barbara’s shooter Elliot Rodger — and now he’s behind bars.
15-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed Over Egging a Car
An Arkansas girl is dead after the father of a boy she and her friends were trying to prank unloaded his gun into a car full of teenagers. Probably not, I'd imagine, as the Founding Fathers intended.
