A Week After Orlando Shootings, Congressional Candidate Hosts AR-15 Giveaway Because Life Means Nothing
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What You Can Do to Help In Wake of the Orlando Shooting
Early this morning in Orlando, 50 people were shot dead and 53 more wounded at a nightclub in Orlando. Whether you’re local or not, here’s how you can help, or at least find a vigil to attend, like-minded people to be with, or seek a little peace.
Columbine Survivor Pushes for Guns in Schools, Putting Us in an Awkward Position
Colorado State Rep. Patrick Neville, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, said more of his friends would have survived the attack if his teachers had been armed. There is not much we can say to that, is there?
Wisconsin Politician: Carry a Concealed Weapon, 'Clean Our Society of Scumbags'
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Disneyland, Disney World and SeaWorld All Increase Security, Begin Using Metal Detectors
Several of the biggest theme parks in the United States are increasing their security measures because of recent mass shootings and terrorist attacks occurring, uh, everywhere, constantly. Disneyland, Universal Studios, Disney World, and SeaWorld will all start using metal detectors; Disney World is also banning the…
Fox & Friends Segment Teaches Children How to Disarm Shooters
On Tuesday morning, Fox & Friends distinguished itself once more, cementing its place as a television program unafraid to offer you the lowest common denominator of American reactionary politics.
New York Times Front Page Editorial: Pro-Gun Politicians Are Helping 'Would-Be Killers' Commit Mass Shootings
As the number of mass shootings in 2015 continues to climb and, by some counts even outpaces the number of days so far in the year, The New York Times issued a desperate plea for an end to the violence brought on by too-lax gun control laws in the U.S.
FBI: San Bernardino Mass Shooting Now Being Investigated as an 'Act of Terror'
In a press conference Friday afternoon, the FBI announced that the mass shooting perpetrated in San Bernardino by a married couple, Tashfeen Malik and Syez Rizwan Farook, is now being investigated as a terrorist attack.
Why the Hell Did the San Bernardino Shooters’ Landlord Allow Media Into Their Apartment?
On Friday morning, reporters from what seemed like every major media company, including CNN, CBS News, and MSNBC, flooded into the apartment of Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the couple responsible for Wednesday’s massacre in San Bernardino. Meanwhile, cable news broadcasters stood by agog asking the question…
San Bernardino Sheriff Releases Names Of the 14 Shooting Victims
Now that the investigation is complete, the Coroner Division of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office has both notified family members and released the names of the 14 victims from yesterday’s brutal mass shooting.
San Bernardino Shooters Had Thousands of Bullets, 12 Pipe Bombs in Home
The two shooters who carried out the attack in San Bernardino, married couple Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, fired up to 75 rounds and left behind three remote-controlled pipe bombs that failed to detonate, according to police. All four firearms used in the shooting were purchased legally and…
San Bernardino Mass Shooting Suspects, Killed in Shootout, Were a Married Couple
The two suspects killed in a shootout with police yesterday after a massacre in San Bernardino that killed 14 and wounded 17 were a married couple with a six-month-old daughter. Police initially reported that they were looking for “three white men” in tactical gear: the truth is turning out more bizarre. Here’s…
14 Dead, 17 Wounded in San Bernardino Shooting, Two Suspects Killed, One Man and One Woman
Police and fire departments are reportedly responding to a shooting in San Bernardino, California that has left at least 12 people dead and 20 people wounded, according to ABC 7. The situation is reportedly unfolding at the Inland Regional Center, a facility for people with developmental disabilities.

