Man Who Harassed Family Of Sandy Hook Victim Sentenced to 2 Years Probation
New York City resident Matthew Mills has been sentenced to two years probation for harassing the family of Sandy Hook shooting victim Victoria Soto.
Samantha Bee Tries to Get Through to Congressmen About Gun Control By Treating Them Like Dumb Kids
On Monday evening’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Bee took on the cottage industry dedicated to teaching children how to fight back during school shootings. This is the wrong approach, she sensibly pointed out.
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?
One Person Killed, Three Wounded In Overnight Shooting at Northern Arizona University
Yet another school shooting took place last night, roughly the 249th mass shooting in the United States this year. One person was fatally shot and three people were wounded in a shooting in a parking lot at Flagstaff’s Northern Arizona University.
Teen Threatens to 'Kill All the Girls' After Cheerleaders Refuse to Send Him Nude Photos
An Idaho high school went into temporary lockdown Wednesday after a 15-year-old boy reportedly threatened online to bring a gun to school and “kill all the girls” for refusing to send him nude photos. The student has since been arrested and is being charged with telephone harassment and threatening violence at a…
Oregon Shooter Described as an Isolated Weirdo Who Hated Organized Religion
Media outlets are quickly uncovering details about Chris Harper Mercer, 26, identified last night as the shooter who killed ten people and injured seven at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on Thursday. His neighbors describe him as an isolated, cranky weirdo in camo pants who frequently yelled at them,…
Report: Mississippi College Professor Suspected of Gunning Down Girlfriend, Romantic Rival
A geography professor at Mississippi’s Delta State University is suspected of gunning down his girlfriend as well as one of his colleagues. Shannon Lamb has been named as a person of interest in the death of Ethan Schmidt, an assistant professor of American history shot to death in his office on Monday morning. Police…
Teenage Boy Arrested After Posting Eminem Lyrics Referencing Columbine
Police in Fresno, California arrested a 15-year-old teenager after he posted lyrics from the Eminem song, “I’m Back,” on his Instagram. The sophomore high school student’s post read, “I take seven kids from Columbine, stand ’em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver, a nine, a MAC-11 and it oughtta solve the problem…
There Have Been 74 School Shootings in the U.S. Since Sandy Hook
Yesterday morning, a gunman opened fire at a high school in Troutdale, Oregon, killing one and injuring many. This marks the 74th school shooting to occur in the United States since 26 people (20 of them children) were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, CT. The average number of…
A Company Is Selling Bulletproof Blankets for School Kids
Protection company ProTecht has found one way to profit off the several mass shootings that've occurred over the past two decades. The U.S.-based company is now marketing a bulletproof blanket to schools as a way to protect students from gunfire. (In other news: America is terrible.)
Shooting at Seattle Pacific University, Suspect in Custody
A suspect is in custody following a shooting today at Seattle Pacific University. Multiple people were shot, including two who police say have life-threatening injuries.
School Terrifies Kids With Fake Masked Gunman as Part of a Lesson
Have you ever heard of a bad idea so sublimely tasteless and terrible that you fall to the ground and mutely curse the gods who have forsook you and all of your wretched mortal companions? No? Here's one! A North Carolina public school decided to provide its sixth-graders with an "enrichment lesson" by having…
GOP Congressman Links Abortions to School Shootings (For Real)
Get a load of this horseshit from Kevin Cramer, one of North Dakota's Republican Congressmen, earlier this month:
Kindergartner Suspended for Telling Classmates That She Was Going to Shoot Them with Bubbles
The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting has certainly heightened everyone's sensitivity to gun violence in schools, which can be a good thing if teachers and parents maintain their sense of proportion when they spot a sulking, disaffected student, and a pretty bad thing if they start sending kids to juvenile detention…
A Third-Grader Brings a Gun to School. You Sadly Know What Happens Next.
Sadly, shootings at high schools and colleges have come to seem all too common, but in a disturbing development, yesterday there was one at an elementary school near Seattle. A boy apparently brought a gun in his backpack to his third grade class, and it accidentally went off and wounded an 8-year-old girl. The…
Alabama Professor Accused Of Campus Rampage Also Fatally Shot Brother In 1986; Police Now Investigating
Dr. Amy Bishop, the University of Alabama-Huntsville professor accused of killing three fellow faculty members last night, was involved in the fatal shooting of her brother over twenty years ago; it was deemed an accident—but police are investigating.
Harvard Senior Accused Of Involvement In Murder Accuses School Of Racism
Chanequa Campbell, 21, is a Harvard student and sociology major who has won scholarships through Goldman Sachs, Coca Cola and The New York Times. She planned to graduate June 4th, but because of her alleged involvement in the murder of a local drug dealer, Campbell has been ordered off campus.
Campus Shooter Was Off His Meds
"There were no red flags. He was an outstanding student. He was someone who was revered by the faculty and students alike," the Northern Illinois University police chief is saying of the 27-year-old grad student Stephen Kazmierczak, who yesterday walked into a packed geology class, swung open a guitar case full of…
John McCain's Totally Hot Great Grand- Er, Son!
Hottie alert! Meet John McCain's son Jack McCain. He enjoys surfing, cooking, poetry, some weird Japanese drag racing subculture they made into a Fast & Furious sequel you definitely didn't see, and being in the U.S. American armed forces like dad. He's momentarily taking over campaign blogging for his sister Meghan,…
