Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida returned to school on Wednesday, but say it’s not just a regular school year. That kind of ease may be a thing of the past.
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders got choked up while responding to a child’s question about school safety during the White House’s Wednesday afternoon press briefing.
The youth vote has long been a desirable little political prize (which is why Republicans make really embarrassing ads that look like this), but motivating young voters to turn out in the midterms and vote for what is often a menu of bad options can be a challenge. This year, the teens leading the newest wave of gun…
Survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting are tweeting in solidarity with students from Santa Fe High School, who were rocked by a school shooting Friday morning.
At least eight people have died and “several” more have been injured in a mass shooting early Friday morning at high school in Santa Fe, Texas. KTRK News reports the suspect, a student, is currently in police custody. Another person has been detained.
While thousands of students staged walkouts nationwide yesterday to mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting tragedy, a 19-year-old reportedly fired a gun at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida. A 17-year-old was hit in the ankle but is in good condition, CNN reports. Minutes after the shooting at…
No legislator can ignore widespread demand for gun control reform today, thanks to hundreds of thousands of demonstrators expected to come out for the March for Our Lives in Washington D.C. alone. Whether you’ve made it out to D.C. or any of the other 843 other events in 37 countries around the world, we want to hear…
CNN reported on Thursday that a 12-year-old girl was in police custody and being questioned by authorities after a shooting at the Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles that morning left five people injured, including four students. Two of the victims suffered serious gunshot wounds.
In a terrifying case of life imitating art, two teenage girls made Pretty Little Liars-inspired threats at a Piqua, Ohio high school which led to rumors of a school shooting.
Yesterday, a freshman student at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, just north of Seattle opened fire in the school cafeteria, killing one girl and wounding four other students, two boys and two girls currently in critical condition, before taking his own life.
In the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, NRA head Wayne LaPierre famously quipped that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I guess no one told Antoinette Tuff, who just yesterday prevented a standoff with a gunman from turning into another…
On Friday, after an exhaustive search that included 40 possible new locations, a specially-appointed Newtown task force decided to demolish the old Sandy Hook Elementary school and erect a brand-new building in its place.
It makes sense that teachers, students and parents would all be on high alert following the school shooting tragedy of Newtown, CT, but what is the best way to be aware and prepared without being paranoid or further ostracizing at-risk or troubled kids? Well, here's how you shouldn't do it: A 16-year-old boy from Egg…
The National Rifle Association today announced that the answer to gun violence is more guns. Also, less Hollywood and...more guns. Yeah. That should do it. Because if history is any guide, more guns should definitely solve this gun problem.
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Apparently gun shops are doing brisk business in the wake of the shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. The Tampa Bay Times reports:
The midseason finale episode of Scandal that aired last Thursday — titled "Blown Away" — featured a graphic scene of an entire family, including kids, found gunned down in their home. According to the Huffington Post, the video clip was briefly pulled from ABC.com:
The Comfort Dogs are a team of Lutheran dog superstars who travel wherever people need a furry hug and slobbery kiss. They recently mobilized forces and beamed into Newtown to support its citizens. Naturally, it's pretty damn touching so get your Kleenex, foods to sad-eat, and some Prep H for those under eye circles.
When anyone who isn't a white and relatively well-off man strides into a public place and guns down innocent civilians, we attack his race and/or religious beliefs before we bury his victims in the ground. But when yet another privileged white guy storms into a school or movie theater and kills dozens of people, we…
In light of last Friday's tragic school shooting, some people are arguing that gun control is just a band-aid, and that access to mental health services in this country is the real problem. But the thing is, if I cut myself, I'm not going to say, "No, no band-aid for me, thanks! It won't heal the wound completely on…
