Showing posts with label school shootings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school shootings. Show all posts
Monday, April 23, 2018

The Washington Post finds that since the Columbine shooting in 1999 there have been 208,000 children exposed to gun violence in 212 schools.

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Courtesy of WaPo :   The Washington Post has spent the past year determining how many children have been exposed to gun violence during ...
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Friday, April 20, 2018

A few words about Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list.

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Time magazine revealed its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and according to Time editor-in-chief Edward Felse...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Sandy Hook parents are suing Alex Jones for accusing them of being "crisis actors."

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   Alex Jones has spent years claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School ― where a shooter killed 20 sm...
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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Marjory Stoneman Douglas teacher who said he would carry his gun in school arrested for leaving it unattended in men's room.

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Courtesy of The Miami Herald : Not the most normal sight: a gun left in the bathroom stall.  But that's exactly what went down on ...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Alex Jones is being sued. Again.

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   On Monday, attorneys for Marcel Fontaine ― a 24-year-old Boston man whom Jones’ website, Infowars, incorrectly id...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2018

After calling he Parkland students "soulless" Ted Nugent complains that HE is under the victim of "hate speech."

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You may remember that a couple of days ago Ted "Poopy pants" Nugent attacked the survivors of that school shooting by calling t...
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Monday, April 02, 2018

In other gun news.

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Courtesy of the New York Times :   Lawmakers in Vermont, a place long steeped in hunting culture, on Friday approved a sweeping package ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

As their national presence grows the Right Wing is going to extremes to discredit Parkland students.

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Alex Jones played a video featuring @davidhogg111 's #MarchForOurLives speech dubbed over with a Hitler speech https://t.co/icsyQcxG4...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

A Facebook post by a comic book store owner reminds us that these parkland kids may be brave on the outside, but on the inside they are shattered and barely holding it together.

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Facebook post by a comic shop owner who met some of the Parkland students recently. Very hard to read but I’m glad I did. pic.twitter.com/...
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A no pulling our punches comic to start your day.

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I don't really have anything more to add than to say that this is just as gross as it is accurate.
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Saturday, March 24, 2018

The Children Shall Lead Them. #MarchForOurLives. Update!

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The March For Our Lives takes over DC. I have been around for some time now, and I have participated in more than a few protests, starti...
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So what are your plans for today? #MarchForOurLives

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Courtesy of March for Our Lives :   March For Our Lives Anchorage students advocate for a number of solutions, which include:  Reclas...
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Number of Maryland school shooting deaths rise to two after teenage girl taken off life support.

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Courtesy of NBC News :   The teenage girl who was shot by an ex-boyfriend inside their Maryland high school died late Thursday after she...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

The Washington Post learns that more than 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence while at school.

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Courtesy of WaPo :   Over the past two decades, a handful of massacres that have come to define school shootings in this country are alm...
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The March for Our Lives event on Saturday is going to be huge.

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We see these lawmakers representing the NRA, and not their constituents. We see our “leaders” making excuses and refusing to act. On Satur...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Another school shooting. This time in Maryland.

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Video shows police officers responding to shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland. “The event is contained,” according to the scho...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Fred Meyers to stop selling guns and ammo in ALL of its stores.

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Courtesy of the Seattle Times : Fred Meyer is dropping guns and ammunition from its retail stores.  Friday’s announcement follows the ...
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Long island man pulls out knife during public meeting on school safety in order to intimidate teenager he was debating.

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Courtesy of Raw Story : A Long Island man terrified students and others by pulling out a knife to demonstrate why he believed schools sh...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Students all over the country are walking out to protest gun violence. I could not be more proud.

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Courtesy of the New York Times :   Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their ...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Trump Administration decides to address school shootings by arming teachers and appointing Betsy DeVos to head up commission. Following the NRA's blueprint to a "T."

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Courtesy of Politico :   The White House on Sunday night announced backing for a new Justice Department program that would aid states th...
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