Tag Archives: gun-violence

There’s a self-defeating argument I’ve often heard used to explain the state of gun violence in this country. It goes something like this: If we couldn’t change things after 20 first-graders were murdered at Sandy Hook, what hope is there now? I understand the impulse to give in to cynicism …

The last three years have seen a record number of Americans die from gun violence. To both raise awareness and honor those lives impacted, Rolling Stone has teamed up with the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund to design a special edition T-shirt. The ‘Rolling Stone & Wear Orange‘ shirt …

Gun violence is rampant in the United States, and a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation sheds light on the toll the nation’s addiction to firearms is taking on American families. The poll found that a majority of adults have personally experienced or have a family member who has …

As Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg addressed his city and the national media the day after a mass shooting at a bank in his city, Fox News cut away from the mayor’s address as he called for blood donations on behalf of the victims to accuse him of politicizing the shooting. …

On a recent Tuesday morning, 16-year-old Jennie Li skipped class at Nashville’s Hume-Fogg High School to attend a rally in the Capitol demanding action on gun violence. As she explained, the murder of three children and three adults at the neighboring Covenant School had left her scared and heartbroken, but …

Following the killing of three children and three staff members at a Tennessee elementary school, President Joe Biden renewed calls for gun control legislation, including a plea to Congress to pass a proposed assault weapons ban. When questioned by reporters if they would support increasing regulations on firearms in the …

The mayor of Newport News, Virginia where, a day earlier, a six-year-old elementary student brought a gun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, called the incident a “red flag for the country” during a press conference Saturday. Mayor Phillip Jones told reporters that the teacher — a woman in …

“It’s a shitty time of year.” It’s a Friday in early December, and I ask Nelba Márquez-Greene how she’s doing. In roughly two weeks, it will be 10 years since her daughter, Ana, was killed at the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. She’s fending off interview requests from news …

The suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs had had a previous violent incident, leaving one state politician to question whether the state’s “red flag” laws had been properly implemented. Colorado law allows courts to, in some circumstances, seize weapons from an individual if the …

The family of Tom Petty, who owned guns during his lifetime, has licensed his 2010 song “Something Good Coming” for use in a political ad by the organization Everytown for Gun Safety. The clip will begin running in “key battleground states” Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Colorado beginning today, according to the …