Gun Violence — The Good Men Project

Carrying Guns on Pennsylvania Campuses May be OK

May 13, 2013 By Abigail Ortlieb 2 Comments

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Though many schools have umbrella policies to ban all weapons, some universities are allowing firearms to avoid possible lawsuits.

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Free Guns for Everyone: Printable Plastic Firearms

May 6, 2013 By Abigail Ortlieb 10 Comments

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Less than a week remains before Cody Wilson releases the files that will allow people to literally print their own guns at home.

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A Murder of Crows

April 26, 2013 By Dennis Danziger Leave a Comment

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A video game playing high school senior gets handed a real gun.

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Gun Control Bill Will Also Bring Mental Health Care Improvements

April 13, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos 4 Comments

Unlike background checks or weapons bans, properly treating mental illness can prevent problems before a potential killer tries to buy a gun.

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What Are You Prepared to Do?

April 11, 2013 By J. A. Drew Diaz 22 Comments

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In case of a violent attack, J. A. Drew Diaz says that it’s time to embrace the corollary to the Boy Scout motto: be prepared to fight back.

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Coup d’État

April 5, 2013 By Kendall Ruth Leave a Comment

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A missionary growing his first chin hairs comes face to face with revolutionary soldiers in the Dominican Republic.

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Embracing Destruction

April 5, 2013 By Kevin Macku 7 Comments

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How do we learn to take decisive action?

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Before We Talk Gun Control, Let’s Talk Self Control

April 2, 2013 By Mark Vander Ley 19 Comments

School counselor Mark Vander Ley sees the issue of gun control as a broader societal issue of individuals taking responsibility for oneself

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Yoko Shares John’s Blood-Soaked Glasses

March 22, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos Leave a Comment

John Lennon was a victim of gun violence almost 33 years ago.

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HLN: Andrew Holmes is on a Mission to Stop Violence in Chicago (VIDEO)

March 14, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos Leave a Comment

Right now Andrew Holmes is focused on getting the person who killed a six month old girl off the streets and into prison.

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The Cognitive Dissonance of Game Violence

March 8, 2013 By Zachary Engel 8 Comments

A new generation of first-person shooter games causes players to reconsider violence and control.

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Surviving School: 6 Rules Some Chicago Teens Live By

February 19, 2013 By Cameron Conaway 2 Comments

This American Life spent 5 months at a high school in Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhood. Here’s what they learned.

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Sergeants’ Initiation

February 4, 2013 By Tony Peluso 1 Comment

Newly minted sergeants under surprise attack in Vietnam must act on their own authority for survival.

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The Disposability of Black Men

February 2, 2013 By Billy Johnson II 66 Comments

Black men are brutally murdered and systematically incarcerated. Is this genocide?

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The Violence of Homelessness: A Young Male Survivor’s Story [Trigger warning]

January 27, 2013 By W.R.R. 9 Comments

W.R.R. escaped his father’s child sex ring only to endure the horrors of homelessness: illness, starvation, and yet more sexual violence. How does this survivor find meaning in his life today?

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Madness

January 22, 2013 By Carl Bosch 37 Comments

In the near future, Carl Bosch imagines one rural Pennsylvania school district instituting gun training for its teachers. What’s next?

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