A video game playing high school senior gets handed a real gun.
Guns and Fatalism
April 12, 2013 by 24 Comments
Eric Sentell shoots down the argument that “if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.”
Surviving School: 6 Rules Some Chicago Teens Live By
February 19, 2013 by 2 Comments
This American Life spent 5 months at a high school in Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhood. Here’s what they learned.
More Police – In Schools and Out – Not the Answer
January 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the Justice Policy Institute’s take on President Obama’s proposal to reduce gun violence.
This Is Not A Fortress. I Am Not a Soldier.
January 2, 2013 by 20 Comments
Keeping our children safe shouldn’t require arming teachers, staff, or parents.
Open Thread: Should The National Guard Protect Our Schools?
December 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
California Senator Barbara Boxer plans to address school security on a national level.
Fear in America
December 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt fears for his daughter’s future, in America and outside of America, in private and in public, and in the aftermath from the recent school shooting.
A Grief So Profound
December 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
What can we learn from ancient myths about grief and mourning in the present?
Three Ways to Help Your Child Return to School After Newtown School Shooting
December 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
Trauma specialist and Family Therapist Dr. Saliha Bava offers advice to parents after Newtown school shooting.
The Sandy Hook Shooting and What We Call Things
December 14, 2012 by 38 Comments
How different is “gun control” from “massacre prevention?” Or “gun violence” from “male gun violence?”
6 Ways to Help Your Child Understand the Newtown School Shooting
December 14, 2012 by 15 Comments
Trauma specialist Dr. Saliha Bava offers advice on how to help children cope with the news of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Shootings, Manhood and Tragedy
February 29, 2012 by 11 Comments
Tom Matlack wonders what would make a teenage boy go into a school cafeteria and blow away three innocent kids he barely knew.
How Can We Stop Rampage Killings?
April 29, 2011 by 40 Comments
There have been more than 100 rampage killings in the last 50 years—most of them by young men. Making more laws is clearly not the answer. What is?
“…then we wonder why kids get the message that killing is ok sometimes, and that Bad People deserve to die.”
This comment is by Dan on the post Act of Valor and Acts of Violence.