As the smoke clears at a Nashville school, the site of the latest mass shooting (as of this writing), we keep going over and over in cloudy mind what to do. Just as we did after Jonesboro. And Columbine. And Virginia Tech. And Uvalde. The debate about what to do is at least a debate

Re: “Books’ foes target librarians, too,” Front Page, March 26: Book banning is a slippery slope quickly leading to the infringement of freedom of thought and speech. The supposed purpose is to protect our youth from exposure to lewdness and violence. If adopted and taken to its natural conclusion, it would mean the Bible and

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including the New York Times best-seller, “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Lies and Legends About Our Past” (Basic Books). Follow him on Twitter @julianzelizer. The

Colorado lawmakers’ latest suite of gun reform bills bolster the state’s position at the vanguard of the national firearm debate, advocates and critics say, while marking it as a proving ground for how step-by-step reforms can coexist within the West’s distinct regional identity. As Colorado has turned deeper shades of blue over the past five years,

America’s latest mass shooting, this time at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tenn., has recalled nightmarish memories and raised one of the most vexing of political questions. Before the funerals had even begun for the three children and three adults slain on Monday, the well-practiced roaring and debate had resumed in Congress. And so

Representational image. David A. Hopkins, Tribune News Service Gun politics in the US demonstrates that a popular majority does not always get its way. Even though most Americans support stricter gun-safety laws, proposals for major new regulations reliably face impassable obstacles in Congress. The standard explanation for this impasse is that the minority is highly

I am writing this column on behalf of the estimated 73 million Americans who are under the age of 18. We call them children. Most of them live with us, their parents, although some are with grandparents or guardians. We say we love them. But do they believe us? More important, should they believe us?

The tragedy at the Covenant School in Nashville marked America’s 131st mass shooting of the year, just 86 days into 2023. The murders of six people – including three children – by a gunman wielding three legally-purchased guns triggered a political response that we are all-too-familiar with. Democrats called for gun safety reforms, which Republicans

Gun politics in the U.S. demonstrates that a popular majority does not always get its way. Even though most Americans support stricter gun-safety laws, proposals for major new regulations reliably face impassable obstacles in Congress. A popular position, but so far no change in policy. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press, File The standard explanation for this

In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup. Lest We Forget “Why in God’s name do we allow these weapons of war on our streets

A federal judge hearing a challenge against gun measures in Delaware ruled against opponents iover a major question in Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. et al. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security et al, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced. In an opinion issued Monday night, U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews denied a preliminary injunction

DELAWARE – A federal judge this week ruled against a gun lobby challenge against Delaware’s ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines. The opinion on Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. et al. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security et al was given on Monday night.  In his opinion, Judge Richard G. Andrews

(Bloomberg) — Hospital emergency room visits for firearm-related injuries swelled in the pandemic, US health researchers said, with the biggest increase seen among adolescents ages 14 and younger. Average weekly emergency room visits for gunshot wounds rose 37% in 2020 from the year earlier and stayed at about the same level the following year, according

Everyone in America is sick of the gun violence that plagues us everywhere we go. Everyone that is, except the one group of people that could possibly do something about it: Republicans. They seem to think there’s nothing you can do and we all should just accept children getting slaughtered at school is an inevitability

A federal judge hearing a challenge against what are deemed two common-sense gun safety measures in Delaware has ruled against the gun lobby on a critical question in Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. et al. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security et al.  Therefore, Delaware’s bans on assault weapons, large capacity magazines remain in

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough became unglued Wednesday morning during a rant blaming Republicans for the Nashville school shooting that took place at a Christian elementary school Monday. The Nashville Police Department received a call at 10:13 a.m. Monday morning about shots fired at a private Christian elementary school and arrived on scene. Upon arrival, a suspect,

The first gunshot cracked through the air just after 1 a.m. Then came another shot, and another. They kept coming, again and again, each shot thundering across downtown Dayton, Ohio. In just half a minute, more than three dozen gunshots echoed through the crowded streets. AR-15-style rifles are on display at Burbank Ammo & Guns

Enough with the “thoughts and prayers.” Three beautiful 9-year-olds going to school and three adults just doing their jobs are killed at their school.  People in Israel take to the streets for days and they win. Netanyahu backs down. People in Tbisili, Georgia, take to the streets, stand up to water hoses for days and

CNN  —  It took just two minutes to encapsulate America’s hopeless estrangement on guns. Deep into a long, grueling hearing called by Republicans to target the Washington, DC, government, tensions provoked by the Nashville school shooting boiled over into an emotive exchange between Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and freshman Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz. With

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo weighed in on gun control in the wake of a mass shooting in Nashville where three children and three adults were killed at an elementary school, arguing that assault-style weapons aren’t needed for self defense and should be banned. Even the National Rifle Association (NRA) supported the country’s 1930s

In its first lobby day since the passage of the assault-style weapons ban, Illinois gun rights advocates marched the streets of Springfield on Wednesday. The Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day is sponsored by the Illinois State Riffle Association, who is behind one of several lawsuits filed against the Protect Illinois Communities Act. Passed under House

Denver East High School had a student that required a pat-down search for guns before being allowed to enter the school. Somehow DPS thought that doing that without police officers was a good idea. It wasn’t. In fact, it was an idea that put the entire school population at risk. How eerie that this incompetence

In Dan Patrick’s eight-plus years as lieutenant governor, it had never happened. No Texas senator had dared to appeal one of Patrick’s parliamentary rulings.  The San Antonio Democrat’s sprawling district includes Uvalde, a town traumatized by a mass shooting at Robb Elementary last May that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers.  The

The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: On Monday, three students and three adults were shot and killed at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. In February, three students were killed and five suffered critical injuries during a mass shooting at Michigan State University. In November, three students were killed and two

One day after the deadly school shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee by a hate-filled transgender activist, MSNBC’s racist ReidOut host, Joy Reid dedicated part of her one-on-one sitdown with recently ousted Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to what amounted to a strategy session on how to take away the Second Amendment rights of

To support student journalism and the content you love, become a member of The Daily Orange today. Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of transphobia and mass shootings. On Monday afternoon, an active shooter brutally attacked the Covenant Middle School in Nashville, Tennessee. Seven people, including the perpetrator, were killed. Among the victims of the

The Republican Party’s insidious relationship with the Russian-backed NRA has an unfathomable American body count, and President Biden has had enough. As long as the money beneath the viscera of dead children is still green once it’s laundered, the so-called pro-life party will look anywhere but right at the problem when it comes to actually

Yesterday morning, a 28-year-old armed with assault rifles entered a Christian school in Nashville and fatally shot three nine-year-old children and three staff members before she was shot and killed by the police. It makes me weep. It’s happening gain and again and again. Our children. President Biden renewed his call for Congress to reinstate

Ariana Grande re-posted an emotional message from Josh Gad on Tuesday morning (March 28) in reaction to the nation’s latest horrific mass school shooting on Monday. Grande added Gad’s comments to her Instagram Story less than 24 hours after police said a 28-year-old former student entered a private Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed

Enough! When will we stop allowing crazy, armed people to slaughter our children? The answer seems to be, never. The latest horror — this week’s mass shooting — occurred on Monday. A troubled 28-year-old (seen above in a still from a widely circulated video) armed with two AR-15-type weapons and a handgun shot out the