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Mass Shootings
June 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
How Congress Can Fight Political Violence
Partisan polarization is getting worse, and gun control has stalled. But Democrats and Republicans can unite over treatment for troubled people.
June 27, 2016
Keith Guzik, Gary T. Marx
Regulating Cars Made Them Safer. Can We Do the Same with Guns?
The best part: This plan wouldn't require congressional approval.
June 22, 2016
Timothy D. Lytton
How the Sandy Hook Lawsuit Could Hold Gun Makers Liable for Mass Shootings
Assault weapons are too easy to get. How do we make it harder?
June 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Orlando massacre is the worst mass shooting in American history. It should be seen as terrorism, whatever the FBI decides.
May 9, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Memoirs of a School Shooter’s Mother
Her story is hard to share, but Sue Klebold's book about her son shows Columbine from a new perspective.
December 7, 2015
Peter Dombrowski , David Alpher
National Security Experts React to President Obama’s Speech on ISIS
December 3, 2015
Frederic Lemieux
Six Undeniable Facts About Mass Shootings
December 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Real Problem With Politicians’ Post-Massacre Prayers
Republican candidates responded to the San Bernardino mass shooting with "thoughts and prayers," but not for those who need it most: themselves
December 3, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
The San Bernardino shooting suspects have been identified as Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik.
December 3, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
“The New Normal Is Happy Sorrow”
A writer copes with America's mass shooting epidemic.
December 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Action versus prayer: The 2016 candidates respond to the San Bernardino shooting.
December 2, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Mass shooting reported in San Bernardino, California.
November 28, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Police identify Robert Lewis Dear as the suspected Colorado Springs shooter.
October 7, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Ben Carson Is Confident He'd Confront a Mass Shooter, But He Has No Clue
October 3, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Here’s Why No One Can Agree on the Number of Mass Shootings
October 2, 2015
Suzy Khimm
President Obama Wants to Make Gun Control a "Political Choice." Oregon Already Has.
October 1, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Donald Trump Is Right: Mass Shootings Have Become More Frequent
September 17, 2015
Dave Cullen
Why Does the Columbine Myth About "Martyr" Cassie Bernall Persist?
September 16, 2013
Molly Redden
Navy Yard Shooting: “After a while, you just want it to stop, you know?”
August 27, 1966
Robert Coles
American Amok
Is the gun-ridden USA a violent nation?

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