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Category: Widgets: Guns

school security

Who should pay for school-security upgrades? gun manufacturers

December 15, 2018 Renee Shur Children, Education, Guns, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

My local school district, the Ichabod Crane Central School District in New York’s Hudson Valley, recently held a vote on a capital improvement project

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thoughts and prayers

Thoughts and prayers are not enough

November 10, 2018 Renee Shur Guns, Public safety, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

In 2017 there were 346 mass shootings. In 2018 there have been 307 so far. On average America has experienced one deadly incident per

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trigger warning

Put trigger warnings in their proper place: on actual triggers

April 13, 2017 Barbara Finch Activism, Guns, Widgets: Guns One comment

I’m sure that the college students and mental health professionals who have been leading the effort to impose trigger warnings on textbooks and reading

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gun violence

Seeing the faces and knowing the lives of gun violence victims

April 13, 2017 Mary Clemons Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

One hundred thirty-two Missourians lost their lives, and 164 have been injured during the first 3 months of 2017 due to gun violence. Nine

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Guns around the world: Who owns them? Who has the most?

October 7, 2015 Occasional Planet Guns, International, Widgets: Guns One comment

Most of the world’s firearms are privately owned, says The Small Arms Survey. And which country has the most privately owned firearms per capita?

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Missouri State Auditor’s suicide: The gun

March 6, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Media, Missouri region, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

The sad details surrounding the suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich continue to emerge. But something is missing in the reporting: the gun

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Two ways to regulate guns

March 19, 2014 Joanna Sandsmark Guns, Humor, Widgets: Guns 2 comments

There are two ways to solve the gun crisis in America that have yet to be discussed. First, there is one group above all

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Why can’t we get real about illegal guns?

February 16, 2011 Renee Shur Congress, Government, Violence, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

With polling numbers showing that a majority of Americans support sensible, effective measures like those proposed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, why is it

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