from CNN Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter, Jaime Guttenberg, in the Parkland school shooting, speaks about the NRA's intimidation tactics during a Senate hearing on gun violence.
By Hamilton Nolan from Splinter News DALLAS, TX— On Saturday, just after the anti-gun protest, I joined the NRA. Thirty bucks. It entitled me to a one-year subscription of American Rifleman and an entire weekend spent sinking deeper and deeper into a welcoming swamp of perpetual war. The [...]
By Jake Stofan from WFLA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Former NRA President Marion Hammer is no stranger to threats and harassment. “You have to be cautious, you have to be alert," said Hammer. But she says following the Parkland shooting, the threats are worse than ever. [...]
By Dominique Mosbergen, Source: Huffington Post As hundreds of thousands of protesters prepared to gather in Washington and other cities across the U.S. on Saturday to demand meaningful gun reform, the National Rifle Association took to social media to mock the “March For Our Lives” [...]
Source: CBS News Since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month, survivors have mobilized the #NeverAgain movement to push for school safety and stronger gun legislation. Two vocal leaders, David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, spoke with CBSN Monday to discuss the movement and [...]
by Sidney Fussell, Source: Gizmodo As America grapples with a seemingly endless series of shootings, school districts across the country are partnering with security companies to introduce highly advanced surveillance technology that goes far beyond CCTVs and passcodes. In New Mexico, an elementary school now uses [...]
By Farron Cousins from The Trial Lawyer Magazine On the evening of Thursday, February 1st, my wife received a phone call that left her in complete shock. She is a special education teacher at a middle school in Florida. The phone call was from her [...]
By Richard Eskow from The Trial Lawyer “Childhood,” said the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, “is the kingdom where nobody dies.” In this country, childhood is something we no longer value. Seventeen people are dead at a high school in Broward County, Florida. The shooter [...]
By Thom Hartmann, from The Trial Lawyer Magazine As the school shooting in Parkland, Florida has shown, what was considered insanely corrupt political behavior 40 years ago is now normal. And you can thank right-wingers on the Supreme Court. Back in 1982, the late novelist Robert [...]
