Gun violence Archive
Scot R. Peterson, the school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., became a pariah for never venturing into the building where a former student shot and killed 17 people and injured 15 others in February. …
Along with typical childhood concerns about schoolwork, family and relationships with peers, the children of Chicago’s West Side also have to deal with gun violence. So far in 2016, there have been 267 homicides in Chicago, compared to 489 homicides …
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If you’ve been following the recent spate of news on high-profile shootings lately, you may have seen somewhere that President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to the post of Surgeon General of the United States has been met with …
In the aftermath of several recent catastrophic events involving guns, Congress has yet to deliver policies to reduce the easy access of guns, increasing the likelihood that additional tragedies of gun violence will continue to occur. In the wake of …
The Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative is a Department of Justice project aimed at monitoring high-risk domestic violence offenders and identifying potential victims and was modeled after several state wide and local projects including the Maryland Lethality Assessment Project which …
In the first gun legislation passed since the Sandy Hook Shootings New York state today approved a new legislative package which would enhance gun regulation laws with in the state. The approved changes include the following: 1. Expanding the definition …
In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Newton, Connecticut, at Sandy Hook Elementary school, school districts immediately stepped up efforts to “protect” our nations kids. Most schools keep doors locked during the school day. Many districts already use buzzer systems, where by anyone trying …
This article discusses a call to action to participate in the gun violence debate by the Annals of Internal Medicine which occured after the Sandy Hook Shootings. However, this is not the first time such a request has taken place. Back in …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW, Staff Writer, SJS I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother, by Liza Long is a heart-wrenching first person account that is both scary and true. I urge everyone to read the piece (accessed through this link). This …
