Community Voices
Don’t blame mental illness for mass murders
If you want to end mass shootings, you must support getting weapons capable of committing mass murder out of our homes and out of our communities.
gun violence
Second Opinion
Major U.S. medical groups urge policymakers to take action on reducing gun violence
The organizations urge public officials to implement a number of steps to reduce gun violence, including background checks for all firearm purchases and the elimination of “physician gag laws.”
Politics & Policy
‘I trust Minnesota to fix this’: Walz exhorts rally on gun violence
“As someone who served 24 years in the military, I’m very familiar with these weapons. … I’ll tell you what I learned by that — and that is the damn things don’t belong on the streets of our country,” said Walz, flanked by a backdrop of Minnesota lawmakers and leaders.
Second Opinion
‘No causal evidence’ that video games — even ‘gruesome and grisly’ ones — lead to violence
“There’s absolutely no causal evidence that violent video game play leads to aggression in the real world,” said Andrew Przbylski, one of the authors of an Oxford University study.
Second Opinion
States with higher rates of gun ownership have more gun-related domestic homicides, study finds
The risk of being murdered in a domestic dispute rises for both men and women living in a home with a gun, but women are particularly at risk, the study reports.
Second Opinion
Physicians continue to let the NRA know that #ThisIsOurLane
Earlier this month the NRA admonished doctors to “stay in their lane” when it comes to issues regarding guns and gun violence.
From Other Nonprofit Media
Five first responders to the Pulse massacre. One diagnosis: PTSD.
“My head’s still not right,” said one paramedic who responded to the Pulse nightclub shooting two years ago. He and some other responders say their departments haven’t given them the help they need.
Community Voices
Assault rifles were banned in the U.S. for 10 years; 2nd Amendment rights were not curtailed
Let’s be clear: Assault rifles are not used for hunting. Assault rifles are not used for protection. Assault rifles are designed for the military.
Community Voices
Preventing gun violence requires a comprehensive public-health approach
It is not about partisan politics. It isn’t just about stopping the next mass shooting. It is about everyday action to save the lives of the people we love.
Community Voices
Florida students: Overnight, they became the conscience of a nation
These kids immediately grasped their moral authority, their massive megaphone and their outsized footprint in history.
