After a shooter killed 17 people in a school in Parkland, Florida, last month, the political question dominating public discussion was whether the event would result in any policy changes that were backed by gun control advocates. In the past, outrage spurred by mass shootings has often been met by inaction in Congress and state […]
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Mary Ellen O’Toole calls the teenagers who murdered 13 people at Columbine High School in 1999 by their first names — Dylan and Eric. O’Toole did not personally know Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, but she’s thought about them for decades. At the time of the Colorado shootings, O’Toole was a profiler for the FBI […]
Intro hed: Do you know where America stands on guns after the Parkland shooting? dek: author1: Dhrumil Mehta author2: Julia Wolfe see_also.readin: [see_also.links] * [] Don’t worry about editing anything in italics & pink. Body [+content] It’s seems almost routine. There’s a high-profile mass shooting, followed by a week or two of fierce debate around […]
The mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, isn’t fading quietly from the headlines like so many acts of gun violence before it. Nearly two weeks after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, media attention is still focused on the survivors and parents of victims who are demanding action on gun control, and […]