Mass Shooting in Aurora, Colorado – Tell Me Why We Don’t Need Gun Control Again?
A shooting in Colorado leaves 12 dead, many more wounded (including a three month old baby). Josh Bowman tries to understand how something this tragic could happen. Last night, at the opening night of...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Should Certain Guns be Against the Law?
Open Discussion: In the wake of the horrific movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado at the hands of a 24 year-old graduate student, many people are questioning whether or not America should have...
View ArticleYou Can Do Anything: A Mother’s Response to the Aurora Shootings
How do we teach our children the value of other peoples’ lives, no matter how different or unattached they might feel? A mother responds to the shooting in Aurora, Colorado. My 2 and a half year old...
View ArticleWhat Makes White, Middle Class Men Kill?
I, like many others, was shocked to hear this morning about the mass killing in Aurora, Colorado at a suburban movie theater at the hands of med student James Holmes. Having recently moved form...
View ArticleThe Aurora Shootings: What’s Wrong with White Men?
Jamie Utt wonders why is no one asking what’s wrong with White Men in the United States? Originally appeared at Change From Within With the newest mass shooting in Aurora, CO captivating the nation,...
View Article“If they want to kill, they’ll find a way.”
This is a comment by Quadruple A and Mike Conway on the post “Mass Shooting in Aurora, Colorado – Tell Me Why We Don’t Need Gun Control Again?“ Quadruple A said: “I am very sympathetic to gun control...
View ArticleThree Aurora Victims Died Shielding Others
Sometimes on Twitter I search #realmen just to see what comes up. It’s kind of fascinating. Most of the time, the tweets are from women wishing for a particular type of boyfriend, such as “#RealMen...
View ArticleVideo of Aurora Shooter – First Court Appearance
It’s devastating to watch. To look at this human’s face and realize how quickly something can snap, and how fragile life is. That this guy, so average in every way aside from his hair and the very...
View Article“Words like ‘crazy’, ‘insane’, and ‘pyscho’ add stigma to mental illness and...
This is a comment by S. L. Maxam on the post “Video of Aurora Shooter – First Court Appearance“. “I just want to let every one to know the word crazy is a pejorative especially if Holmes is suffering...
View ArticleOn Swords and Guns
In the face of one of the nation’s worst school shootings, JP Rennquist finds comfort in his faith and urges us to find comprehensive ways of ending gun violence. My heart aches, it cries out for...
View ArticleAdam Lanza’s DNA to Be Analyzed
In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., people want answers and some think they may be locked away in Adam Lanza’s genes. The Connecticut medical examiner has asked geneticists to study Adam...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Four Dead in Aurora Colorado Hostage Standoff
Tragedy strikes again in Aurora, Colorado, when a hostage situation turns deadly. The Huffington Post reports that four people including the gunman are dead in an Aurora, Colorado, townhome...
View ArticleColorado Governor Signs Major Gun Control Bill Despite Controversy
Watch More News Videos at ABC Colorado now has stricter gun control laws, but will they work? Last week the Colorado House and Senate passed a series of gun control bills that have caused quite a bit...
View ArticleMass Murder and Men (video)
Chris Menning, the man behind the ModPrimate serious of video blogs, wants to explore the ways in which violence is tied to masculinity in our culture. He asks, “Does the very fact that I’m even...
View ArticleBefore We Talk Gun Control, Let’s Talk Self Control
School counselor Mark Vander Ley sees the issue of gun control as a broader societal issue of individuals taking responsibility for oneself I see the video of students running to embrace their parents...
View ArticleWhat Are You Prepared to Do?
In case of a violent attack, J. A. Drew Diaz says that it’s time to embrace the corollary to the Boy Scout motto: be prepared to fight back. Hmmmmm. Police Now Advise Assertive Response to Mass...
View ArticleGun Control Bill Will Also Bring Mental Health Care Improvements
Unlike background checks or weapons bans, properly treating mental illness can prevent problems before a potential killer tries to buy a gun. The US Senate is set to begin debates on the new...
View ArticleYoung Men Committing Violence: How Have We Failed Our Boys?
—- John DeVore’s tweet is meant as a joke, but it brings up some of the most important conversations we need to have in order to help prevent young men from becoming both perpetrators and victims of...
View ArticleKids and Toy Guns: Pretend Battles Rage On, Long Past the Last School Shooting
The original Star Wars Rebel Blaster — With his kids, Carter Gaddis straddles a line between regulating imaginative gun play and banning it. — The kids in our neighborhood run around with their toy...
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