Part 1. 2015 In 1997 I moved from western Massachusetts to Maine. Several people asked me, “Are you going to get a gun?” I laughed. I thought this was an odd question. […]
Societal insanity v. a safer world
The kids are alright: Wayne LaPierre’s unhinged call to treason. Literally.
The NRA is so frightened of a future where the kids are heard they’re willing to tear down all the bullshit they purport to hold dear to stop them. UPDATED: PARKLAND, Fl. […]
Arming teachers – a truly moronic idea (updated)
Arming teachers doesn’t protect students, it turns schools into one-stop shopping for would-be school shooters.
How can we sleep?
by Patrick Vecchio I watched President Obama’s emotional remarks Friday in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. I was glad I had a box of tissues nearby. I suspect […]
Sandy Hook vs. Chengping: two school attacks in stark contrast
At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, 27 people – 20 of them kindergarteners – are dead at the hands of a gunman armed with a Glock and a Sig Sauer. […]
Sandy Hook: Enough with the flashbacks already
Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that there was a school shooting by an adult assailant at a Connecticut elementary earlier today. Reports are still in flux, but at the […]
Chardon, Ohio: from victim to perpetrator in five rounds
by Anonymous The situation is Chardon is all too familiar: a bullied outcast with a troubled home life snaps. If TJ Lane had broken in the usual manner, he might have committed […]
Review: Columbine by Dave Cullen
It’s one of those days of American history that lives in infamy: April 20, 1999, the day Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in […]
The legacy of Columbine
Like text messages often do, this one spread like wildfire. What it said, exactly, doesn’t matter, but it went something like this: “He has a hit list posted on his website! School […]
School, mall and workplace shootings: Why so many? No, why so few?
The second in our “Cult of Crime” series (Part 1: Foxy Knoxy and the case of the honorary Missing White Woman) Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion by Mark Ames Soft Skull […]
