By: Madeline Olds, Web Editor On December 14, 2012, a shooter entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and committed one of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States, with twenty-six victims.[1] It is the fourth deadliest shooting in the United States and the deadliest shooting to occur within an elementary school.[2] Greatly […]
Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com. By Alexa Glista, Staff Writer On January 4, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a “stand your ground” bill into law, making Ohio the 36th state to pass this type of legislation. [1] The bill, SB175, removed the “duty to retreat” requirement, “in determining […]
Photo provided courtesy by Pixabay By Matthew Naum, Staff Writer Red flag laws, also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders (“ERPOs”), have gained momentum on both the state and national level as a potential way to prevent public mass shootings since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in […]
Photo Provided Courtesy of Pixaby By Joshua Larkin, Staff Writer As most Americans know, there is a debate going on in our political arena today regarding the right to bear arms. In response to mass shootings that have occurred in recent years, a significant amount of the American […]
By: Rachel Pressdee, Feature Editor On October 27, 2018, 11 people were murdered when a man opened fired inside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 340 reported mass shootings in, making this close-to-home incident one of many gun related acts […]
By David Zvirman, Staff Writer In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018 that resulted in the deaths of 14 students,[1] America has engaged in an emotional debate on the role guns play in our society.[2] While some have called for […]
By Elizabeth Echard, Staff Writer Since 1966, 1,077 victims, ranging from the unborn to the elderly, have been killed in America in mass shootings.[1] While no universally accepted definition for “mass shooting” exists, these statistics look to the 150 shootings in America where four or more people were killed by […]
By Kyle Steenland, Staff Writer One of the nation’s largest gun control acts, the National Firearms Act of 1968, is facing legislation that would remove one of its most regulated items: suppressors. House Bill 367, named the Hearing Protection Act of 2017, was introduced in the House of Representatives, […]
