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Guns

Calling Gun Violence a Public Health Epidemic, Nation's Doctors Call for Assault Weapons Ban

Betsy DeVos Stirs Fresh Outrage: Says School Safety Panel Won't Study Role of Guns

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Secretary DeVos is just admitting what we knew all along—that the Trump administration's pledge to keep kids safe from gun violence was not serious," said one gun control advocate

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'Like Talking to a Toddler': Mother of School Shooting Victim Reveals How It Felt to Discuss Gun Policy With Trump

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"In a normal presidency, this would be big/headline news, but with Trump, even...

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Hours After Texas School Shooting, Students Detained for Peacefully Protesting Outside Paul Ryan's Office

Julia Conley, staff writer

"One arrest, four arrests, a thousand arrests isn't going to stop us until no...

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'Call It Like It Is': After Texas Shooting, Progressives Say Refusal to Take on NRA Leading to 'Slaughter After Slaughter'

At least nine people were killed in a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas on Friday morning.

At Least 8 Dead as Texas Students Become Latest Casualties in String of School Shootings

'Beyond the Pale': NRA Head Oliver North Says Attacks on Gun Lobby Worse Than Jim Crow Violence

Oliver North, Whose 'Very Name Is Synonymous With Corruption and Disgrace,' Is NRA's Next President

Protesters outside the NRA convention on Friday

Student-Led Rally Denounces NRA's "Dangerous Agenda" With Protests Outside Convention

Students Unload on Hypocrisy of NRA Announcing Gun-Free Zone at Upcoming Convention

Targeting Shareholders Meeting, Protesters Say 'Time Is Up for Wells Fargo's Shady Dealings'

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National School Walkout Underway Because "Guns Don't Die. Children Do."

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Ahead of Nationwide Walkout, Study Shows More Mass School Shooting Deaths So Far This Century Than Entirety of Last

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Upholding Assault Weapons Ban, Federal Judge Says Constitution Has Nothing To Say About Restricting the AR-15

Shooter at YouTube Headquarters Was Disgruntled Video-Maker, Police and Family Indicate

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Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International USA Responds to Shooting at Santa Fe High School

Violence Policy Center

Violence Policy Center Statement on Mass Shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas

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Views

Tom Engelhardt

Duck-and-Cover America: Advice to College Graduates in The Age of Trump

Robert C. Koehler

Empowering Kids Instead Of Arming Them

Michael Winship

Point The Trigger Finger at Everyone Else

Bill Blum

Trump, the NRA, Mass Shootings and the American Culture of Death

Mike Males

The Shooting Statistics Are Clear: It’s Not Schools That Are Dangerous

Pat LaMarche

Westworld: A Show That Reveals Killing Is as American as Apple Pie

Belle Chesler

Students as Teachers: Facing the World Adults Are Wrecking

Ben Gubits

To End Gun Violence, We Need to Address the Influence of Big Money In Politics

Tamara Pearson

US Shootings: Gun Industry Killing More People Overseas

Robert C. Koehler

Rethinking the Whole Country

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