School Shooting

The Same Old Story

Josh Horwitz | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Josh Horwitz

If the cases of Seung-Hui Cho and Steven Kazmierczak have taught us anything, it's that red flags do appear consistently among shooters. What is needed is a screening process.

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Adkisson's Assault on a Unitarian Church Stirs Memories, Raises Questions

Jonathan Fast | Posted 08.01.2008 | Media

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Jonathan Fast

Adkisson was a man for whom life no longer seemed worth living. School shooters reach this state after years of being bullied and abused, abused physically or sexually, and rejected by peers and girlfriends.

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Esquire's "Portrait" Of The NIU Shooter

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

This story of last year's Northern Illinois University shooting raises a lot of troubling issues, one of which is why we make it so easy for dangerous people to get guns.

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NRA, Guns On Campus: 0-for-15 in 2008

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

The gun lobby made "guns-on-campus" bills a big priority across America this year, and what do they have to show for it? A goose egg.

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Let's Take Bullying Seriously

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living

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Marian Wright Edelman

We must understand that many bullies also are victims. Some children and teens that torment others are being mistreated themselves.

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Billy Wolfe - Part II

Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living

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Jonathan Fast

None of the behavior exhibited in the Wolfe story the should come as a surprise. We know that victims of bullying are often bullies themselves, and vice versa.

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Bullying Billy Wolfe - Part I

Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living

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Jonathan Fast

What makes Billy Wolfe's case unusual was not the frequency or brutality of the beatings, but the fact that Billy's parents decided to sue the parents of one of the bullies.

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A Detailed Analysis of the Solution to School Shootings in Cartoon Form

Lee Camp | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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Lee Camp

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College Newspaper First On The Scene In Northern Illinois University Shooting

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 02.18.2008 | Media

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When news breaks on college campuses -- as it did when a gunman killed five students at Northern Illinois University last week -- reporters from the c...

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Supreme Court Must Uphold Gun Ban

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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Marian Wright Edelman

If the Supreme Court upholds the D.C. handgun ban, it will keep in place a crucial measure for the protection of the health and safety of our children.

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Same Gun Dealer Sold to 2 Campus Killers

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

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MADISON, Wis. — The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold hand...

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Steve Kazmierczak: the Secret Life

Jonathan Fast | Posted 02.16.2008 | Living

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Jonathan Fast

In a week where reports of killings were so frequent and senseless, the most puzzling case was that of Steve Kazmierczak.

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Illinois Shooting Tragedy Pushes Election Off The Top, Mostly

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.15.2008 | Media

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Gun control is still not an issue. Will the fact that a kid on medication could purchase guns, walk into a lecture hall and use them change that? That will depend -- on whether the candidates make it an issue, and on whether the media asks them about it.

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Ill. Gunman's Rampage Baffles Friends

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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DEKALB, Ill. — If there is such a thing as a profile of a mass murderer, Steven Kazmierczak didn't fit it: outstanding student, engaging, polite...

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Do You Need a Gun?

Peter Clothier | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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Peter Clothier

How could anyone in their right mind believe that those who authored the founding documents of this country intended that fire power be readily available to morons and maniacs alike?

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How Many More?

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

"A deranged gunman attacked a throng of unsuspecting people yesterday, killing some, wounding others." Sound familiar? It should. It seems to happen about every two or three months in America.

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America's Rational Killers

Ali Eteraz | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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Ali Eteraz

Every few months we are subjected to the same horrifying narrative, and every few months we mourn, and move on. We seem to have become consigned to the suicide killers among us.

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The Calculus of School Shootings

Jonathan Fast | Posted 10.23.2007 | Living

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Jonathan Fast

What seems perplexing to those who were children during the placid 1950s is how easily children come by guns.

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Playing the Black Card

Tom Gerdy | Posted 10.12.2007 | Media

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Tom Gerdy

Blood once again stains the floors of one of our nation's schools. As reporters started picking up on the tragedy, the focus once again became blurred and twisted.

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