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Newtown Sparks Gun Debate, But Will Anything Change?
Last week's school shooting in Newtown has sparked a debate on gun control, with many arguing within hours and days that the massacre should be politicized to prevent similar events from happening...
View ArticleConnecticut Tries to Move Forward after School Shooting
The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has left the community reeling, and the state's residents are wondering how to move forward. Colin McEnroe, host of "The Colin...
View ArticleGuns a Hobby for Mother of School Shooter, Friend Says
A friend of the mother of the man who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school says guns were simply a hobby for her.John Bergquist told NBC's "Today" show on Monday that...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Religious Services This Weekend
What was the theme or message of a religious service you attended this weekend? Whether you were speaking or listening, the phone lines are open for your calls on the important messages at your temple,...
View Article'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' Author Speaks Out
A blog post that sprung up shortly after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut has people all over the country talking about the influence of mental health on Friday's events.In...
View ArticleA Liberal's Case for Guns
Whenever there is a mass shooting in America, whether in a school, a mall, or a temple, the debate over gun rights and gun control heats up. Author Craig Whitney is the author of "Living with Guns: A...
View ArticleMayor, Lawmakers Renew Push for Gun Control in Wake of Newtown
The shooting rampage in Connecticut that left 27 dead, including 20 children, has re-ignited conversations about gun control across the nation.Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY, 4th District) has long...
View ArticleMother of Child with Asperger's: 'Autism Is Not an Explanatory Factor in...
As conversations about the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut begin to center around guns and mental health, one woman is advocating a careful look at the latter. Emily Willingham has a son who is...
View ArticleA Moment of Silence and Safety Reviews in City Schools Post-Newtown
At P.S. 161 in Harlem, classes held a moment of silence today to commemorate the 20 children and six staffers killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday....
View ArticleIn Wake of Shootings, Ct. Governor Malloy Calls for Federal Action on Guns
Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy is joining the growing chorus of advocates calling for more federal action on gun control, in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown last Friday.Speaking at a press...
View ArticleNewtown Begins to Bury Its Dead
On Monday, the first funerals for the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting took place. Two six year olds, Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, were laid to rest.Around noon, people began filing into Honan...
View ArticleCuomo Says Strengthen Federal Gun Laws, Close State Loopholes
Governor Cuomo says federal gun laws need to be strengthened, and he says New York State’s assault weapons ban has loopholes that need to be closed.In a news conference today, Cuomo said the state...
View ArticleReconsidering Mental Health in Newtown's Wake
The tragedy in Newtown has raised questions about the state of mental health treatment in the U.S., especially among children. Nadine Kaslow, psychologist, professor and vice chair at Emory University,...
View ArticleFormer Governor Eliot Spitzer: Go After Money Behind Gun Companies
Private equity giant Cerberus Capital Management is planning to sell its stake in Freedom Group, maker of the Bushmaster rifle, following the Newtown, Conn., school shootings.Cerberus’s place in the...
View ArticleIn Newtown, The General Store Becomes A Grieving Town's Front Porch
The General Store in Newtown, Connecticut, is playing a central role following the mass school shooting last week.WNYC's Ilya Marritz joins us from the steps of Newtown's town hall a few doors down...
View ArticleCongress Loses Its Most Senior Senator, Replaces DeMint, Debates Sandy Aid
A number of Senators and Representatives are lobbying for new gun control measures since the Newtown shooting last Friday. Even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrat from the decidedly pro-gun...
View ArticleBlack Guns After the Sandy Hook Shooting
Michael Moss, New York Timesreporter, talks about the use of firearms in Newtown, Connecticut, and how resistant the area has been to gun control.Constitutional law professor at UCLA and author of:...
View ArticleOpinion: Can We at Least Make it a Little Harder to Get Killed in America?
A lot of noise is being made about how Connecticut has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, and therefore gun control is simply pointless, so let's just sell them at 711, but when...
View ArticleOpinion: School Security - Not Gun Control - is what we Should Learn from...
After every awful mass shooting in America, the hot topic becomes gun control. The anti-gun side says we should ban guns, the pro-gun side says everyone should own a gun. The debate is being had all...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing a Mental Health Policy
The tragedy in Newtown has raised questions about the state of mental health treatment in the U.S., especially among children. How should our mental health policy change?This morning on the Brian...
View ArticleGun Control Proposals and the Second Amendment
Since the shooting that left twenty children and 7 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday, members of Congress from across the political spectrum have proposed new gun control legislation....
View ArticleWatch: President Obama on Policy After Newtown
President Obama speaks about the policy process the administration will pursue in the wake of the Newtown tragedy. Watch the remarks and read a transcript below.THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody....
View ArticleCompany that Made Adam Lanza's Assault Rifle Up for Sale
The Freedom Group, described by Takeaway partner The New York Times as "the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry," manufactured some of the weapons used by the...
View ArticleBloomberg Backs Obama's Gun Violence Task Force
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that he's encouraged by the news that the Obama administration is creating a task force whose goal is to generate proposals to reduce gun violence.The president...
View ArticleMcCarthy, Gun Control Advocate, Says Newtown 'Hit the Heart of Everybody'
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy has been calling for gun control since her husband was among the six people killed during a mass shooting on the Long Island Railroad in the late 1990s — and she told...
View ArticleWhy Own a Gun?
A portrait of gun owners in America is a lot like a portrait of Americans as a whole — diverse. Some gun owners hunt, some are collectors, and others seek a means of self-defense.But in the wake of the...
View ArticleProspects for New Gun Laws
Richard Dunham, Washington correspondent for the Houston Chronicle & Hearst Newspapers, talks about the president's call for legislation to stem gun violence and the changing politics of gun control.
View ArticleInterviewing Kids In the Wake of a Tragedy
A lot of criticism was leveled at the press for interviewing the child survivors of the Newtown school shooting in its immediate aftermath. Bob talks to WABC-TV reporter Bill Ritter about whether it's...
View ArticleSocially Responsible Investing After Newtown
A week after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, the mass shooting continues to have a ripple effect in the conversation around guns, even in the financial community. The pension fund for...
View ArticleHow Myths Form After a School Shooting
The press has misreported a lot about the Newtown shooting, and if history is any guide, much of that misreporting will inform our memory of the event. In his book Columbine, Dave Cullen revisited that...
View ArticleThe Untold Story of Guns
We’ve become accustomed in the past 20 years to seeing the issue of guns in America broken down into two camps: gun control advocates — led by police chiefs and Sarah Brady — and the all-powerful...
View ArticleThe Surprising History of Gun Control, School Shooting Myths, and More
The surprising history of the gun control narrative, the media myths of past school shootings, and the problem when the media speculate on the mental health of shooters.
View ArticleWhat It Means to Be a Woman with a Gun
For decades, firearm manufacturers have capitalized on associating guns with masculinity. The gunmaker Bushmaster recently came under criticism for a macho ad campaign that equates gun ownership with...
View ArticleRemembering Newtown on Christmas
The value of gift giving and receiving leads us inevitably to think about the value of Christmas itself. Christmas is, of course, meant to transcend any specific gift and commemorate somehow all of...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Talking about Newtown in School
Teachers, principals, guidance counselors, administrators and other educators: how have you been dealing with talking about the Newtown shooting with students? What are you telling kids of different...
View ArticleReflections on Newtown: Civil Rights and Human Dignity
In his final book, “Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos Or Community” the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior states: “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very...
View ArticleReexamining America's Mental Health System
Last month's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut has spurred many people across the country to consider the United States's mental health care system -- and to worry that too often, the system allows...
View ArticleLittle New York Regulation of Rifle Used in Deadly Shootings
Almost 19,000 New Yorkers applied for a handgun license in 2009. The state police know who they are, the type of gun they own and where the guns were sold. But when it comes to rifles like the one used...
View ArticleIn Newtown, A Father Sends His First Grader Back to School
Students from Sandy Hook Elementary returned to school this week for the first time since the December 14 shooting. Their school remains closed, so children are attending classes at another location in...
View ArticleWatch Live: President Obama and VP Biden Announce New Gun Measures
President Obama and Vice President Biden unveil new proposals addressing gun violence. Watch live and Tweet your reactions along with us. White House Gun Proposals (PDF)White House Gun Proposals (Text)
View ArticleWalmart and the AR-15
George Zornick, Washington reporter for The Nation, talks about his latest article, “How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America.” It’s a look at how...
View ArticleOver 1,600 Gun-Related Deaths Since Newtown
Every few months, the media reports on a shooting so tragic that it causes the nation to pause. Last year, shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Oak Creek, Wisconsin became horrific preludes to the mass...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Brains of Mass Killers
Since the elemntary school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut in December, politicians and policymakers have been debating how to make gun policies -- and society at large -- safer. Part of the...
View ArticleBlumenthal: Gun Control Fight a Marathon, Not a Sprint
A federal ban on assault weapons is not in the cards. The provision has been pulled from a gun control bill that Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate plan to bring to a vote next month. Majority...
View ArticleWarrants Released in Sandy Hook Shooting Investigation
Warrants that investigators used to search the home and car of the man who shot and killed 26 people inside a Newtown elementary school were released Thursday morning, as well as information about the...
View ArticleNJ Panel Call For Tougher Gun Regulations, Penalties
A blue ribbon panel appointed by Governor Chris Christie after the Newtown school shooting massacre wants the state to tighten its gun regulations and the access minors have to violent video games....
View ArticleGun Bill Defeat
Yesterday, the senate voted down a plan to expand background checks on firearm sales, as well as several other amendments gun control advocates said would help prevent gun violence. Glenn Thrush,...
View ArticleCovering the Anniversary of the Newtown Shooting
Next weekend marks the anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary, and the town of Newtown has asked that the press stay away out of respect for the grieving families and community. Brooke...
View ArticleNewtown Shooting Probe Yields 1,000-Page Report, But Few Answers
The state investigation into the mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school last year has officially come to a close, with thousands of pages of police documents finally released to the...
View ArticleThe Untold Story of Guns
We’ve become accustomed in the past 20 years to seeing the issue of guns in America broken down into two camps: gun control advocates — led by police chiefs and Sarah Brady — and the all-powerful...
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