Why "gun-free zones" and mass shootings are akin to shooting fish in a barrel
President Obama was correct on one level when he mentioned that the mass shooting that just took place at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. These shootings have become routine. However,...
View ArticleOregon town answers shooter's hate with silence
Douglas Country Sheriff John Hanlin would not say his name: “I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.” The Portland Oregonian newspaper has said it...
View ArticleSurviving A Mass Shooting Means Learning To Cope With The Next One
Colin Goddard was immersed in a work call when he heard the news: There had been another mass shooting, this time at a community college in Oregon. A survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, the...
View ArticleOregon college shootings roil presidential race, intensify gun issue for 2016
A timeline of how Oregon’s deadliest shooting unfolded Last week's shooting massacre at a southern Oregon community college quickly reverberated through the presidential campaign as gun-control...
View ArticleSUNY Oswego professor: After Oregon, focus on preventing mass shootings...
Jaclyn Schildkraut, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Justice at the State University of New York College at Oswego. Schildkraut is the co-author, with H. Jaymi Elsass, of...
View ArticleGOP Candidates Criticized For Oregon Shooting Response
3:39 PM ET Jessica Taylor Twitter i Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks during a town hall meeting in Ankeny, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption itoggle caption Charlie...
View ArticlePoliticians Exploit School Shooting While Ignoring Bombing Victims
By Ron Paul Following the recent Oregon school shooting, many politicians rushed to the microphones to call for new gun control laws. President Obama even called on gun control supporters to...
View ArticleGuns or Mental Illness? Which is responsible for mass shootings?
Faced with an increasing number of mass shooting, elected officials need to find solutions. On the Left, gun control proponents are quick to seize upon tragedies like the Umpqua Community College as...
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