NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — An organization formed by parents whose children died in the 2012 shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School has launched a system that will allow students to report safety concerns anonymously online. 87 more words
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Court Hearing To Center On Newtown Shooter's Belongings
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether state police have to publicly release some of the Newtown school killer’s belongings, including a spreadsheet ranking mass murders and a violent story he wrote as a child. 103 more words

Two Librarians Saved Lives in School Shootings
This weekend, I read this story about two women whose lives had some odd coincidences. Friends for over 36 years, they both wound up becoming librarians. 57 more words

The NRA's Path To Power
It’s on the tip of everyone’s tongue, at the center of most discussions, in the headlines of every news outlet: The National Rifle Association, aka NRA. 1,258 more words

Guns, Children, and Trump
Nothing better illustrates America’s abysmal failure to address the persistent public health crisis of mass shootings than the empty proposals put forth by the nation’s president in the aftermath of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day. 1,333 more words
The Sunday Message
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King, Jr. 292 more words

Columbine is no longer one of the 10 deadliest shootings in modern US history
After Columbine, it was hard to imagine things getting much worse.
At the time, the shooting at a Colorado high school was the deadliest school attack in US history. 680 more words