The Marjorie Stoneman Douglas school shooter had taken the lives of 17 students, faculty and staff members on Feb. 14, 2018.
Tag Archives | gun violence
Meeting considers gun laws
State Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, and advocates for gun control spoke on the existing gun laws in California and addressed current gun violence issues during an open event at Pomona College Sunday, co-hosted by the local League of Women Voters-Mount Baldy chapter and the Pomona College Politics Department.
Local community considers Dallas shooting
Following the death of Botham Shem Jean – the 26-year-old African American man who was shot when off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger apparently mistakenly entered his apartment on Sept. 6, thinking it was her own – it’s clear something went horribly wrong, say local experts.
Schools don’t need an arms race
A bill is advancing toward the Assembly floor that would put one armed officer at every school campus in California, at the state’s expense.
Music Review: ‘This is America’ is a wake up call
With more than 180 million views on YouTube, the music video, “This is America,” by rapper Childish Gambino has given the United States a wake up call to how citizens are looking past important social issues in the nation.
Bonita students honor Parkland victims
While middle- and high school students across the country walked out of class in support of stricter gun control laws, over 700 Bonita High School students chose to use Wednesday’s nationwide event to memorialize the victims of school shootings. The demonstration took place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, on school grounds, and was part of a […]
Letter to the Editor
In this age of ultra-divisive politics, gun rights has become an issue which evokes an emotional response (“Students support Second Amendment Rights,” Oct. 7).
Students support Second Amendment rights
In an informal gun control survey of 13 students at the University of La Verne, 11 students strongly believed in the Second Amendment right while two believed there should be stricter regulations.
Too little, too late
Thirty-three people were killed Monday morning at Virginia Tech in the largest gun massacre in United States history.
Gunmakers may get immunity
The Bush administration will need some real target practice in public safety if firearms dealers, manufacturers and other Second Amendment loving Americans get their way and a new immunity bill is passed that would further thwart gun control.