Category: mass shootings

IN-DEPTH: Computer Games Feature Same Conditioning as Military Training, Psychologist Warns

As mass shootings make headlines, one man who has spent years studying what it takes to get men to kill said it is clear that violent entertainment is a how-to manual for many killers. According to retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, violent media molds the character of its consumers just as military basic…


Federal Judge Hears Challenges to Oregon’s New Gun Laws

A trial held in Portland last week aims to determine whether Oregon’s voter-approved gun-control measure is constitutional in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer. Should Ballot Measure 14 survive this legal test, the state would have among the strictest gun laws in the nation. The measure at issue would ban the manufacture…


Mental Health Care Key to Keeping Police Officers Safe at Work, Spokesperson Says

Sixty police officers in 28 states and the District of Columbia were killed by criminals in 2022. While this is an 8 percent decrease from the 73 killed in 2021, a spokesperson for the National Police Association (NPA) said the figures highlight the need for better funding of mental health services. With calls for police…


Despite California’s Mass Shootings, Biden Wants to Emulate Its Gun Laws

Commentary President Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, the site of a mass public shooting that left 11 dead in January, to announce new executive actions on gun control. He touts the proposals as necessary “to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer.” But California already has all the gun control laws that Biden…


How to Make a Monster? Isolate Your Child

At the time of writing this piece, the United States has already experienced more than 100 mass shootings this year. That works out at roughly 11 mass shootings—involving three or more victim fatalities in a single incident—every week. What is going on? Some, of course, will point to the ease of access to firearms. However, just…


Democratic Senators Form ‘Gun Violence Prevention Caucus’ After String of Mass Shootings

A group of eight Democratic senators on Feb. 2 announced the formation of a Gun Violence Prevention Caucus that will see lawmakers work together to promote “commonsense solutions” to end soaring shootings across America. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.),…


San Francisco Community Holds Vigil for Victims of California Mass Shootings

SAN FRANCISCO—Hundreds of community members gathered in Portsmouth Square in San Francisco on the evening of Jan. 26 to commemorate the victims of two recent mass shootings in California and to help heal the shocked communities. After one minute of silence for those who died in the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shootings, an…


Get Ready for More Cynical, Useless Gun-Control Push

Commentary The first question any reasonable person asks after a horrible crime is, “What could have been done to stop it?” Yet after every mass shooting, gun controllers suggest unworkable, unconstitutional, completely ineffectual ideas that target people who will never commit a crime. After the twin mass shootings in California last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom…


NRA Criticizes Newsom for Calling Second Amendment ‘Suicide Pact’ While Surrounded by Armed Security Guards

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been criticized by the National Rifle Association (NRA) for claiming that the Second Amendment is becoming a “suicide pact” while he was surrounded by what appeared to be at least four armed security guards. Newsom made the comments during an interview with CBS News in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park on Jan….


Unsealed Court Records Show Why 2021 Charges Were Dropped Against Suspected Club Q Shooter

Court documents unsealed Thursday by a Colorado judge revealed that June 2021 charges against the suspected Club Q mass shooter relating to a bomb threat were dropped after his family members refused to cooperate with authorities or stand witness against him. “The U.S. and Colorado constitutions require witnesses to stand in court in front of…