If Congress passes the gun legislation laid out Wednesday it could rival the Brady Act and Gun Control Act. “We’re usually grumpy about things… But this covered all the bases we were hoping for.”
Ruby Cramer
5 months ago
2 responses
Kids getting off a school bus, armed to the teeth.
copyranter
5 months ago
55 responses
It’s called “Brought To You By The NRA.”
copyranter
5 months ago
8 responses
A fundraising email in the wake of Cory Booker’s plans to run for Lautenberg’s Senate seat. “Your continued support is greatly appreciated.”
Ruby Cramer
5 months ago
1 response
With 26 red stockings and 26 overflowing trees.
Jessica Testa
5 months ago
49 responses
Sandy Hook is the fourth mass shooting they’ve mourned. “A lot of emotion” on a private visit to a Colorado hospital.
Ruby Cramer
5 months ago
36 responses
Sandy Hook was a factor, said Snyder in a statement. “This type of violence often leaves society with more questions than answers.”
Ruby Cramer
5 months ago
19 responses
Four days after the shooting, classes have resumed at all Newtown schools but Sandy Hook. A cheerful police officer greets students.
Jessica Testa
5 months ago
153 responses
“Words alone cannot heal our nation — only action can do that,” said the New York mayor.
Ruby Cramer
6 months ago
5 responses
This is the TV ad that was created to go along with this controversial 1981 print ad.
copyranter
6 months ago
16 responses
The St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown is roughly one mile from Sandy Hook Elementary.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
18 responses
A list of names worth a thousand pictures.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
69 responses
Three of the women who risked their lives to save their students were killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.
Andrew Kaczynski
6 months ago
515 responses
Yesterday at 2:27 p.m. –— just a few hours after the shooting in Connecticut was first reported — an account called @CTNewtown was created. The account’s first tweet claimed it would donate money to Sandy Hook elementary and the victims for every retweet. UPDATE: The Twitter account was deleted on Saturday night, shortly after this post was published.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
94 responses
The shooting in Newtown, Connecticut has sparked global empathy. The massacre left 28 dead, including 20 schoolchildren.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
398 responses
Ryan Lanza was not the shooter. Complex lessons from confused coverage of the Sandy Hook massacre.
Ben Smith
6 months ago
33 responses
Gun control has moved “to the center, and past it,” say advocates. Quiet consideration of the force that really moves legislation: midterm elections.
Ruby Cramer
6 months ago
14 responses
Hochsprung, 47, was one of those killed in the massacre at the elementary school that she was devoted to. Her twitter account was singularly devoted to her pride and enthusiasm for Sandy Hook elementary students and their education.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
100 responses
A picture of the quiet, troubled 20-year-old begins to emerge in the wake of yesterday’s shooting. Lanza is reported to be among the 28 dead at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
53 responses
Friday night and Saturday morning in the Connecticut town grieving after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 28 dead.
Summer Anne Burton
6 months ago
63 responses
The 2005 image of Adam Lanza was published by ABC Friday.
Jessica Testa
6 months ago
69 responses
Gun control advocates and supporters make an emotional case.
Ryan Broderick
6 months ago
24 responses
A group of 750 mayors, led by Bloomberg, says “meaningful action” isn’t good enough. A call for stronger background checks.
Ruby Cramer
6 months ago
13 responses
Christie leaves policy aside as he addresses the Sandy Hook shooting Friday afternoon at a prescheduled event. “Ten days before Christmas, it’s unthinkable…”
Ruby Cramer
6 months ago
3 responses
“Land of the free, BS!” The country’s most famous athlete speaks out.
Kevin Lincoln
6 months ago
25 responses
“Nobody’s willing to start talking about this stuff, so I asked the White House if we could,” said one poster. One petition now has more than 6,200 signatures.
Ruby Cramer
6 months ago
38 responses
“If now is not the time to have a serious discussion about gun control…I don’t know when is,” says Rep. Nadler of New York. Meanwhile, most lawmakers steer clear of policy pronouncements.
Rebecca Berg
6 months ago
39 responses
Gun control legislation wasn’t a priority for Obama on the stump.
Zeke Miller
6 months ago
1 response