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• September 24, 2017

Posts Tagged ‘ Newtown incident ’

Male Socialization – the Unconsidered Factor in Mass Shootings

December 13, 2013

ROB OKUN - As we prepare for the gut-wrenching first anniversary of Newtown on Saturday, I teeter back and forth between sadness and anger. Sadness that 20 six and seven year-olds were murdered—along with a half-dozen Sandy Hook Elementary School educators—and anger that public officials and most of the media still largely ignore the...

Tags: Columbine, National Rifle Association, Newtown incident, Rob Okun, Sandy Hook Elementary
Posted in December 2013, What's Happening In the Movement | No Comments »

Carol Bragg’s Fast for a ‘Revolution in Values’

January 27, 2013

KEN BUTIGAN - The December 14 rampage that claimed the lives of 28 people, including 20 children, in Newtown, Conn., has prompted a vigorous new debate on gun violence in the United States and the emergence of a spate of legislative proposals that the president and Congress may broach sometime this year. While policies...

Tags: activists, Carol Bragg, Cesar Chavez, Dr. Martin Luther King, fast for change, fasting, Ghandi, Global Nonviolent Action Database, International Peace Bureau, Jr., Ken Butigan, Newtown incident, nonviolent protest, peace activists
Posted in January 2013, What's Happening In the Movement | 1 Comment »

The Riddle of the Gun

January 25, 2013

SAM HARRIS - Editor’s Note: Readers may be surprised to find this article reprinted by The PeaceWorker, since it takes a largely pro-gun stance, but it makes a number of very cogent points which gun controllers need to be able to answer. Comments welcome.

Tags: Adam Lanza, AR 15, defense techniques for students, FBI Uniform Crime Report, getting a gun license, gun laws, gun-free environment, guns, guns in schools, James Fallows, Jeffrey Goldberg, mass shootings, Newtown, Newtown incident, NRA, pistols, safety drills in schools, Sam Harris, Sandy Hook Elementary, semi-automatic guns, semi-automatic rifles, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Wayne LaPierre
Posted in Analysis, January 2013 | No Comments »