A teacher ponders the implications during a ‘code red’ drill aimed at rehearsing for the day an active shooter calls.
gun violence
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine, national gun-control advocates: Court nominee’s radical views on gun laws ignore need to protect citizens
Brett Kavanaugh’s record shows he’s far outside the mainstream and in direct opposition to the values and principles of most Mainers.
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Posted inNation & World
Suspected Florida gunman had history of mental illness
David Katz was twice hospitalized in psychiatric units, according to his parents’ divorce filings.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: No, Secretary DeVos, guns aren’t school supplies
Arming teachers with federal funds intended to enhance learning is misguided and dangerous.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Education secretary considering using federal money to buy guns for schools
The Education Department is pondering whether to allow states to use money available through some grants to buy firearms.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Utah graduate assistant warns students carrying firearms that they must stand on ‘3×3 taped square’
The educator is reassigned after referring to concealed carry as ‘absurd, antisocial, and frightening.’
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Man wanted for fleeing Maine State Police dies in shootout with New Hampshire officers
Douglas Heath, 38, who was wanted on several outstanding warrants, crashed a car in Rochester and exchanged gunfire with officers before being fatally shot, the N.H. Attorney General’s Office says.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Los Angeles will be nation’s first to install subway body scanners that detect weapons
The machines can detect suspicious items from 30 feet away and can scan more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Author of book on Columbine writing account of Parkland tragedy
Dave Cullen’s ‘Parkland’ will debut in February, the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Democrats’ rhetoric is just as dangerous as Trump’s
Journalists should do a better job of calling out Democrats who compare Republicans to our enemies.