gun violence
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Trump Says Texas Shooting Is a ‘Mental Health Problem,’ but Was It?
President Donald Trump is insisting that the horrific mass shooting at a Texas church Sunday was not “a guns situation” but, rather, an issue with mental health—because that’s always how these conversations go. “I think that mental health is your problem here,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, according to Time…
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Grambling State University Freshman Arrested in Connection With on-Campus Shooting That Left 2 Dead
A Grambling State University freshman was arrested Thursday in connection with an on-campus shooting that left two dead. According to the New York Daily News, Jaylin M. Wayne will be facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of GSU senior Earl Andrews and Monquiarious Caldwell, who was not a student at the school. The…
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2 Dead After Shooting at Grambling State University; Suspect Still at Large
A Grambling State University student and another young man were shot and killed on the campus of the HBCU early Wednesday. According to ABC News, the suspect fled the scene following the shooting and has not been apprehended. The Lincoln Parish, La., Sheriff’s Department said that it does not believe that the shooter was a…
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5 Ways Black People Can Force Commonsense Gun Control
They wouldn’t do it after the Las Vegas massacre. They wouldn’t do it after Gabby Giffords was shot. They wouldn’t even do it after Sandy Hook. Maybe there is no one who can break the toxic romance that America has with guns … I bet black people could. You know we have to do all…
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NYC’s Tough Gun Laws Stopped Me From Killing Myself
In the winter of 2013, I decided that I would purchase a gun and kill myself. I was in a very deep state of depression, with many days so debilitating that my mattress felt like a tub of quicksand pulling me deeper into a dark, bottomless free fall. That I could make it out of…
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On the Heels of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting, House May Make Gun Silencers Legal
The world is going to hell in a handbasket, and if a Republican bill making it easier to buy silencers in the wake of America’s deadliest shooting passes, it will just get there faster. As news is still coming in and the death toll continues to rise after Sunday night’s shooting at the Route 91…
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3 Brothers From White Settlement, Texas, Accused of Luring Black Teen Into Meeting, Fatally Shooting Him
Three brothers from White Settlement, Texas, are expected to be charged with capital murder in the shooting death of an 18-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas. According to WFAA, 23-year-old Sean Garrison, 18-year-old Tyee Garrison and their 17-year-old brother are currently awaiting arraignment on the charges and are in police custody. Authorities executed an arrest warrant…
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O.J. Simpson’s Record of Domestic Abuse Not Considered in Nev. Parole Hearing
When O.J. Simpson was granted parole this past July, the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, which considered his case, didn’t take into consideration his 1989 conviction for beating his then-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. The reason? It apparently wasn’t listed in a national FBI crime database, according to the New York Post. The paper reports that…
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More and More Black Women in Chicago Are Taking Their Safety Into Their Own Hands, Obtaining Concealed-Carry Gun Permits
It was Malcolm X who said, among other poignant notes, that “the most unprotected person in America is the black woman.” But black women have been living this reality since the beginning of time. At this point, they have started to take it upon themselves to make sure that they are prepared and armed, literally,…
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4-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized After Being Shot in the Head While in His Mother’s Car
A 4-year-old Cleveland boy was seriously injured after a gunman fired multiple shots into his mother’s car. According to Cleveland 19, Cecilia Hill was in traffic Sunday behind a car containing two men that wasn’t moving and waited several minutes before deciding to go around the vehicle. “She honked her horn and went around the…