This week’s call to action includes the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.) Gun law is seminar topic The Monroe County Bar Association will hold a continuing legal education presentation about New York’s “Red Flag” law — also known as the extreme risk protection order law […]
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COMMENTARY: Too much firepower, not enough reason
In practically every discussion of gun violence, some Second Amendment type inevitably invokes the old, cringe-worthy cliche: Guns don’t kill people, people do. So let’s re-frame what happened last weekend in Orlando. A person — one who pledged allegiance to ISIS — murdered 49 people and injured more than 50 others in an atrocious act […]
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Glock with your soda?
The Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case focused most of the country’s attention on race relations. And that’s where much of the conversation remains. But if you would like to know more about how Florida’s Stand Your Ground legislation got signed into law, watch this report by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. SYG was signed into law by former […]
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Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws
An NRA-backed lawsuit against New York officials seeks to gut much of the SAFE Act, a package of gun control laws enacted earlier this year. Specifically, the lawsuit asks a judge to invalidate the assault weapons ban and the ban on high-capacity magazines. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several plaintiffs, including Beikirch Ammunition […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Tweet with the RPD, True North expansion, Cuomo and guns
Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard will hold the first in a series of Twitter town halls this week. Participants can offer comments or ask Sheppard a question on any issue of concern, including bullying, gun violence, and gangs. The first town hall is from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8. You must […]
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The trouble with tracing guns
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has managed to trace the guns that William Spengler Jr. used in his assault on Webster firefighters.
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Guns, criminal justice, and a national agenda
There are things that are simply too terrible.
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NEWS BLOG: Your spree-killing survival guide
The new millennium’s “duck and cover” is here except this time, the threat is within. The City of Houston has produced an unsettling six-minute videoon what to do if someone starts shooting in a public place. And, to my surprise, soiling yourself isn’t one of the steps. Neither is shooting back – so we know […]
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NEWS BLOG: The guns in Aurora
What would compel a 24-year-old to walk into a movie theater armed with four guns and open fire What would compel a 24-year-old to walk into a movie theater armed with four guns and open fire? The suspect in that horror this morning is a college graduate student, so presumably he knew exactly what devastation […]
