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On Virginia Tech anniversary, Saugus mom lobbies for changes
By Mike Gaffney
GateHouse News Service
Posted Apr 16, 2008 @ 01:37 PM
SAUGUS —
A year after she lost her son Ross in the Virginia Tech shootings, Lynnette Alameddine is fighting for legislation that would require universities to issue…
GateHouse News Service
Posted Apr 16, 2008 @ 01:37 PM
SAUGUS —
A year after she lost her son Ross in the Virginia Tech shootings, Lynnette Alameddine is fighting for legislation that would require universities to issue…
Controlling the threat
In my opinion
By: Elon Glucklich | Opinion Editor
Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Commentary
The list of communities stricken by gun violence rings out like a grim roll call - it's best left out of mind, if possible. But now there is no such…
By: Elon Glucklich | Opinion Editor
Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Commentary
The list of communities stricken by gun violence rings out like a grim roll call - it's best left out of mind, if possible. But now there is no such…
Americans have a right to feel safe from gun violence everywhere
By: Letter to the editor |
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Commentary
In response to Elon Glucklich's article ("Controlling the threat," ODE, Apr. 23, 2007), I am also outraged by the increase in gun violence in America, especially the recent…
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Commentary
In response to Elon Glucklich's article ("Controlling the threat," ODE, Apr. 23, 2007), I am also outraged by the increase in gun violence in America, especially the recent…
Government by martyrdom is not the way it should work
By: Guest Commentary |
Issue date: 5/1/07 Section: Commentary
We must not let those who abuse our rights forsake our national belief in freedom above all else. If we do, then the victims of these shooters, these evil young men who have turned…
Issue date: 5/1/07 Section: Commentary
We must not let those who abuse our rights forsake our national belief in freedom above all else. If we do, then the victims of these shooters, these evil young men who have turned…
Gun control won't work in U.S.
By: KONRAD KLINKNER
Columnist
Posted: 4/23/07
The intricacies of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech are proving to be very enduring media fodder, with NBC lapping up Cho's media package and the investigations probing deeper and deeper into…
Columnist
Posted: 4/23/07
The intricacies of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech are proving to be very enduring media fodder, with NBC lapping up Cho's media package and the investigations probing deeper and deeper into…
Shooting proves need for gun control laws
By: Joe Bialek
Posted: 5/2/07
The shooting crisis at Virginia Tech has once again sparked the debate about gun control. The second amendment of the United States Constitution states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a…
Posted: 5/2/07
The shooting crisis at Virginia Tech has once again sparked the debate about gun control. The second amendment of the United States Constitution states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a…
Gun licenses safe choice
By: Karl Spaulding
Posted: 5/7/07
When Florida liberalized its restrictive and disjointed system of concealed carry laws in 1987, many states followed suit. In each case, naysayers predicted everything from "blood in the streets" to "parking lot…
Posted: 5/7/07
When Florida liberalized its restrictive and disjointed system of concealed carry laws in 1987, many states followed suit. In each case, naysayers predicted everything from "blood in the streets" to "parking lot…
Terror gun control
New bill consistent, sound policy
By:Unknown
Posted: 5/7/07
Following the Virginia Tech incident, governments have examined many of the legal practices for the sale of firearms. Some of the proposals have come under attack by gun advocacy…
By:Unknown
Posted: 5/7/07
Following the Virginia Tech incident, governments have examined many of the legal practices for the sale of firearms. Some of the proposals have come under attack by gun advocacy…
Tags: gun control, gun policy, nra, ohio state university
Letters to the editor - April 17, 2007
VT tragedy requires look at gun control
For too long this country has refused to take a realistic approach to gun control legislation, often pointing to the debatable phrasing of the Second Amendment. This negligence has led to the horrifying…
Tags: gun control, miami university, public safety
Letters to the editor - April 20, 2007
By:Paul Morrow
Posted: 4/20/07
As details regarding Monday's tragic shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute continue to emerge, and in particular, information concerning the of the shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, I want to urge all Miami…
Posted: 4/20/07
As details regarding Monday's tragic shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute continue to emerge, and in particular, information concerning the of the shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, I want to urge all Miami…
Tags: blame, gun control, hatred, miami university
Acts of bravery amid the horror
Letters
Wednesday April 18, 2007
The Guardian
We have heard the arguments for years regarding the modern-day relevance or not of the second amendment, which engrains the right to bears arms into the American constitution and psyche, and they…
Wednesday April 18, 2007
The Guardian
We have heard the arguments for years regarding the modern-day relevance or not of the second amendment, which engrains the right to bears arms into the American constitution and psyche, and they…
Threats to Civil Liberties arising from the fallout of the Virginia Tech Forcible-disarmament Frenzy
May 1, 2007 4:51 pm
An article from a new contributor:
Loren Bliss
THERE ARE TWO EXCEPTIONALLY grave dangers to American liberty arising from the present, post-Virginia-Tech forcible-disarmament frenzy. These are:
(1)-The criminalization of…
An article from a new contributor:
Loren Bliss
THERE ARE TWO EXCEPTIONALLY grave dangers to American liberty arising from the present, post-Virginia-Tech forcible-disarmament frenzy. These are:
(1)-The criminalization of…
Virginia Tech massacre an unbelievably sad event
Friday, April 20, 2007 - The China Post
A total of 32 people were killed Monday in a Virginia Tech campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. The gunman, a student from South Korea, took down his victims in two…
A total of 32 people were killed Monday in a Virginia Tech campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. The gunman, a student from South Korea, took down his victims in two…
Ponderation over shock from US campus shooting rampage
UPDATED: 17:04, April 19, 2007
A total of 33 people, including the gunman Seung-Hui Cho, 23, were killed Monday at Virginia Tech University in the deadiest shooting rampage in modern US history. The whole of the United States is stunned and…
A total of 33 people, including the gunman Seung-Hui Cho, 23, were killed Monday at Virginia Tech University in the deadiest shooting rampage in modern US history. The whole of the United States is stunned and…
Tags: cho, constitution, culture, gun control, second ammendment, seung-hui cho
Editorial: The necessary right of self-defense
From the May 2007 Print Edition
Respectfully observing tragedy is never easy. Tempering a respect for the deceased and their families with a desire to draw upon lessons from the tragedy to prevent future occurrences is touchy. Indeed, allegations…
Respectfully observing tragedy is never easy. Tempering a respect for the deceased and their families with a desire to draw upon lessons from the tragedy to prevent future occurrences is touchy. Indeed, allegations…
Tags: berkeley, editorial, gun control, laws, legislation, security
The forest for the trees
Letters to the Editor
The forest for the trees
Tragedy struck at Virginia Tech Monday. Unfortunately, the sadness of events is not only in the actions themselves, but also in the reactions. I want to assert that we still need to keep an eye on…
The forest for the trees
Tragedy struck at Virginia Tech Monday. Unfortunately, the sadness of events is not only in the actions themselves, but also in the reactions. I want to assert that we still need to keep an eye on…
Tags: gun control, media response, uva
Gun Control Back on the Agenda
By Guo Qiang (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-04-18 15:27
The world was shaken by the news that a 23-year-old South Korean killed 32 students at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.
The bloody massacre began at…
Updated: 2007-04-18 15:27
The world was shaken by the news that a 23-year-old South Korean killed 32 students at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.
The bloody massacre began at…
Tags: gun control, gun regulation, shooting
One more rampage, same weapon of choice
By Judy Polumbaum
Updated: 2007-04-19 07:10
Details of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus on Monday have unfolded to confirm that the gunman was a US resident originally from South Korea. He is Cho Seung-hui, who killed 32 people and then…
Updated: 2007-04-19 07:10
Details of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus on Monday have unfolded to confirm that the gunman was a US resident originally from South Korea. He is Cho Seung-hui, who killed 32 people and then…
Virginia Tech
Anyone who is not living an incredibly secluded life (if you are, can I join you there?) has probably heard about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. where a gunman killed some 33 people, including himself. I've struggled whether to weigh in on this or…
Tags: grief, gun control, lobbyists, mourning, news media, prayer
The right to life
More gun control doesn't infringe on right to bear arms
By: Editorial Board
Posted: 4/23/07
It took little time for the journalists and political pundits to start talking gun control.
This editorial is not just about last week's…
By: Editorial Board
Posted: 4/23/07
It took little time for the journalists and political pundits to start talking gun control.
This editorial is not just about last week's…
Tags: background checks, gun control, unc