gun violence

Boycott the Schools. It’s the Last Hope for US Gun Control

May 25, 2018 // The Globe and Mail - Canada

Trump’s Presidency Is Unravelling. But He Won’t Fall Without a Push

March 16, 2018 // The Guardian - U.K.

Standing with the Florida Shooting Victims and Survivors

March 13, 2018 // The Liberian Observer - Liberia

I am 19 years old, and I am not an American citizen nor related to one. I am from Liberia, a nation founded by freed slaves from America, but I am a global citizen.

Children Protect the Children

March 6, 2018 // Die Zeit - Germany - German

Eventually some school shooting is going to be the last. Even in America.

Stop Those Bullets

November 27, 2017 // El País - Spain - Spanish

<i>It seems that in the United States, it has been assumed that good people should live on high alert.</i> Several years ago, as a newcomer to the University of Iowa, I signed up for a training course in how to survive and face violent events called “Violent Incident Survival Training.” It is a kind of course [Read more]

American Mass Shootings: We Don’t Have To Watch

November 10, 2017 // The Globe and Mail - Canada

Glorifying killers through endless newsreels of shooting deaths won't achieve any of Canada's goals, including the need to make sure that American guns stay in America.

The Hypocritical Debate

October 16, 2017 // Der Spiegel - Germany - German

These are moments that briefly unite the country in pain, but the unity ends with the weapons.

The Vegas Journal: The Paddock Mystery

October 12, 2017 // La Repubblica - Italy - Italian

The fact that the mourning did not interrupt a single show in Las Vegas ... is the perfect backdrop for a country which stubbornly refuses to change while going from one shooting to the next.

How Bad Is America’s Gun Problem? Even The Onion Has Stopped Being Funny

October 5, 2017 // National Post - Canada

America’s gun control debate is basically a touring production. After every atrocity, the left and right take to their keyboards and television cameras and perform the same arguments, attack the same villains, perhaps with a few novelties thrown in for the locals.

Gun Control: The Las Vegas Massacre Won’t Bring Change

October 2, 2017 // The Globe and Mail - Canada

Don't expect, as unbelievable as it sounds, shootings such as this one in Las Vegas – coming on top of the shooting of a congressman playing baseball and the Orlando nightclub mass killing – to derail this campaign on behalf of gun owners and others.

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