Valuing Speech over SafetyAt the end of this term, the Supreme Court released its decision in Counterman v Colorado, a case that revolved around the place harassment and threats hold in the realm of free speech. Counterman had been harassing a local female musician – Coles Whalen – online for six years, writing comments like Read more …
June 27, 2022 “Right now, we are at a point where our nation will never be redeemed from this violence until our love of our children is greater than our love of guns and power and money,” Sen. Cory Booker Tulsa, Uvalde, Buffalo, El Paso, Parkland, Las Vegas, Orlando, Sandy Hook—the list goes on and Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Supreme Court’s ruling against New York’s permit requirement for carrying guns outside the home is a clear and present danger to women, BIPOC communities and others who are already carrying the heavy burden of gun violence, racial profiling and gender-based harassment and violence towards women. Concealed weapons are a form of oppression and Read more …
It has been a mournful but all too familiar week in America after multiple mass shootings left nearly 20 people dead. In 2021 alone, the United States has experienced 156 mass shootings, which the Gun Violence Archive defines as an incident that leaves four or more people injured or killed. Gun violence is a distinctly American problem, and one that disproportionately affects women. Women are at the center of two intersecting public health crises: gun violence and Read more …
Reflecting on the issues of domestic violence and gun violence in Part One, Part Two continues with more information about the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court, and gun laws in the states.
March 20, 2019 The horrendous mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 17, which left 50 dead and 39 injured has created a new urgency for reforming gun laws in that country. The Pittsburgh, Penn. Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in late October when 11 people were killed and seven injured was Read more …
On the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the six-month anniversaries of the mass shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Borderline Bar in Thousand Oaks, California, the same questions continue to be asked. What was the state of the Read more …
February 14, 2019 This is Part One of a three-part Issue Advisory on Gun Control and Domestic Violence. Part Two will address the constitutionality of the second amendment, the Supreme Court, and state laws. Part Three will discuss limitations to gun control action, like the NRA’s involvement in politics, the Trump Administration’s proposed changes, and Read more …
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Devin Patrick Kelley had a history of domestic violence. So did Omar Mateen and many, many others. What’s going on?