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September 25, 2024
Paige Oamek
Judge Approves Sending Alex Jones’s Infowars to the Chopping Block
The conspiracy theorist’s website is nearing total collapse after a devastating court ruling.
September 4, 2024
Paige Oamek
Georgia Governor Gets Harsh Fact-Check After Deadly School Shooting
Republican Governor Brian Kemp was reminded about his own actions on guns after a tragic shooting at Apalachee High School.
July 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Pushes Wildly Racist Conspiracy During RNC Speech
The House speaker promoted the “great replacement theory.”
June 18, 2024
Talia Jane
Republican Senator Singlehandedly Kills Bill Banning Bump Stocks
Republicans knew they would be embarrassed after this vote.
June 14, 2024
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Just Made Future Mass Shootings Even Deadlier
The court’s bump-stock ruling is a shell game.
June 14, 2024
Talia Jane
Supreme Court Helps Out Mass Shooters by Overturning Bump Stock Ban
The court just overturned a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, frequently used in mass shootings.
June 7, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Alex Jones Just Cost Himself Everything
The conspiracy theorist is liquidating all of his assets to repay Sandy Hook victims.
June 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
As School Shootings Abound, Vermont Police Terrify Kids with Fake One
One parent wondered why the police carried out the exercise at all.
May 23, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Mike Johnson Embraces Racist Conspiracy Theory Loved by Mass Shooters
The House speaker is openly embracing the “great replacement” theory.
April 4, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
You’ll Never Guess What RFK Jr. Says Really Causes Mass Shootings
The independent presidential candidate has an interesting opinion on what causes mass shootings.
February 20, 2024
Tori Otten
Parkland Survivor Trolls Trump’s Sneaker Venture in an Awesome Way
Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg bought a website domain referencing Trump’s desperate grift.
January 18, 2024
Tori Otten
Justice Department Blasts Police for “Cascading Failures” in Response to Uvalde
The DOJ has published a scathing report on law enforcement’s response to the Uvalde school shooting.
December 11, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk Invites Alex Jones to Explain That “Whole Sandy Hook Thing”
The InfoWars host is back on Twitter—and still justifying his conspiracy theories on the Sandy Hook shooting.
December 4, 2023
Jennifer Mascia, Chip Brownlee
Few States Block Gun Purchases After Emergency Mental Health Hospitalizations
October’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, was one of more than a dozen high-profile attacks carried out by people who retained their gun rights after hospitalization during a mental health crisis.
November 6, 2023
Matt Ford
A Big Firearms Case Is About to Land in the Supreme Court’s Lap
A lower court split over bump stocks—a device that enabled the deadliest mass shooting in American history—is sending fresh cases steaming toward the high court.
October 26, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Screw You, Republicans, and Your Stupid, Useless Prayers
Two deadly mass shootings in Maine—and Republicans are doing nothing but recycling their old “thoughts and prayers.”
October 26, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Sean Hannity Thinks He Can Stop Mass Shooters With His Pampered Millionaire Fists
The Fox News host offered an unbelievable plan after two mass shootings in Maine.
September 26, 2023
Tori Otten
The Sick, Racist Message Behind Why Trump Chose That Particular Gun Store
Donald Trump tried to purchase a gun at the Palmetto State Armory in South Carolina. That matters more than you think.
September 14, 2023
MagazineAna Marie Cox
We Are Not Just Polarized. We Are Traumatized.
The pandemic. The mass shootings. Insurrection. Trump. We've been through so much. What if our entire national character is a trauma response?
August 30, 2023
Ella Sherman
UNC Student Paper Front Page Captures Horrors of Living Through School Shooting
The Daily Tar Heel showed exactly what students were feeling as an active shooter was on their campus.

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