Celebrating: V-Day25!
It began 25 years ago today with Eve Ensler’s production of The Vagina Monologues and became a world-wide One Billion Rising (OBR) call for freedom and an end to violence […]
Tag Archives: Shooting Rampages
Code Words: “Thoughts and Prayers”
I don’t want prayers. I don’t want thoughts. I want gun control. – Susan Orfanos When I heard this grief-stricken plea from the mother of Telemachus Orfanos on the news […]
Book Review: Quicksand
“Quicksand” is an apt metaphor for being in an abusive relationship. We can be so in awe of a walk on a beach that we don’t notice the quicksand until […]
DV + Guns = 5x More Likely to End Up Dead
Women are five times more likely to be murdered when guns are in the home. – Dan Satterberg, King County, WA Prosecutor Do you want to be a survivor or […]
No More: How Can We Stop the Shooting Rampages?
What about Chris’ right to live? -Richard Martinez How the hell can a kid like Elliot Rodger plan a murderous rampage for two years without his therapists having a clue […]
Adam Lanza: Epic Systemic Failure. . .Why We Need to Do Better
I coulda been a contender. – Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront We all need to walk in Adam Lanza’s shoes if we are to prevent another Sandy Hook massacre. This […]
Lakewood, WA: How Many More Murders Will It Take before the Callous Indifference Ends?
Isaac Zamora was sentenced to life without parole today. In September 2008, he killed six people and wounded four others in a shooting rampage in Skagit County, WA. I thought things here in […]
Bravo Mayor Bloomberg: Taking on Gun Control Lobby
Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was on Meet the Press this morning saying that he’s personally bankrolling a campaign to take on the National Rifle Association on […]
George Sodini: Misogyny + Guns = Shooting Rampage
Media coverage of this story demonstrates an alarming naivete about stalkers. The television has been on all day, and I am astonished at the uninformed reactions to George Sodini’s infamous […]
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