United States
America's Troubling Culture of Gun Violence 'Aberration In Civilized World'
Marin Independent Journal (California), Editorial
24 Feb 2008
Fatal shootings have become so commonplace that it takes something truly horrific to get national attention. Even then, after the outrage subsides, little is done about a level of carnage that is an aberration in the civilized world. And even as we try to make sense of the latest wave of senseless killings, the body count keeps piling up. - A disgruntled resident opened fire at Kirkwood City Hall in Missouri. Charles Thornton shot and killed two police officers, two council members and the public works director during a council meeting on a Thursday night. He used his handgun and a revolver he took from the first officer he killed. Police killed... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
More US Students to Carry Guns in Class? 'Not While Adults Are in Control'
Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh)
24 Feb 2008
Nathaniel Sheetz knows he and other Penn State University students are protected by armed campus police. Just the same, he'd like to start bringing his own gun to class. If someone were to pull out a weapon and start shooting, he argues, he and his classmates could be dead in seconds before those officers arrive. Mr. Sheetz belongs to a group whose controversial message is getting more attention after a string of school shootings this month, including one at Northern Illinois University in which a gunman killed five people and wounded 16 in a lecture hall before taking his own life. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, a group formed last... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Politics-as-usual in US Gun Violence Debate Unacceptable: Reform Gun Law
Arizona Daily Sun, Editorial
24 Feb 2008
It is interesting to compare the responses in the Midwest and Arizona to the latest mass killing on a college campus. In Illinois, officials want to know how the shooter at Northern Illinois University, who had a history of mental illness, obtained his weapons so easily and what, if anything, could have been done to keep him on medications for his depression In Arizona, the reaction in the Legislature is to tout a bill making it legal for professors and students to carry their concealed weapons into classrooms, the better to protect themselves. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is debating whether to overturn a ban on gun owners carrying easy-to-reach firearms... ( gunpolicy.org )
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