Tonight was a rough night. I disrupted the State Of The Union and was detained because I let my emotions get the best of me. I simply want to be able to deal with the reality of gun violence and not have to listen to the lies about the 2A [second amendment] as happened tonight.
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We now have more mass shootings in the year 2019 since January than we had day’s the past since January one 2019. As of Monday, according to the data from the gun violence archive, there’ve been 255 mass shootings in the first 217 days of this year. We can’t let this go on. We can’t, and I will not…
Locally, I’ve been working on the issue of equity in the cannabis industry, this is a fight that I can take to Washington. Federally, I’m going to fight for federal investment into re-entry programs for gun violence.
For the families and victims of senseless gun violence, change can’t wait. For our brothers and sisters behind the wall, change can’t wait. For our immigrants worried about the knock on the door, change can’t wait. To women whose rights are perpetually under attack, change can’t wait. To the residen…
What good are your thoughts and prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe?
I cut a piece of Alyssa’s hair off because I didn’t want the killer to take everything from me.
They surveyed more than 600 young adults and asked about firearm possession as well as symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, PTSD, and other mental illness.
Of course, not every kid has the same risk of becoming a victim. A large number of those gun deaths occur in poor neighborhoods.
We lose eight children and teenagers to gun violence every day. If a mysterious virus suddenly started killing eight of our children every day, America would mobilize teams of doctors and public health officials. We would move heaven and earth until we found a way to protect our children. But not wi…
And then, one day, I remember going to the supermarket here in Delaware, and there was a family in front of me, a father and a couple of kids. He had put back a bunch of grapes because they were five dollars a bunch and he couldn't afford it. It was this turning point. I just realized that I wasn't…
A bullet held me captive, gun in my face, your hate misplaced. White skin, light skin, but for me, not the right skin.
— Njeri Brown, Leann Bowen, Reggie Green, Marque Richardson, imdb.com
His anger is understandable, but his actions are not justifiable — and that difference is absolutely crucial.
So far in 2018, a member of the military has been about 40 times as likely to be killed as someone is to die in a school shooting, including Keller’s revised figures.
Would the U.S. be able to partially prevent violent incidents like mass shooting if signs of teen dating violence, especially violence against women, was taken more seriously?
Officials confirm an active police investigation is underway at YouTube's headquarters on Cherry Avenue in San Bruno.
This isn’t left or right, it’s about saving lives. Through unity and love we will win and end gun violence.
Politicians have spent more time attacking the survivors of a massacre than they have spent trying to prevent future massacres.
If you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it's time to start doing something.
Nikolas Cruz would not have harmed that many students with a knife.
It has to be our generation that says, no, we are not going to take this anymore. Now is our one and only chance to stand up, because if we don’t do it now, when?