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Associated PressApril 3, 2017

The woman accused of sending death threats to a man whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, has been arrested after failing to show up in court. Jail records show 57-year-old Lucy Richards was arrested on Saturday in Hillsborough County in the Tampa Bay area. A […]

Guest AuthorJune 21, 2016

The day before I jetted to Charlotte for a weeklong vacation, unspeakable ugliness ambushed the City Beautiful. First, it descended upon an Orlando nightspot where more than 300 revelers came on “Latin Night” to live “la vida loca.” Later, it crept into my bedroom. Early that Sunday at Pulse, too many fathers, mothers, sons and […]

Associated PressJune 14, 2016

A woman whose 6-year-old daughter was killed in the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School is expressing her grief over the Orlando nightclub shooting that left 49 people dead. Nelba Marquez-Greene posted a letter on the memorial Facebook page for her daughter, Ana Grace, who was one of the 20 first-graders and six educators […]

Associated PressJanuary 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton jumped at a chance Friday to portray rival Sen. Bernie Sanders as being at odds with President Barack Obama on gun control after the president denounced legislation protecting gun-makers from lawsuits. Clinton’s campaign chairman, former Obama adviser John Podesta, called on Sanders to join Obama and Clinton by taking on the issue of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2016

James Tracy was fired last month, though the Florida Atlantic University communications professor still can file a grievance to maintain his job. Although he would certainly dispute being labeled a conspiracy theorist, that’s essentially how I learned about him when I wrote a story about conspiracy theories in Creative Loafing. Tracy claimed the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2016

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South Florida U.S. Rep. and Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy says the sheer number of gun violence tragedies has created a shift in American public opinion on gun control. He also says if that sentiment continues, Congress will follow suit and no longer be intimidated by the National Rifle Association. “Quite frankly, the NRA is […]

Mitch PerryJune 19, 2015

The Charleston shootings on Wednesday night was clearly an act of domestic terrorism. The racial element was also first and foremost in the young killer’s motivation. Now what? “At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries,” […]

Guest AuthorApril 29, 2014

Earlier this month, yet another disturbed student rampaged through a school, stabbing 20 students and a security guard with a pair of knives. Alex Hribal, a junior at Franklin Regional High School near Pittsburgh, walked into the school at the beginning of the school day and slashed and stabbed his way through the school’s packed […]

Marc YachtFebruary 24, 2014

Here’s a multiple-choice question: How will failing students succeed? a. Common Core b. FCAT c. Florida Core d. Better teachers e. penalizing failing schools f. none of the above The obvious answer, known to politicians, school officials, and most parents, is: none of the above. There are many misdirected policies sold to the public by […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2014

Guns. We are awash in them and words about them. Some of the latest came from Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal, which ruled that the University of North Florida could not ban students from keeping guns in their on-campus cars. The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Florida Carry, a gun […]

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Woman charged in Sandy Hook parent threat arrested

Darryl E. Owens: The horror of wounded empathy — or when mass shootings become humdrum

Newtown victim’s mom pens open letter after Orlando shooting

Hillary Clinton portrays Bernie Sanders as at odds with Barack Obama on guns

Mitch Perry Report for 1.7.16 – Florida academic fired for unpopular (and um, questionable) views?

Patrick Murphy contends NRA feels changing shift on guns

Mitch Perry Report for 6.19.15 – American terrorism, continued

Steve Kurlander: School violence: More social workers needed, not cops or guns

Marc Yacht: It’s about poverty – STUPID!

Doug Clifton: With all the slaughter, how does gun lobby continue to win?