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Ray, Siladitya (AUTHOR)
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The suspected shooter apprehended by the police following a chase was in possession of an "AR-style" rifle, several magazines, a handgun, a police scanner and was wearing a bulletproof vest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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WALSH, JOAN (AUTHOR)
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ANA GRACE MARQUEZ-GREENE WAS 6 YEARS OLD when she, along with 19 of her first-grade classmates and six educators, was murdered in the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn., 10 years ago this month. But she lives on through her loving parents, Nelba Marquez-Greene and Jimmy Greene; her surviving brother, Isaiah, about to graduate from high school; the family's work helping survivors of gun violence; and the Ana Grace Academy of the Arts, a K-8...
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No single definition fully covers both mass murder and serial murder. Both crimes are types of multiple murders in that they involve the killing of multiple victims by the same offenders. What has been called “mass murder” or a "mass killing" involves the killing of three or more people within a single occurrence. “Serial murder” also involves the killing of at least three to five people by a single perpetrator but is differentiated from mass murder in that it is carried out over a longer period of time—at least one week but usually months or even years.
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Mass shootings are violent incidents involving the use of firearms to kill or injure multiple people. There is no standard definition of what number of victims constitutes a "mass" shooting, but in a 2015 report, the US Congressional Research Service defined such incidents as having at least four victims (not counting the shooter or shooters themselves, in the event that they are injured or killed). This threshold is followed by most outlets, although some count only deaths while others include both those killed and wounded as victims. Common use of the term also usually excludes combat between established military or paramilitary groups.
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On December 14, 2012, twenty-year-old Adam Peter Lanza, a native of Newtown, Connecticut, walked into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and perpetrated one of the deadliest mass shootings by a single person in US history. The incident left twenty children ages six and seven and school staff members dead; the massacre ended only after Lanza took his own life as law enforcement and first responders arrived on the scene. The shooting was the sixteenth and final mass shooting spree that took place in 2012 and came a mere five months after another deadly mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Partly due to the age of the victims, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shocked the nation and sparked an intense national debate on gun control and awareness of mental illness at both the state and federal levels.
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IV, Antonio Pequeño (AUTHOR)
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The manhunt for Robert Card, the man suspected of killing more than a dozen people in a mass shooting Wednesday, reached its second full day Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The article offers a perspective on the creation of gun-free zones in the U.S. It urges the elimination of gun-free zones because they cause mass shootings and violate Second Amendment rights. These zones are criticized for allowing violent criminals and mass shooters to target people since are less likely to face armed resistance. The stance of the National Rifle Association (NRA) on the issue is also discussed.
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Reimann, Nicholas (AUTHOR)
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The nation has already set a grim record for the most mass shootings in a single January over the last decade, according to the Gun Violence Archive—and there's still over a week left in the month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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OGLES, JACOB (AUTHOR)
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The City of Orlando is now taking the lead in establishing a memorial for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, which took place in 2016 and resulted in the deaths of 49 people. The onePULSE Foundation, a nonprofit that had been working on the memorial, has dissolved and handed over the project to the city. The city plans to create a permanent memorial and has established the Orlando United Pulse Memorial Fund for fundraising. The management...
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Simpson, Andrew G. (AUTHOR)
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The article gives an overview of the issue of gun-free zones in the U.S. It explores the association between gun-free zones and the occurrence of mass shootings in the country. The implementation of regulations under the Gun-Free Schools Act and the Gun-Free School Zones Act is explored. Also discussed is the intention of U.S. President Donald Trump to eliminate gun-free zones.
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DONOVAN, MATT
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The poem "Mass Shootings Are Actually Pretty Rare, But Here's What to Do If You're Ever in One" by Matt Donovan is presented. First Line: It could happen. Once it happens. Last Line: how quickly your heart is beating & mine.
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Rodriguez, Olga R. (AUTHOR)Daley, Haven (AUTHOR)
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Ray, Siladitya (AUTHOR)
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Thursday's incident was labelled a "terrorist act" by the country's interior minister—it's the second shooting in two days in a country where such incidents are very rare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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KAHN, MATTIE (AUTHOR)
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Thomas also collaborated with MASS Design Group on the Gun Violence Memorial Project, an installation at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., which consisted of four glass houses, each constructed from 700 bricks to represent the average number of lives taken due to gun violence in the U.S. every week, and included objects contributed by families that have lost loved ones to gun violence. Thomas, a conceptual artist, has dealt with the...
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Duke, Selwyn
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The article presents information on use of psychiatric drugs by persons involved in mass shootings in the U.S. Adam Lanza, who killed more than twenty persons at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was reportedly using drugs. Jose Reyes, a student who went on killing spree at his school in year 2013, was using antidepressant at the time.
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JEFFERS, GLENN
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The article offers information on activity of newsrooms in moving away from a focus on mass shootings to tell more stories about the people and communities by gun violence. Topics discussed include activity of adults in holding gun for security purpose; Chicago showed 58 percent spike in homicides; and gun-related deaths outnumbered mass shooting deaths.
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SEMUELS, ALANA (AUTHOR)WAXMAN, OLIVIA B. (AUTHOR)ZORTHIAN, JULIA (AUTHOR)
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RemArms specifically attributed its decision to move to a New York law passed in 2021 that would bypass blanket immunity provided to gun-makers under federal law, and make it easier to bring civil lawsuits against gun companies. "It's the gun industry saying, 'Well, we have fewer hunters and more people who want guns for self-defense - of course we're going to advertise accordingly.'" The connection between those messages...
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Johnson, Arianna (AUTHOR)
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Texas is one of 27—largely right-leaning—states that allow permitless carry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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LISNOFF, HOWARD
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The article discusses the rightward shift in US politics, with criticism of US militarism becoming increasingly difficult. The media is portrayed as cheerleaders for war, and the influence of unlimited campaign cash is highlighted. The article also mentions a failed attempt to modify the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in the US House of Representatives. The role of Israel in US policy and the connection between war and environmental damage...
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Fabian, Jordan (AUTHOR)
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(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden on Friday will visit Maine, where a gunman killed 18 people and wounded more than a dozen others in the latest mass shooting to rock the nation. Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for gun-safety measures, is backed by Michael Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News. [Extracted from the article]
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ARADILLAS, ELAINE (AUTHOR)
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The article focuses on Austin Monfort and Chantal Melanson, two attendees of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, which turned into a mass shooting event, and how the two survived, fell in love, and got married.
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Lisnoff, Howard
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Some believe that gun profits or gun lobbyists and gun groups are at the center of mass gun violence in the US. These steps must be taken not in place of but in addition to passing widely supported gun safety laws like background checks, longer waiting periods, safer gun storage requirements and red flag laws. The New York Times profiled mass gunmen/shooters over the past fifty years in "We Profiled the "Signs of Crisis" in 50 Years...