Topic: Guns Archives

Firearm instructor Clark Aposhian holds a handgun up as he teaches a concealed-weapons training class to 200 Utah teachers in December of 2012. After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, 14 state legislatures introduced bills calling to arm school staffs.

Education

Minority Students in Texas Raise Concerns Over a Program Arming Teachers

The state is looking to expand its school marshal program, which allows teachers to carry firearms in case of an active shooter, causing some students to worry about their safety.

Alex Samuels

Senator Cory Booker greets supporters as he arrives to speak during a campaign event on April 13th, 2019, in Newark, New Jersey.

News in Brief

Cory Booker’s Gun Control Plan: An Essential Reading List

Booker's proposal includes a gun licensing program, an assault weapons ban, and more support for victims and communities of gun violence.

Leah Dunlevy

Viewfinder: Trump Supporters Take Selfies at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting

Skippy Thomas, a member of the National Rifle Association, takes a selfie with President Donald Trump in the background during the NRA's annual meeting at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 26th, 2019.

Pacific Standard Staff

Cars move along a street in the center of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

Social Justice

What Guns Do to Our State of Mind

It is both the technology and the symbolism of a gun that can encourage someone to shoot.

Chelsey Kivland

News in Brief

When Older Americans With Depression and Dementia Have Access to Firearms

A new study finds that older Americans with risk factors for harming themselves or others don't seem to be any less likely to have access to firearms than anyone else their age.

Francie Diep

"Students" barricade a door of a classroom to block an "active shooter" during ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate) training at the Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania, on November 3rd, 2015.

Education

Are Active Shooter Drills Harming More Than They’re Helping?

Some teachers have reported being shot with pellet guns and experiencing ongoing trauma after the drills, yet the effectiveness of the training is unproven.

Kathi Valeii

The National Rifle Association booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2018.

News in Brief

The NRA’s Losing Case Against Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act

Extreme risk protection orders have worked at the state level.

Jared Keller

Semi-automatic rifles are seen for sale in a gun shop in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 4th, 2017.

News in Brief

The Most Effective Gun-Control Laws Target Who Buys Guns—Not Which Guns They Buy

New research finds several state-level statutes are linked to homicide rates, including universal background checks.

Tom Jacobs

Viewfinder: A Remembrance Service for the Christchurch Victims

Guests and members of the public look on during a National Remembrance Service at Waitangi Park on March 29th, 2019, in Wellington, New Zealand.

Pacific Standard Staff

Wendy Behrend, a school crossing guard who was on duty when a shooter opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, pays her respects at a memorial one year after the shooting.

News in Brief

Can Congress Pass a Law Disarming People in Crisis?

The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday held a hearing about extreme risk protection orders, which are supposed to prevent pre-planned mass violence and firearm suicides.

Francie Diep