Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined local Kalamazoo leaders on Thursday to speak about the importance of gun violence prevention and sign an executive order that re-establishes the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force...
Showing posts with label gun violence prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gun violence prevention. Show all posts
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Monday, December 15, 2025
Murphy: Trump on ‘deliberate campaign to make violence more likely’ - POLITICO
"I will never stop trying to get bipartisan support but I think it is pretty clear that President Trump and this White House are in the pocket of the gun lobby," said Murphy.
"I just don't foresee," he said, "that this White House is going to support anything that would cross the gun industry and as we know right now, unfortunately, the Republicans in Congress don't ever meaningfully break from this president. So until they get the 'OK' from President Trump to break from the gun lobby, I think the chances of us getting something done are slim but that doesn't mean I won't try."
Friday, September 19, 2025
Telling stories of gun violence deaths almost cost this reporter his life (Tonya Mosley; Fresh Air podcast)
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee was 38, he suffered a sudden heart attack that nearly killed him. The incident made him reconsider the years he had spent reporting on the lives cut short by gun violence — and the stress it had put on his body.
"For the first time really, I had to look deep and engage with what was truly bearing down on my heart," he says. "And for me that had been more than a decade of telling stories of Black death and survival."
As a reporter in Trenton, Philadelphia and New Orleans, Lee covered the deaths of young men who looked like him. The victims were "wearing my same sneakers, same haircut," he says. "And you have to wrestle with seeing yourself in some ways, repeatedly gunned down, your body repeatedly falling. Tears for your death over and over and again."
Lee's new memoir, A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America, is part history, and part personal turning point. He traces the bloody history Black Americans have with firearms, recalls gun violence in his own youth and follows his ancestors' path back to Ghana.
The book reads like a plea for people to see the humanity of those lost to gun violence — and for this country to care enough to act.
"We have an opportunity and we still have this opportunity to be the great nation that we've professed," Lee says. "I'm not a policy maker. I don't profess to be an expert in gun policy. But what I do believe is that until we break our lust for these guns, nothing will change."
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"For the first time really, I had to look deep and engage with what was truly bearing down on my heart," he says. "And for me that had been more than a decade of telling stories of Black death and survival."
As a reporter in Trenton, Philadelphia and New Orleans, Lee covered the deaths of young men who looked like him. The victims were "wearing my same sneakers, same haircut," he says. "And you have to wrestle with seeing yourself in some ways, repeatedly gunned down, your body repeatedly falling. Tears for your death over and over and again."
Lee's new memoir, A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America, is part history, and part personal turning point. He traces the bloody history Black Americans have with firearms, recalls gun violence in his own youth and follows his ancestors' path back to Ghana.
The book reads like a plea for people to see the humanity of those lost to gun violence — and for this country to care enough to act.
"We have an opportunity and we still have this opportunity to be the great nation that we've professed," Lee says. "I'm not a policy maker. I don't profess to be an expert in gun policy. But what I do believe is that until we break our lust for these guns, nothing will change."
Interview:
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
DHS cut funding to mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota before killings | CNN
The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/us/minneapolis-church-shooting-dhs-programs-canceled-invs
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Trump removes gun violence public health advisory - POLITICO
Murthy — who was nominated by former President Joe Biden — issued the advisory in June of last year, citing the increasing number of firearm-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.
When asked about the advisory being taken down from the Health and Human Services Department's website, a department spokesperson told POLITICO that "HHS and the Office of the Surgeon General are complying with President Trump's Executive Order on Protecting Second Amendment Rights."…
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Biden names Harris to lead first federal gun violence prevention office
Effort continues administration's work to prevent mass shootings and homicides that primarily affect Black and Latino communities…
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Biden to create new office of gun violence prevention - The Washington Post
The move, long sought by gun-control groups, comes amid stalled progress on firearms legislation…
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