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Showing posts with label mass shootings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mass shootings. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2026
Mass shootings leave two people dead in Georgia and 12-year-old girl dead in Baltimore
There had been at least 355 mass shootings reported in the US so far for the year as of Sunday, which was the 277th day of 2026, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive, a nonpartisan reference resources, defines mass shootings as cases in which at least four victims are killed or wounded…
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Saturday, January 24, 2026
No, Antidepressants Do Not Cause Mass Shootings – Mother Jones
RFK Jr. falsely claims that pills—not guns—are the source of the shootings epidemic…
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mass-shootings-antidepressants-rfk-conspiracy-theory/
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Myths of Violence: How Guns Became Sacred in America (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
Brad sits down with Dr. Rachel Wagner, Professor of Religious Studies at Ithaca College and author of Cowboy Apocalypse, for a sobering and necessary conversation about why guns hold such powerful meaning in American life. Prompted by recent mass shootings, the episode explores how firearms have become more than tools or political symbols and instead function as sacred objects tied to religion, masculinity, and apocalyptic imagination. Dr. Wagner introduces the idea of the “cowboy apocalypse,” a myth rooted in frontier nostalgia, the fantasy of the lone hero, and the belief that violence can restore order in a chaotic world. Together, Brad and Rachel unpack how this story continues to shape American responses to fear, danger, and social change.
The discussion traces how Christian theology, end times thinking, and cultural certainty have fused with gun culture, turning weapons into symbols of protection, identity, and belonging for some, while representing terror and exclusion for others. Brad and Rachel examine the evolution of the NRA from a gun safety organization into a political and quasi religious force, the role of masculinity and whiteness in defining who is seen as a “good guy with a gun,” and how moments like January 6 reflect a kind of live action role play driven by these myths. The episode closes with a powerful reflection on democracy itself, emphasizing that dialogue, complexity, and empathy are incompatible with the certainty promised by violence. It is a challenging conversation that invites listeners to confront the stories Americans tell about guns and what those stories cost us.
Interview:
The discussion traces how Christian theology, end times thinking, and cultural certainty have fused with gun culture, turning weapons into symbols of protection, identity, and belonging for some, while representing terror and exclusion for others. Brad and Rachel examine the evolution of the NRA from a gun safety organization into a political and quasi religious force, the role of masculinity and whiteness in defining who is seen as a “good guy with a gun,” and how moments like January 6 reflect a kind of live action role play driven by these myths. The episode closes with a powerful reflection on democracy itself, emphasizing that dialogue, complexity, and empathy are incompatible with the certainty promised by violence. It is a challenging conversation that invites listeners to confront the stories Americans tell about guns and what those stories cost us.
Interview:
Thursday, September 4, 2025
RFK Jr. is spreading a reckless myth about SSRIs and mass shootings
Decades of research have examined whether antidepressants provoke violent behavior; the findings remain consistent: No direct causal association has been found, especially in adults...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
SSRIs and mass shootings what the science says - The Washington Post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that psychiatric drugs may have played a role in the Minnesota Catholic school shooting — a statement widely criticized as unsupported by science...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Mass shootings upended their lives. Now survivors are making the gun industry pay | Law (US) | The Guardian
While suits against the gun industry have happened before, their increased use now is, in part, due to the rise of large, well-resourced violence-prevention groups backing them as a tool for change – to shift the narrative about who bears responsibility for mass shootings, and to force the gun industry, social media companies and the federal government to shift their practices...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tim Walz Stings GOP With Blunt 'Fact Of Life' After JD Vance's School Shooting Remarks (HuffPost)
“But here’s what I’ll tell you. It’s a fact of life some people are gay, but you know what’s not a fact of life? That our children need to be shot dead in schools. That’s not a fact of life.”
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Series of US mass shootings brings weekend of death and mayhem
One dead and 34 wounded as incidents in New York, Alabama, Missouri and Ohio swell 2024 mass shooting tally
Monday, October 30, 2023
Democrat Gives New GOP Speaker Mike Johnson Fact-Check On Guns | HuffPost Latest News
Rep. Mike Johnson had made a wild claim about the true cause of mass shootings -- and his critics aren't buying it...
Saturday, October 28, 2023
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…
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Oklahoma high school football game shooting: 1 teen killed, 4 people injured, authorities say | CNN
There have been at least 471 mass shootings in the United States so far in 2023…
Sunday, May 28, 2023
Wave of lawsuits against US gun makers raises hope of end to mass shootings
"There's simply an effort to say: guns are a product, like cars, like medicine, like cigarettes, and we should have the same tools at our disposal to confront abuses within that industry."…
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Whitmer signs Michigan's red flag law; AG calls out defiant sheriffs
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a red flag law Monday meant to keep guns away from those who may harm themselves or others in the wake of the Michigan State University mass shooting earlier this year that left three students dead…
Friday, May 12, 2023
Monday, May 1, 2023
‘Fearful and trigger happy’: flooded with guns and paranoia, the US reels from shootings
"A lot of people who shouldn't have guns, who don't need them, who don't know how to use them safely … are fearful and trigger happy," said the president of Global Action on Gun Violence, Jonathan Lowy. "And it's inevitable that that will lead to tragedies like we're seeing."
In a speech on the legislative floor, the Democratic Connecticut US senator Chris Murphy added: "Gun murders are now just the way in which we work out our frustrations. This is a dystopia … that we've chosen for ourselves."
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Targeting Mental Illness Will Not Prevent Mass Shootings
Instead of defaulting to mental illness as the reason for mass shootings, we can look at countries with far fewer gun deaths and mass shootings. Since Australia instituted a massive gun buyback program in the 90s, firearm deaths reduced by half, and no mass killings have occurred since then...
Sunday, April 23, 2023
One mass killing every 6.53 days: US shootings are on a record pace
Despite the death toll, there is little indication of federal policy changes, but some states have tried to impose more gun control…
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