Friday Finds
Wherein we unearth GVP-related stories from the past week
On Fridays here at Armed With Reason, we highlight some articles from the Gun Violence Prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.
The Supreme Court’s blockbuster gun case is a shot at redemption
“… in last Tuesday’s ghost gun oral argument, several justices gave the impression that they are inclined to follow the law’s clear text, even where that text leads to gun regulation.”
NRA chief involved in gruesome cat killing as college fraternity member
“The judge called the cat killing an ‘unconscionable and heinous’ act and suggested the fraternity had tried to engage in a coverup to protect its members after the crime was exposed.”
Ted Cruz Wants Supreme Court to Protect Gunmakers Fueling Cartel Violence
“Cruz is arguing, if this lawsuit were to drive the gun industry’s bad actors out of business, there wouldn’t be any gunmakers left.”
October 16 - Day of National Concern - Students from Across the Country Make a Pledge Against Gun Violence:
Day of National Concern: Empowering students and parents to end gun violence
Alabama students pledge to end gun violence
Pine Bluff students make pledge against gun violence
Cleveland students pledge to end gun violence
Students pledge to fight against gun violence in Chester County
Midfield and Bessemer students pledge against gun violence
Do You Know Your State's Gun Law Grade?
“Without federal legislative action, gun policy is primarily set at the state level. New gun control legislation is being implemented by several states in 2024.”
VIDEO: 'It’s emotional for me': City of Buffalo set to create Office of Gun Violence Prevention
“We have to let our residents know. We have to let our youth know that we hear them we see them and we want to protect them…. Gun violence is a crisis. And it is hurting people every single day.”
How are Washington kids still getting guns, despite strict laws?
“There’s this firehose of firearms that are coming into our communities and we have got to shut off that supply side of it.”
Are the decline in hunting and the increase in gun violence connected?
“As a person who both studies gun violence and enjoys hunting, I find it interesting to consider what the relationship between gun violence and hunting might be. However, untangling this relationship is more difficult than one may think.”
Armed With Reason: The Podcast - Episode 28: The Dour Connections of Domestic Violence and Firearms
I survived a school shooting. I’m tired of hearing the same fallacies over and over.
“We, the victims of gun violence in American schools, have become so innumerable that we have been paradoxically forgotten.”
Super Bowl Rally Shooting Victims Pick Up Pieces, but Gun Violence Haunts Their Lives
“Survivors suffer panic attacks and feel a heightened sense of danger in crowds and deep anxieties about the threat of violence anywhere in Kansas City.”
Maryland Coach, Who Lost Son to Gun Violence, Decries Gun-Mimicking Celebrations
“I had a son that was murdered with a gun. Getting up and pointing and acting like you’re shooting a gun or you got a gun is not something that is funny to me or my family.”