Tagged - Gun Violence

Rochester reports a 39% decrease in gun violence: what we know

Rochester has reported 111 shooting incidents involving injury this year, compared to 181 in the previous year’s seven-month range.

We must stop a national epidemic of gun violence

On Wednesday, Sept. 4, we, as a nation, saw the devastation and tragedy that gun violence brings to our communities. Another school, another result.

Rochester summer news round-up

No matter what that patented collegiate-student sense of self-importance may tell us, Rochester keeps bustling even when we go home…

Scholar-journalist Blanchfield rejects US culture of ‘Gunpower’

Journalist and academic Patrick Blanchfield encouraged listeners to abandon partisan responses and called attention to U.S. gun violence and the…

Students, faculty grapple with school shootings

“First of all, that’s discriminating against people with actual mental health issues, and second of all, it’s inherently racist because it’s saying that white people are not capable of just being bad.”

Everybody Talks: Get off the bench, honor them

Last Wednesday, their times on the field and in the pool ended abruptly. They were killed in the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, their lives gone too soon, their dreams yanked.

Gun safety is a top priority for America going forward

Gun violence in America has been and will always be an issue about having the fundamental right to feel safe.