Tagged - Guns

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.

More botched communication on gun proposal with Advisory Committee

If the Committee’s formation was a step toward inclusive dialogue, its opaqueness before this pivotal vote is a step back.

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…

From a variety of backgrounds, ad hoc committee members mostly avoid stance on gun proposal

In response to UR administration’s announcement of the members of the ad hoc committee, tasked with addressing Public Safety’s proposal…

Takeaways from the DPS forum

In case you missed it, and have not yet found two hours to go through the CT Facebook Live recording, here are our bitesize highlights.

MSAB finds DPS forum lacking

They blamed the administration for a limiting format as well as unsatisfactory responses.

UR announces ad hoc committee for gun proposal

If passed, the proposal, initially presented in an Oct. 22 SA Senate meeting, would see the creation of two armed Public Safety officers on the River Campus and one at the Eastman School of Music. It has since been met with opposition from students and student groups.

MSAB in mass email: Armed proposal ‘endangers many’

The Minority Students’ Association Board (MSAB) is pushing back against Public Safety’s proposal to arm two supervising officers on the River Campus.

DPS proposes expanding armed officer program to River, Eastman campuses

DPS is proposing to station two armed supervising officers on mobile patrol at the River Campus and one at Eastman.