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Michaels: Gun violence in 2023

Sylent Lee Michaels February 15, 2023

Within the first three weeks of this new year, there were 39 mass shootings throughout the United States.  We are now a month and a half into the year, and the states have seen 71 mass shootings...

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Yobb: It’s okay to disagree over gun rights

Chris Yobb April 3, 2018

After the horrific Parkland school shooting in Florida, a handful of the students who attend the high school were put into the limelight to voice their opinions on the Second Amendment. Since then, a few...

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What do you want to see more of in the news?

Miguel Martinez March 28, 2018

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Editorial: Keeping up with the news is important

The Whit Staff March 21, 2018

Between midterms, snow days and spring break, it's been easier lately to fall out with what's the latest in news. But keeping up with the news is just another chance to be an active participant in change. Here’s...

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Lutz: Gun control in America

Kyle Lutz February 27, 2018

In this year alone, there have been 18 school shootings and at one point there was an average of three per week. Going all the way back to the ‘70s, a total of 3,652 days in that time span, there were...

Bromke: A look at how two states enforce gun control

West Bromke February 27, 2018

Another school shooting has come and gone. It's not right that I have to start a column with a sentence like that. There's something wrong with the world when mass murderers show up on CNN as often as...

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Editorial: Have we become numb?

The Whit Staff February 14, 2018

We’re becoming numb to mass shootings. Day by day, they continue to happen. Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida. A Kentucky school on Jan. 28.  According to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group, more...

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New bump stock regulations proposed in New Jersey

Grace Clevenger October 11, 2017

In the wake of the recent Las Vegas shooting, New Jersey Democrats plan to propose new legislation that would ban the sale and possession of bump stocks in the state. Bump stocks are an accessory for semiautomatic...

Left, Right & Center: Bullets over dialogue

Matt Kass December 4, 2015

Last week, as Americans all across the country shopped for deals on TVs and other appliances, a different sort of Black Friday was playing out in Colorado Springs. There, Robert Dear walked into a Planned...

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