Barack Obama Repeats False Claim of 18 School Shootings This Year
Former President Barack Obama repeated the false claim of “18 shootings in schools this year” while speaking to a cardiology conference Monday night in Washington, DC.
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Teachers Training to Take On Active Shooters with Bare Hands, Pepper Spray
New Mexico teachers are training to take on active shooters with their bare hands, high-tech pepper spray, and strobe lights. The teachers say they want to make themselves safe in an active shooter situation following the attack in Parkland, Florida.
Gov. Bevin Won’t Be Bullied by NPR on Gun Control: How Can You Stop Evil?
Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin stuck to his guns in an interview with NPR, saying that the cause of the recent mass shooting at a Florida school is much more than gun availability.
Former Miami Dolphins Lineman Causes School Closure with Photo of Shotgun
Harvard-Westlake High School closed after former Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin posted a photo of pump shotgun on Instagram.
Texas Schools Receive Terroristic Threats Following Florida Shooting
At least six schools in Texas have received terroristic threats in the two days following the school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people. In two other incidents, students brought a weapon to school. In another, someone made a frightening 911 call saying a teacher had been shot.
Betsy DeVos: Congress Must Tackle Mental Health Issues in Schools
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told radio show host Hugh Hewitt that Congress must address mental health issues in schools in order to prevent another deadly mass shooting like the one in Florida on Wednesday.
Marilyn Manson Pretends to Shoot Concert Audience on Same Day as Texas Church Shooting
Rocker Marilyn Manson pointed a fake rifle at concertgoers during a November 5 performance in San Bernardino, California, nearly two years after two terrorists used real rifles to cut down 14 people in a gun free zone on December 2, 2015.
Jerry Brown Signs Bill Ensuring Teachers Can’t Shoot Back if Attacked
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Saturday that guarantees that teachers cannot shoot back if they come under attack at school.
Malcolm Gladwell: Gun Control Won’t Work, So We Need More Gun Control
Liberal advocate Malcolm Gladwell recently admitted that more gun control will not stop school shootings and then immediately suggested its ineffectiveness should not undermine the liberals’ push for more of it.
Oklahoma School District Sign: Staff May Be Armed, ‘May Use Whatever Force Necessary to Protect Students’
Signs near schools in Okay, Oklahoma, put would-be attackers on notice that staff members may be armed and are ready to “use whatever force necessary” to protect students.
University of Chicago Shut Down Due to Online Threat of ‘Gun Violence’
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS–The Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago was a ghost town Monday, as classes were canceled by the school after receiving a warning from the FBI over what they said was an online threat of gun violence.
El Rancho High School Locked Down Over Shooting Threat
Pico Rivera’s El Rancho High School was placed on lockdown Wednesday over threats that suggested a student might plan to start shooting at school.
New Yorker Author Blames America for Overseas School Shootings
Speaking at The New Yorker Festival on October 3, The New Yorker magazine author Malcolm Gladwell placed the blame for school shootings around the world at America’s feet by describing them as “an overwhelmingly American phenomenon.” He added, “To the extent that anything like [school shootings] happens anywhere else in the world, it appears to happen as a reflection of something going on [in America].”
Students at a Texas University Fearful After Third Shooting
Students at Texas Southern University (TSU) are expressing fear after a third shooting since the beginning of this school year. On Friday, 18-year-old freshman Brent Randall was shot and killed along with another student who was wounded. The shooting occurred at a student apartment complex located on the edge of the university campus.
1 Dead, 1 Wounded in Shooting Near a Texas University Campus
A suspect is allegedly in custody in connection to a shooting near Texas Southern University (TSU) that left one person dead and another wounded. The shooting occurred at a student apartment complex near the campus at about 11:30 CDT on Friday morning.
Exclusive—Davi: ‘Politicize This, Mr. President. Let’s Pray’
Let me ask you all a question. What year was prayer taken out of our schools? Are you all Googling it? I did it for you. 1962-63.
Oregon Shooting Leads To Speculation About 4chan
State officials have estimated that between 7 and 13 people have been killed at a mass shooting the Umpqua Community College in Oregon. Media outlets have drawn a link between the shooter and /r9k/, a board for social recluses on the
WaPo Calls Out Senator Murphy for Exaggerated School Shooting Claims
On June 29, The Washington Post (WaPo) called out gun control Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) for his “misleading” and exaggerated claims regarding school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Al Jazeera’s List of GA School Shootings Includes Incidents with No One Shot
On January 29, Al Jazeera claimed there were 12 school shootings in the state of Georgia since December 2012, but some of these shootings were incidents in which no one was shot.
