https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol en-us 2023-04-13 12:03:40 UTC 2023-04-18 16:24:10 UTC hello@padlet.com donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556853313 Washington Post is a left leaning source.

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"Among The Post’s most important findings: the disproportionate impact of school shootings on children of color.  Almost all the deadliest assaults were committed by White gunmen, a reality that has left much of the public with the false impression that school shootings almost exclusively affect White students."

"At schools with majority Black student bodies, shooters typically target a specific person, limiting the number of people shot — and the subsequent media exposure."

"Children, The Post also determined, are responsible for more than half the country’s school shootings — none of which would be possible if those children didn’t have access to firearms."]]> 2023-04-17 12:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556853313 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556853909 BBC News is a neutral source.

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"There have been at least 160 mass shootings across the US so far this year. These include attacks the attack at a 16th birthday party in Alabama, in which four died, at a school in Nashville, where three children and three adults were killed, and a mass shooting in Kentucky last Monday, which left four victims dead."

"48,830 people died from gun-related injuries in the US during 2021, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  That's nearly an 8% increase from 2020, which was a record-breaking year for firearm deaths.  While mass shootings and gun murders (homicides) generally garner much media attention, more than half of the total in 2021 were suicides."

"The US ratio of 120.5 firearms per 100 residents, up from 88 per 100 in 2011, far surpasses that of other countries around the world."]]> 2023-04-17 12:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556853909 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556854540 The New York Times is a far left source has this article has that point of view.

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"In the latest episode of gun violence that has devastated American families and communities, the assailant opened fire just after 10 a.m. inside the Covenant School, in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood..."

“'It has to stop,' Ms. Dibble said of school shootings. 'I want a politician to sit in a church with families and 250 kids downstairs that are white as a sheet and trembling and gray and yellow and green and blue because of the shock.'"

"Calling the Nashville shooting 'sick' and 'a family’s worst nightmare,' President Biden again pushed Congress on Monday to enact gun-control legislation."]]> 2023-04-17 12:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556854540 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556855500 CNN is a left leaning source and this article has that view point.

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"A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 15-year-old girl shot in the wrist at Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles, officials said. Two other students were grazed by bullets. A 12-year-old girl was booked for negligent discharge of a firearm in that shooting, which was considered “unintentional,” the Los Angeles police said."

"A 17-year-old student at Forest High School was shot in the ankle shortly before students were to walk out as part of a national protest against gun violence.. The suspect was a 19-year-old former student."

"The parameters CNN followed in this count are: A shooting that involved at least one person being shot (not including the shooter.)  A shooting that occurred on school grounds.  We included grades K through college/university level.  We included gang violence, fights and domestic violence.  We included accidental discharge of a firearm as long as the first two parameters are met."

]]> 2023-04-17 12:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556855500 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556856591 USA Today is a left leaning source and this article has that view point.

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""There's not been any year that we've had 67 in six weeks" this early in the year, said Mark Bryant, executive director of the Gun Violence Archive, on Tuesday morning. By Tuesday evening, the number of mass shootings reported and verified by the Gun Violence Archive..."

"There's no single consensus on the definition of a mass shooting. The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter."

"...according to Gun Violence Archive data. Seventy-four people died and 190 were injured by firearms at schools across the country. A dozen of the incidents were mass shootings, including the deadliest school shooting in a decade at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 22 people were killed, including the shooter, and 17 were injured."]]> 2023-04-17 12:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556856591 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556860922 The Atlantic is a left source and this article has that view point.

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"The messiness of counting school shootings often contributes to sensationalizing or oversimplifying a modern trend of mass violence in America that is seemingly becoming more entrenched."

"The Daily Beast, for example, on Wednesday cited data from Everytown, the gun-control advocacy group, which called it the 59th shooting at or near schools this academic year."

"A high-school shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon has left 17 people dead and numerous others injured, according to officials. The suspect, a 19-year-old former student named Nikolas Cruz who was expelled for unspecified disciplinary reasons, is in custody, according to officials."

]]> 2023-04-17 12:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556860922 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556864506 Newsweek is a neutral source.

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"Trump, speaking at the NRA meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday, argued without evidence that Democrats, mental health issues, the transgender community and marijuana use were instead driving the rash of deadly mass shootings, while paying tribute to police and offering prayers for the families of the three children and three adults who were killed during a shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, last month."

"While the number of U.S. school shootings has been increasing in recent years, they are not a new phenomena, with the first recorded incident occurring before the founding of the country, in 1764. The bulk of the deadliest school shootings, however, have occurred in recent decades."

"There is no evidence that transgender hormone treatments are responsible for mass shootings. Transgender people make up a very small percentage of the U.S. population and have committed a tiny fraction of mass shootings, the bulk of which are committed by cisgender men."

]]> 2023-04-17 12:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556864506 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556866128 The American Conservative is a far right source.

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"The Uvalde shooting springs from the breakdown of our society’s most basic institutions—the fruits of the left’s long march to delegitimize the freest, most prosperous, and most generous nation in the history of the world. It’s about the fracturing of the family, the collapse of community, and the undermining of trust in our police."

"The committee did not look hard enough. Let’s begin with the failure at the family level.  According to the report, the shooter was born to a mother who struggled with drugs and her boyfriend, who left almost immediately. The attacker lived with his grandmother. Though he continued his relationship with his mother, it was uneasy. No one “raised” this kid; he was left to raise himself."

"The shooter was chronically absent from school—at-risk in every sense of the term, yet no one seems to have sought help for his learning disabilities, his bullying, or his increasingly dangerous behavior. "]]> 2023-04-17 12:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556866128 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556877875 CBN is a far right source.

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"The shooting took place exactly a week after a gunman killed two students and wounded four at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. It also comes nearly three weeks after neighboring Littleton marked the grim 20th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre that killed 13 people. The two schools are separated by about 7 miles (11 kilometers) in adjacent communities south of Denver."

"Douglas County sheriff's officials said Devon Erickson, 18, and a younger student walked into the STEM School Highlands Ranch Tuesday afternoon and opened fire on students in two classrooms, prompting students to run shouting through the halls or to hide out of sight as gunfire echoed through school."

"Erickson wore all black, a hat and sunglasses, was significantly skinnier and didn't seem interested in talking. "He said he'd just turned 18 and he owned rifles," Dutton said."]]> 2023-04-17 12:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2556877875 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2557646205 Wall Street Journal is a right leaning source.

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"Schools in many cases lack staffers who can properly address behavioral problems in classrooms, said Tom Brant, director of Pupil Services at the Amity Regional School District in Woodbridge, Conn.."

"Students can present a problem, especially in lower elementary grades, because many have never experienced a typical school day due to shutdowns and other disruptions caused by the pandemic, said Mr. Brant, who serves as a delegate to the National Association of School Psychologists."

"“Even veteran school administrators, with years of experience, are questioning themselves,” said Mr. Trump. “They’re questioning why they can’t stop school shootings.”"]]> 2023-04-17 23:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2557646205 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2557647492 Washington Examiner is a right leaning source.

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"The Biden administration is lying to the public, and it has been doing so for quite some time. Inflammatory rhetoric, exaggerated claims, and incendiary remarks were all used to create false narratives to frighten transgender people, and their ardent supporters, into thinking that they are in danger in this country. Nothing could be further from the truth."

"There aren’t any records of anyone taking weeks to plan to assassinate transgender children. No one has committed any terrorist acts targeting children experiencing gender confusion. But do you know who has suffered such tragedies? Christian children."

"After each of these incidents, Democrats said that the “trans community is under attack.” Really? Where? This utterly ridiculous and offensive nonsense was shared by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre three days after Christian students were killed in an apparent act of anti-Christian bigotry."]]> 2023-04-17 23:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2557647492 donovan_cosentino https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2558789072 Washington Times is a right leaning source.

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"Whatever side of the fence you stand on, we must accept that the constitutional right to bear arms will never be overturned. Therefore we should instead direct our energy toward enforcing realistic and effective changes."

"The best solution is not to continue philosophizing about the Second Amendment — it is to make gun detectors compulsory in all our places of work."

"This should not be the world we live in. We should be able to trust that civilians will not walk through our office doors brandishing AR-15 rifles. However, recent events, and the rising number of cases of workplace violence in the U.S., have emphasized how these security measures are now essential."]]> 2023-04-18 15:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/donovan_cosentino/4wlhr2a7oahg59ol/wish/2558789072