Tag Archives: guns
‘I’m Really Scared Now to Go to School’: Texas Students Lead Walkout to Protest Gun Laws
On the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, Austin students called on lawmakers to take their fear and demands for gun control seriously.
More than 1,000 students from at least 16 Austin schools marched to the Texas Capitol on Friday, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, to demand tight...Read More
Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival
Many attendees recognized Vaughan Neville as he walked around the festival with his headdress and custom-made ax. He said shooting "spreads some freedom."...Read More
Moms Protest Bill That Would Remove Licensing for Handguns, Allow Them in Schools, Bars, Churches
The Republican-backed measure would largely do away with the licensing process for handgun owners.
The GOP-backed proposals would expand the places guns are allowed and remove the requirement for a state-issued handgun license....Read More
For Two-Year Colleges, Campus Carry Raises Special Risks
In 2017, the new law could put high schoolers in classes with armed students.
With tens of thousands of high school students attending classes at Texas community and junior colleges through partnership programs, some legislators and educa...Read More
The Texas Miracle #15: The Woman Who Didn’t Exist
A homeschool runaway's fight for identification, Ken Paxton's latest ethical missteps, and Greg Abbott's back-door abortion limits.
This week we've got the story of a homeschool runaway's fight for identification, and we'll talk about Ken Paxton's latest ethical missteps and Greg Abbott's ba...Read More
Why I Don’t Own a Handgun
To me, carrying a handgun is an acknowledgement of weakness, not strength. To look at the world through gunsights is a profoundly anti-social posture....Read More
Armed Students Don’t Worry Me
But the unpacking of the ideal of the university sure does.
What I fear most is not students packing heat in my classroom, but the unpacking of the ideal of the university....Read More
Pistol-Packin’ Christians
These right-wing pastors say guns are an integral, biblically mandated part of their Christian faith.
Christians, along with other people of faith, should appeal to our national conscience and remind us that violence is rarely the best solution. Calls for Christ...Read More
Here Are 21 Texas Mass Shootings ‘Good Guys’ with Guns Didn’t Stop in 2015
Nearly four dozen people, including at least six children, have been killed (so far) in Texas mass shooting incidents this year.
According to the Gun Violence Archive and ShootingTracker.com, America has averaged more than one mass shooting per day so far in 2015. Twenty-one of those mass...Read More