Tag Archives: shootings
The Mental Gymnastics of Excusing White Men’s Violence
a white Christian man plans and executes a terrorist attack in Texas’ capital and he’s just a nice guy who lost his way, a Renaissance Faire enthusiast in a...Read More
My Dogsitter, the ATX Shooter
For the past three weeks, my neighbors and I have wrestled with the fact that the man we knew, Steve McQuilliams, scarcely resembled the figure who shot up down...Read More
Gun Violence is More than Just Mass Shootings
Do we want to address all gun violence or do we only want to try to prevent mass shootings?...Read More
A Few of Houston’s Accidental Gun Deaths
The renewed debate over gun control has lately settled into two broad camps: those who think more guns in the right hands would reduce violence, and those who t...Read More
Don’t Overreact to UT Shooting
Mentally unstable person with assault rifle does not call for militarizing campus
A disturbed man took an assault rifle onto the University of Texas at Austin campus and shot himself Tuesday, law enforcement officials say. Early reports from ...Read More