After tragedy: A year after deadly Nashville shooting, Christian school relies on faith – and adopted dogs
TRAVIS LOLLER, of Associated Press, reports on the tight bonds that have developed after the shared suffering of a Christian school in Tennessee…
Postcards: In Nashville, Palm Sunday is a balm after school shooting – pastors
HOLLY MEYER, of Associated Press, reports from Tennessee in the wake of last week’s school shooting…
Push for reform: Tennessee’s God and guns culture under fire as protests mount in Capitol
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that hundreds of protesters rallied at the Tennessee Capitol this week amid calls for red flag laws and other reforms in the wake of the state’s deadliest school shooting…
Nashville mourns victims of school shooting, Governor speaks of “need for hope”
Updated: 11:25am (AEDT)Nashville, Tennessee, USReuters First lady Jill Biden visited Nashville on Wednesday to join a memorial vigil for the three children and three adults shot to death this week at a Christian day school, including two educators who were close friends of the Tennessee governor’s wife. The outdoor ceremony was scheduled to start about […]
Essay: US school shootings are already at a record in 2022 – with months still to go
US criminologists JAMES DENSLEY, DAVID RIEDMAN and JILLIAN PETERSON look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the increase in US school shootings in recent years…
Essay: Five ways to reduce school shootings
In the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, US psychology professor PAUL BOXER outlines, in an article first published on The Conversation, what research shows about preventing such violence…
The Interview: Shooting survivor Taylor Schumann shares why Christians need to offer more than thoughts and prayers
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER speaks with Taylor Schumann, author of ‘When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough’ in the wake of this week’s mass shooting in which 19 children and two adults were killed at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas…
Essay: Most US school shooters get their guns from home – and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went up
US experts on firearm violence and firearm injury prevention, PATRICK CARTER, MARC A ZIMMERMAN and REBECCAH SOKOL look at the relationship between school shootings and the access of teenagers to firearms in the home…