There is no doubt in my mind that Westman had to have been mentally ill to do the horrible things he did at Annunciation Church. But I can’t imagine there wasn’t demonic influence involved at some level.| Crisis Magazine
Today, after every tragic shooting, I hear the same spirit of mockery: “Where is your prayer now? What good is it?” Robert Westman, the Minnesota “transwoman” who murdered two small children at a Catholic church, inscribed “Where is your God now?” on his rifle, in a supreme case of insult added to injury. Perhaps Westman […] The post BERNARD: The Eternal Kingdom vs. Earthly Temptations appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
I've never written before about the shooting at my child's school, but I need to say this ...| Kimberly Van Ginkel
Suicide-related thoughts and behaviors (SRTBs) have become identified as common antecedent experiences of mass shooters prior to and during their shootings. To better support and inform efforts of such upstream prevention and intervention efforts of mass violence, this study aimed to provide an exploratory descriptive perspective of the interpersonal experiences of mass shooters who survived and those who died on the scene (i.e., died by self-inflicted suicide, or died by police intervention)...| Journal of Mass Violence Research
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and fifteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philo…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This study examines the role of partisan media bias in the reporting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, and on the March For Our Lives gun control protests that followed the shooting. This study posits partisan media bias at the center of the Parkland shooting. It asks how partisan bias affected the way the media constructed narratives about the shooting and the youth activists who mobilized because of their experiences of victimiza...| Journal of Mass Violence Research
(Headline USA) A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges. Vicente Arroyo, 39, made his first court appearance Thursday after Monterey County Sheriff deputies arrested him earlier in the week for […]| Headline USA
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.| www.nytimes.com
Since transitioning out of communist socio-political orders, more than a dozen Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have experienced mass shootings. To date, scholars have yet to identify a sample of cases that occurred throughout these regions of the world. This study puts forward the first collection of data on attempted and completed mass shootings through introducing 76 cases that occurred in 15 countries from 1993 to 2021. Data comprise 24 variables including offender characteris...| Journal of Mass Violence Research
This introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Mass Violence Research on definitional issues and mass shootings welcomes readers.| Journal of Mass Violence Research
This introduction to the inaugural issue of the Journal of Mass Violence Research describes the impetus for the journal and welcomes readers.| Journal of Mass Violence Research
Criminologist Adam Lankford has found that mass shooters and suicide bombers are looking for fame. In an interview with JR, he asks journalists not to honor them, not to publish their names and pictures.| The Journalist's Resource
Heather Martin remembers how angry she was at the media after surviving the 1999 Columbine High School shooting as a 17-year-old senior. Journalists “bombarded” traumatized teens with cameras and microphones as they looked for their families and friends, crowded memorials and neighborhoods, sensationalized the tragedy and the perpetrators, and often didn’t get the facts right. […]| Nieman Reports
Founded in 1846, the Associated Press describes itself as “the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.” More than half of the world’s population is exposed to AP stories every day, the wire service claims. Associated Press […]| The Truth About Guns
There is a far greater correlation between disability and gun violence than there is between vaccines and disabilities. So why are people not frightened enough to push for gun reform?| Crutches and Spice
On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, shook the nation. With just two days left in the school year, a former student armed with an AR-15 style assault rifle took| Public Intelligence
Dear Sir/Madame, I am 18 years old now and have registered to vote for the very first time. I believe the primary goal of government is to protect me, my family, my friends, and all Americans. Gove…| Global Warming: Man or Myth?
We teamed up with two journalists who know a lot about guns to create a tip sheet to help journalists avoid errors when reporting on firearms.| The Journalist's Resource
