Franz Kafka warned us about Fox News If we show our children pictures of enemies with "sharp pointed teeth," Kafka told us, they "run into our arms" Salon · May 28, 2022
VP Harris expected at last Buffalo shooting victim's funeral The last of the victims of a gunman’s racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket will be laid to rest Saturday The Independent UK · May 28, 2022
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks The Independent UK · May 27, 2022
The 'sonnenrad' used in shooters' manifestos: a spiritual symbol of hate Just before the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people on May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York, the suspected terrorist posted a manifesto online. The top is adorned with a “sonnenrad,” or “black sun,” an old Nordic symbol. The Conversation · May 27, 2022
Ex-fed may have known about Buffalo plan Ex-fed was one of few "like-minded" individuals who regularly discussed "racist hatred" with shooter, reports say Salon · May 27, 2022
After Buffalo and Texas, are we broken? Feeling grief, confusion and despair right now is normal. How do we turn that into something constructive? Salon · May 27, 2022
Commentary: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists. Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022
2 mass shootings — 1,700 miles apart but bound by startling similarities These two tragedies share similarities, including certain aspects of the suspects and how the weapons were accessed. WEKU · May 27, 2022
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3 more funerals for Buffalo victims in week of goodbyes A week filled with goodbyes continues for family and friends of victims of the racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket The Independent UK · May 27, 2022
Senate Republicans block Durbin, Schneider domestic terrorism bill; lax to act after Uvalde, Buffalo Once again, Democrats are pushing for not the perfect, but at least some good when it comes to responding to mass shootings, the latest in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2022
Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has… The Conversation · May 26, 2022
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McConnell offers to negotiate with Democrats for ‘bipartisan solution’ to gun violence The legislation passed the House after a white supremacist shooting in Buffalo The Independent UK · May 26, 2022
The Independent UK · May 26, 2022 Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate
Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022 Ramesh Ponnuru: The gun debate needs to break old patterns The mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas, coming just 10 days after the mass murder of shoppers in Buffalo, New York, moved former Sen. Bill Frist — who was the majority leader of a Republican Senate when President George W. Bush was in the White House — to issue…
WEKU · May 26, 2022 After the Uvalde shooting, even parents can't enter Buffalo schools without notice The school district in Buffalo, N.Y., announced Wednesday it would keep all school doors locked during the school day, and bar all unannounced visits to its buildings, including by students' parents.
Chicago Tribune · May 26, 2022 Commentary: Shootings show that an armed society is nothing more than a fearful society For decades, lies about gun violence have sustained policies that get many people killed. Tops Fresh Market in Buffalo, New York, and Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, now enter America’s list of mass shootings. It is a list of intense sorrow and shame. And it is a list we…
The Conversation · May 26, 2022 How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, just 10 days apart, are stirring the now-familiar national debate over guns seen after the tragic 2012 and 2018 school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida.
WEKU · May 25, 2022 On 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing, Black Buffalo residents feel the weight The shooting at a Tops grocery store, which authorities say was motivated by racist hate, brought into sharper focus the weight of being a target.
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 Two years after Floyd murder, racial trauma permeates US Wednesday marks the second anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked a global protest movement and calls for a racial reckoning to address structural racism that has created long-standing inequities impacting generations of Black Americans
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 New York governor says only people over age of 21 should be allowed to buy AR-15s Alleged shooters in Buffalo and Ulvade were aged 18
Chicago Tribune · May 25, 2022 Notre Dame says it is ‘appalled’ the Buffalo shooting suspect cited an article by one of its professors CHICAGO — The University of Notre Dame issued a statement saying it is “appalled” that the suspect in the Buffalo grocery store shooting cited an article written by one of its professors in his diatribe before he killed 10 people.
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 Will Congress act on guns after Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Uvalde? Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has quickly set in motion a pair of firearms background check bills in response to the school massacre in Texas
Los Angeles Times · May 25, 2022 US gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions.