Tag: gun violence
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
Our View: As Maine districts step up security, school resource officers should be ready for the ordinary
Students who act out often need help that law enforcement isn’t trained to provide.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2018
Maine Observer: Drilling for what was once unthinkable
A teacher ponders the implications during a ‘code red’ drill aimed at rehearsing for the day an active shooter calls.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
Maine, national gun-control advocates: Court nominee’s radical views on gun laws ignore need to protect citizens
Brett Kavanaugh’s record shows he’s far outside the mainstream and in direct opposition to the values and principles of most Mainers.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2018
Suspected Florida gunman had history of mental illness
David Katz was twice hospitalized in psychiatric units, according to his parents’ divorce filings.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2018
Another View: No, Secretary DeVos, guns aren’t school supplies
Arming teachers with federal funds intended to enhance learning is misguided and dangerous.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2018
Education secretary considering using federal money to buy guns for schools
The Education Department is pondering whether to allow states to use money available through some grants to buy firearms.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2018
Utah graduate assistant warns students carrying firearms that they must stand on ‘3×3 taped square’
The educator is reassigned after referring to concealed carry as ‘absurd, antisocial, and frightening.’
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PublishedAugust 20, 2018
Man wanted for fleeing Maine State Police dies in shootout with New Hampshire officers
Douglas Heath, 38, who was wanted on several outstanding warrants, crashed a car in Rochester and exchanged gunfire with officers before being fatally shot, the N.H. Attorney General’s Office says.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2018
Los Angeles will be nation’s first to install subway body scanners that detect weapons
The machines can detect suspicious items from 30 feet away and can scan more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2018
Author of book on Columbine writing account of Parkland tragedy
Dave Cullen’s ‘Parkland’ will debut in February, the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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