by Tony Wyman There is only one reason the shooter in Dayton, Ohio was able to kill nine human beings in just 30 seconds. He was armed with a weapon designed to do just that. The manufacturer of the weapon, an AM-15, practically brags about their firearm’s ability to deliver life-ending multi-calibre rounds faster and […]
by Jennifer Keller Puebla We’ve had another mass shooting in America. And another. And another. We say “in America” even though that’s pretty much a given. We say it in order to imagine we aren’t the only ones. But we know we nearly are. We’re the only ones making gun violence normal. The […]
by Tony Wyman On October 7, 2018, in the idyllic community of Burlington, Vermont, a 30-year-old mother in police custody laid in a hospital bed where, later that evening, she would take her last breath, succumbing to the ravages of opioid addiction. Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir left behind a 3-year-old son, a life full of promise […]
