Uvalde School Shooting Response Failures Will ‘Set Back Law Enforcement 20 Years’

By Lindsay Whitehurst, AP A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a midsize American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or Tempe, Arizona. But for more than 70 minutes on May 24, not one stopped the shooter. Amid the sounds of continuing gunfire emanating … Read more

AP Poll Shows Parents Have Low Confidence in Schools’ Ability to Respond to a Gunman

Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. That means we’ll be inundated in coming days by pronunciations and pontificating from the go-to “gun safety” talking heads (think Shannon, Eric, Diane, and Mark) and their compliant media stenographers. Oh, wait…that’s already gotten under way (see here, here, here, here, here and here). … Read more