Elizabeth Haq

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What One Study Tells Us About How Pro-Gun Men React to Mass Shootings

Why have new firearms restrictions been so difficult to pass in the United States? One answer, suggested by a new study, is that gun-rights advocates may be more likely to snap into political action after a mass shooting. In…

Elizabeth Haq
Stories of Courage and Selflessness Cut Through the Chaos of Las Vegas

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Stories of Courage and Selflessness Cut Through the Chaos of Las Vegas

The Las Vegas massacre on Sunday night was humanity at its worst, yet from its wreckage came moments of humanity at its kindest. A Los Angeles Fire Department captain named Mark McCurdy came to the Route 91 Harvest…

Elizabeth Haq
One Gun Group Has Trained Hundreds of Teachers to Take Out School Shooters

Elizabeth Haq

One Gun Group Has Trained Hundreds of Teachers to Take Out School Shooters

More than 1,000 teachers and administrators from 12 states have taken a firearms course designed to protect classrooms against intruders by arming teachers, according to a CBS News report. The program, called FASTER Saves Lives, takes the prescription…

Elizabeth Haq