The Year That Was: Guns & School Safety — 10 Years After Sandy Hook
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by Deepti Govind
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer Ten years ago today, on Dec. 14 2012, a then 20-year-old gunman fired 154 rounds in under five minutes using various types of firearms, and killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It was labeled the second deadliest mass shooting in the United States, next only to the deadly Virginia Tech massacre of 2007 that left more than 30 people dead. How far have we come today, as a nation, in ensuring we’re doing the best to protect our children and make schools as safe as possible? In the rest of this piece, we review where ..read more
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Spotlight: The Worrying Spike In School Shootings Across America
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by Deepti Govind
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer No matter what database you look at, the stats on school shootings in the United States in recent times should be cause for worry for anyone with any interest in child safety and child protection. After the latest school shooting this week, at a St. Louis, Missouri school, a few social media users wondered if the country has grown numb to such incidents. There’s an ocean of fear, worry, and sadness behind questions like that. After all, major headlines over the past year have been peppered by incidents of gunfire at schools in Michigan, Texas, and California, not to men ..read more
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Gun Violence Prevention Bills: A Legislation Round-Up
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by Deepti Govind
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer By now, most of us have probably read that on Tuesday, June 21, Senate bargainers reached agreement on an incremental yet necessary bipartisan gun violence bill. The bill is in response to recent deadly mass shootings in Texas and New York and aims at curbing gun violence. While some critics of the bill have pointed out that it does not have any “game changing” steps, it does make it tougher to buy firearms for some young buyers and those considered a threat to themselves or others. The bill also tries to address concerns of school safety, which is still firmly on the m ..read more
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How ‘Red Flag Laws’ Could Stop Shootings Before They Happen
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by Aara Ramesh
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this year, in April, eight people were killed by a 19-year-old at a FedEx facility in Indiana. The shooter’s mother had reported to police over a year earlier, in March 2020, that her son had confided to her that he would attempt “suicide by cop.” As a result, CNN reported at the time of the shooting, a shotgun found at his home was seized, but the eventual shooter was still allowed to legally purchase the assault rifles he would use to carry out his rampage only four months later. When this detail emerged, it raised questions about whether background checks wer ..read more
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Adolescents’ Mental Health Deteriorated In 2020, While ‘Hostile Behaviors’ At School Jumped Pre-Pandemic: Reports
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by Aara Ramesh
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer Two reports released recently draw attention to a mental health crisis plaguing schools and students in the U.S. One is an advisory issued by the Surgeon General, which warns that “symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders among young people have increased since the beginning of the pandemic.” A separate report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that was compiled upon request by a congressional committee found that, in the two school years between 2015 and 2018, “hostile behaviors” in K–12 public schools rose sharply. According to th ..read more
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What Are Firearm Child Access Prevention Laws?
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by Aara Ramesh
7M ago
By Aara Ramesh When it comes to gun rights, one demographic proponents of gun control are particularly concerned about is children that live in homes that also have firearms. While the presence of a firearm in the house can be dangerous to anyone, children are, of course, particularly susceptible to injury or death related to one. Not even counting injuries, per some estimates, around 1,300 children die from firearm-related causes annually. The most common method of firearm-related injury or death involving children is accidental or unintentional shootings. That is, children come across or are ..read more
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Justice Department Announces $139 Million In Grants To Advance Community Policing
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by Deepti Govind
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The awards provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allowing those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals, the DOJ said. “The grants we are announcing today will enable law enforcement agencies across the country to hire more than 1,000 additional officers to support vitally important community oriented policing ..read more
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Six Teens Injured In Drive-By Shooting At Park Near High School In Denver Surburb
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by Aara Ramesh
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer A drive-by shooting around 1 pm on Monday, Nov. 15,  in Aurora, Colorado, has left six teenagers (four boys and two girls between the ages of 14 and 18) injured, according to police. The incident occurred at the suburban Nome Park near Aurora Central High School, which all the victims attended. According to police,  multiple rounds from different guns were found at the scene, and it’s possible that one suspect was on foot. The first to arrive on the scene were the police who were assigned to the school. They applied a tourniquet on one victim, who then underwe ..read more
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From Shootings To Vandalism And Cyber Threats: A Round-Up Of Crimes On Casino Property Over The Weekend
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by Deepti Govind
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer Casino news from the weekend includes reports of shootings and other crimes on properties, and a cyber crime warning. On Saturday, Nov. 6, a shooter fatally wounded two people before turning the gun on himself at Stateline Casino in Bainville, Montana. In Nevada, an intoxicated man allegedly broke a light fixture on a slot machine and threatened staff at a Carson City gaming property. Meanwhile, late last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cyber Crime Division warned tribal casino owners to be on high alert for ransomware attacks. Finally, also connected ..read more
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White House Outlines Strategy To Prevent Gun-Related Suicides
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by Aara Ramesh
7M ago
By a Biometrica staffer Yesterday, Nov. 3, the Biden Administration announced a set of three actions it will take to help prevent suicide by use of firearms, in an effort to curb one key aspect of the broader gun violence epidemic the country is facing. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gun violence is among the leading causes of death for people of all ages in the U.S. While homicides and other violent crimes have increased in recent months, suicide has long been the most common outcome of gun violence, reports say. While homicides and mass shootings tend to make the n ..read more
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