Tag Archives: prevention

What is happening in the brain of my teenage children?

Raising teenagers is no easy task. Risk taking, emotional drama and attitudes all play a part in growing up during adolescence. It’s often difficult for parents to know what’s really going on inside the minds of their teens, but could…

America and guns: Why do so many stoke paranoia about firearms?

My town, New York City, enforces rigid gun laws. Police refused to assign me a gun permit. The law doesn’t even let me hold a fake gun on TV to demonstrate something. But New York politicians are so eager to…

Gun-free zones are killing us

Hours before the latest shooting at a movie theater in Louisiana, President Obama lamented what he regards as his greatest failure as president – his inability to pass gun control measures. In an interview with the BBC, he complained that…

Older people need guns, too

Have you ever thought of letting someone else manage your finances? If President Obama has his way, Social Security recipients who have trouble managing their finances will be banned from buying a gun. If Social Security were to start classifying…

Chattanooga shootings: Why should we make it easy for killers to attack our military?

Thursday saw yet another tragic attack in a gun-free zone. Four Marines were murdered. Others were injured. Watching the coverage on television Thursday, it was hard to ignore the gun-free zone sign on the front door of the recruiting station.…

Why Tom Brady may have a strong case for a lawsuit against the NFL

If a new study from the American Enterprise Institute is correct, the Patriots and their quarterback Tom Brady are going to sue the NFL for defamation in the so-called “Deflate gate” scandal. The accusation that the Patriots had broken the…

There is no nationwide crime wave (and police killings are not up)

Since 1991, murder and violent crime have plummeted in the U. S. But in a widely discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “The New Nationwide Crime Wave,” Heather Mac Donald recently made a startling claim: “Gun violence in…

Texas gov poised to roll back 140-year-old open carry gun ban

If signed into law, the measure would take effect Jan. 1, 2016, and make Texas the 45th state to allow open carrying of handguns. (AP) The near-certain signing into law of an open-carry gun measure will send Texas back to…

Murder capital: Baltimore’s homicide explosion in wake of Freddie Gray case dwarfs rate of similar cities

The double murder Thursday of a young mother and her 7-year-old boy brought Baltimore’s bloody monthly homicide tally to 38, a figure that dwarfs that of similar-sized cities and even exceeds the total for the same period in New York.…

Could lead paint have played a role in Freddie Gray’s death?

The death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore last month is a tragedy that has conjured strong feelings on race, poverty, and violence in its wake. As journalists and investigators try to answer the question of who Gray was and what…