Tag / gun control
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3D Printed Guns And Gun Control
I remember watching the Vice documentary, “3D Printed Guns,” six years ago. The documentary followed the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting where 26 people, most of them children, were killed — the bloody capstone of what was referred to by some as “the year of the gun.” The documentary itself covered the existence and development of…
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Race and the Right to Bear Arms
Over the course of the most recent episode of the American gun debate, a common narrative flowing from the armed among us is that a citizen’s right to provide for their own self-defense, from both other citizens and the State, cannot be infringed upon. Arguments are often made that frame an armed citizenry as a…
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America, the Pendulum
During my sophomore year of high school, in a classroom just 13 minutes from the site of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, my speech and debate coach showed my class a video of a “duo interpretation.” A sharp departure from the humorous clips my coach typically opted for, the piece was a…
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The Unproductive Response to Shooters
Two years ago I wrote an article about gun control for my high school’s political review following the tragic shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College. Prominent news sources were quick to follow the tragedy with articles describing both the shooting and the shooter himself. Many of the articles I read focused on the shooter, his…
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On Vegas
During my sophomore year of high school, in a classroom just 13 minutes from the site of this week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, my speech and debate coach showed my class a video of a ‘duo interpretation’. A sharp departure from the humorous clips my coach typically opted for, the piece was a ten-minute-long…
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Fact, Fiction, and the Partisan Divide
As I scroll through my Facebook feed, I see a sponsored article from Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization. Then, I see a New York Times article about gun violence in America that my friends have shared. When I “Google” the issue of gun violence, I usually get my facts from organizations like the…
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The Real Danger in Our Cities
Costco has long had a place near and dear to my heart. Every Friday after school from the first through seventh grades, I’d hold my dad’s hand as we meandered through the varied sections of our North Miami branch. At the start of each new aisle, I’d sample (and resample) potato chips, chocolate, turkey, Club…
