Kids and Guns

Clear and Present Danger

Cheryl Saban | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living


Cheryl Saban

Why is an 8-year old child allowed into a gun show in the first place? Why is a little boy encouraged and allowed to test-shoot an Uzi sub-machine gun, or any gun for that matter?

Eternity Isn't Forever

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living


Marian Wright Edelman

As I think about the thousands of youthful victims of gun violence, I'm concerned that we're not hearing enough from the candidates for public office at all levels about what they will do to protect our children.

John McCain is America's Crazy Uncle

Pete Cenedella | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


Pete Cenedella

Most American families have a funny old uncle. Someone who is amusing and affable from a distance, but with whom you never ever talk politics, especia...

Back to School Stealing

Jessica Olien | Posted 08.24.2008 | Living


Jessica Olien

In elementary school, on the first day of every school year, my class was shown a video about being a "latchkey kid." Little Billy or Tony -- or whate...

The Best Mother's Day Gift of All

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Eight more moms may get to kiss their child good night on Mother's Day. Another 48 moms might get to tuck their kids into their own beds of spending Mother's Day at a hospital bedside.

Making Handguns Childproof

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

When we talk about making it harder for dangerous people to get guns, we usually focus on felons, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill. ...

Colorized Guns: Painting Our Police Into A Corner

Paul Helmke | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

No one benefits -- except maybe some "Mainway"-like businesses -- when we make our police officers work even harder to distinguish real guns from toy guns.

Do You Need a Gun?

Peter Clothier | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


Peter Clothier

How could anyone in their right mind believe that those who authored the founding documents of this country intended that fire power be readily available to morons and maniacs alike?

"He Was A Good Kid. A Really Good Kid."

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Paul Helmke

The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence is simple. It reads: "I will never bring a gun to school. "I will never use a gun to settle a personal proble...

The Calculus of School Shootings

Jonathan Fast | Posted 10.23.2007 | Living


Jonathan Fast

What seems perplexing to those who were children during the placid 1950s is how easily children come by guns.