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Staff Editorial: The NRA will never take responsibility for school shootings

Since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, there have been 398,000 students that have been exposed to gun violence in school, according to The Washington Post in 2025. There have been over 435 school shootings since 1999. Thirteen people were left dead and 23 were injured as a result of the Columbine shooting, and yet it wasn’t enough for any real change to be … Continue reading Staff Editorial: The NRA will never take responsibility for school shootings

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Strange NRA cartoon provokes outcry; discussion

09/20/2018 By Nayia Faxio-Douglas | Staff Columnist With all the issues and controversies contributing to this day and age, it can become difficult to distinguish between freedom of speech and an inappropriate delivery of a specific message. If the National Rifle Association (NRA) represents the right to firearms, then why is spokeswoman Dana Loesch relating modern education on a children’s program to race? The NRA … Continue reading Strange NRA cartoon provokes outcry; discussion

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Film screening at Duquesne questions gun laws

Hallie Lauer | Layout Editor On average, seven children are killed a day in some gun related incident, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The issue of gun violence in America will be addressed at an upcoming film viewing hosted by Duquesne’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. The film “Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA” will be shown Wednesday, … Continue reading Film screening at Duquesne questions gun laws

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