Guns have been the topic of discussion since the beginning of the new year, and, really, since our country was founded. Recently, the state of California has started to make new laws that will soon be voted on to help secure and manage guns within the state. The state...
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Opinion: Gun Control Advocacy
“It goes without saying that every child to be safe in school.” Since the beginning of 2018 there has been 19 school shootings. Three out of 12 months and there has been 18 school shootings. After the last shooting in Parkland, Fla., which killed 17 people, there has...
Opinion: Guns, dangerous but necessary
Gun control and the use of guns have become bigger topics as more school shootings happen across the nation. These tragic events lead us to an overwhelming question: how can we regulate guns to stop shootings and keep guns out of the wrong hands. Although other...
Opinion: Let’s take a look at gun violence
Guns were designed for protection and for military purposes. Weapons such as assault rifles shouldn’t get into the wrong hands. Recently, the words “gun violence” and “children” have been used in the same sentence too often in the media. Gun violence in school has...
Opinion: Giving teachers guns is absurd
Over a month ago, hundreds of teenagers ran for their lives from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staff members suffered severe injuries because of a school shooting. This event spurred the topic of guns and, of course, gun control. With the...
Op-Ed: Is America the Gun?
Are guns even safe at this point? That's a question that I always ask myself every day due to the fact that all these recent tragedies are due to guns. The main cause of the fatality during the unfortunate event are guns to blame. Or are people to blame and not the...
Your President suggests arming teachers
Due to the frightening and escalating amount of gun violence in schools, President Trump proposed a solution to increase school safety. Trump stated, “If you had a teacher who was adept with the firearm, they could end the attack very quickly.” In addition, he...
Instructions: Break glass in case of school shooting
2018 has become one very notable year, ranging from Trump’s Presidency to North and South Korea’s disputes. Perhaps one of the biggest topics in the United States this year is gun control. The call for gun control has been an issue that’s existed for almost two...
Parkland shooting in their eyes
Emma González, 18, sat crouched in the small space between one row of chairs and the next in her school’s auditorium. A fire alarm had just went off and González was standing outside with a few friends when she saw band kids running back into their building. Soon...
California School of the Arts English Teacher Heidi Bowman’s tweet for the #ArmMe movement goes viral
Lit/Lang/Comp II and AP Lang teacher Heidi Bowman recently posted a tweet that went viral on the internet with over 112,000 retweets and 337,000 likes. Bowman was featured on multiple news websites worldwide including the Washington Press and Huffington Post. “I am a...