On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Canada had its deadliest school shooting in decades at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Nine deaths have been confirmed, and dozens have been confirmed as wounded. One of the deaths is the suspected attacker, eighteen-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar. Rootselaar had been a student at the high school […]
Tag: Gun Violence
Mass Shootings Already Outnumber Days This Year
I know I am not alone in saying that I am tired. We are not even a week into 2026, and there have already been at least 7 mass shootings. A mass shooting is categorized as an incident involving 4 or more people at the same time and location. The number of incidents involving gun […]
10 Shot Outside Queens Nightclub
Late at night on Wednesday, January one, 2025, an estimated three to four gunmen opened fire on 114th Street outside Amazura, a popular Queens nightclub. Ten people were struck in the crossfire, though in a statement on Thursday morning, police have confirmed they are all in stable condition and expected to survive. The violence outside […]
Two Kindergarteners in Critical Condition After School Shooting
Around one pm on Wednesday, December 4, a gunman opened fire at the small Feather River School of Seventh Day Adventists in Palermo, California. When first responders arrived at the scene, they found two kindergartners, a five-year-old and a six-year-old boy, had been shot. The two were rushed to a local hospital in Sacramento in […]
“Thoughts and Prayers” do not solve the gun violence epidemic. (Op-Ed)
Americans have been bombarded by news segments detailing gruesome, hideous mass shootings to the point where offering “Thoughts and Prayers” feels like the anticipated, copy-paste response to victims and their families. The phrase has lost its original meaning; no longer does it provide comfort and a sense of community. How can it be a heartfelt […]
