shootings Archives - Elizabeth Franklin

Guns and School Violence

Several weeks ago, a crazed and angry young man took a gun into a Florida school and shot many unsuspecting young people who were  going about their school day as they did every other day of the week.  And suddenly, many of them were dead.  The outrage over the mass shooting created such a maelstrom Read more about Guns and School Violence[…]

Lives that matter.

When I heard about the shooting in Dallas where a supposed lone killer shot five officers in cold blood while they were on duty during a protest, I felt my heart sink to my shoes. This occurred in the same week that two other shootings involving police officers made headlines and raised the hackles of Read more about Lives that matter.[…]