Editor’s note: This week’s cover story featured excerpts from opinion pieces written by local high school students on the topic of school shootings and gun violence. Here are all the submissions we received from them, posted in their entirety and only lightly edited for style and grammar. Read them and join the conversation in the comments below. […]
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Taking A Stand by Sitting Down: Jared Huffman Takes the Floor
Congressman Jared Huffman is “standing strong,” reported his communications director Alexa Schaffer from Washington this morning. Of course, Huffman is not actually standing, but sitting, on the House chamber floor along with about a dozen other congressional Democrats, to make a point about gun violence. The sit-in commenced yesterday morning, with around 168 House members […]
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Chief Mills Proposes Gun Control Law
On the Eureka Police Department’s official blog, Chief Andy Mills announced he is asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance that will require Eureka gun owners to lock up unattended weapons. Mills wrote that the law is in response to recent guns thefts, including one from a gun dealer, and will apply to firearms […]