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EDITORIAL: Hopelessness — the only response in the wake of another mass shooting

Editors February 16, 2023
We march, we wave signs, we cry, we plead with politicians, we vote, we sit-in, we post on social media. We do everything we’re supposed to do and guns still win. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Rittenhouse acquittal indicative of racist nature of criminal justice system

Editors December 1, 2021
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse is based on a system that protects and perpetuates white supremacy.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Dennis White’s domestic abuse allegations are yet another example of the policing system’s failures

Editors February 5, 2021
Police are not equipped to handle all of the issues they face and it is up to their city to hold them to a higher standard.
School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea. Galea is one of 37 experts spearheading a consortium to research gun violence. PHOTO COURTESY DAN AGUIRRE/BOSTON UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY

SPH gun violence experts join effort to support related research

Jenna Manto April 29, 2018
Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea and SPH professor Michael Siegel have been selected to join 36 other researchers in spearheading a consortium to research gun violence in an effort to affect policymakers’ decisions.
A guard passes by the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. A federal judge has declared that the Massachusetts ban on assault weapons doesn’t infringe on the Second Amendment. PHOTO BY PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Assault weapons not protected by Second Amendment, judge says

Camille Mojica April 11, 2018
The current Massachusetts ban on assault weapons does not infringe on the Second Amendment, a U.S. Federal Court Judge ruled Friday.
A Boston University School of Public Health study finds consistent inequalities in the air pollution across Massachusetts. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

SPH study links gun access with increased homicide

Becca Moszka October 25, 2017

A recent study led by Boston University School of Public Health researcher Michael Siegel found a positive correlation between rates of homicide and firearm accessibility. The study, published in...

EDITORIAL: Businesses are right to defy Texas's open carry law

EDITORIAL: Businesses are right to defy Texas’s open carry law

Editors February 21, 2016

Open carry became the law of the land in Texas starting Jan. 1, but since its implementation, some Texas stores have been receiving complaints from customers, with many customers saying they don’t feel...

Research shows that use of social media for the personal sale of firearms is becoming increasingly popular. GRAPHIC BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Unregulated gun markets find buyers on Reddit, Facebook

Olivia Deng September 25, 2014

In 2011, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ranked Massachusetts as the third most stringent state when it comes to gun legislation. Gun legislation was further tightened in August when Massachusetts...

EDIT: Big business on big guns

Daily Free Press Admin September 24, 2013

Like a solid, successful business, Dick’s Sporting Goods is making a sincere effort to appeal to a range of demographics. After the Sandy Hook school shooting in December, the company issued a statement...

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