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Haley Alvarez-Lauto / DFP Staff

Editorial: When will it end?

Editors June 8, 2022
The American people are left at the mercy of an uncaring government that prioritizes National Rifle Association donations over human life. The debate for gun control has little to do with freedom and much to do with morality. Each time we plead, each time we protest, but in truth, there’s only so many times you can ask for help before you realize it’s never coming. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: In defense of Joe Manchin

Lincoln Son Currie February 4, 2021
Instead of railing against Joe Manchin’s evil compromises, the left should thank him for delivering a coalition that can imperfectly govern.
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans answers questions about a hoax call made to BU last year. Evans and the International Association of Chiefs of Police sent a letter to Congress to ask them not to pass a bill that would allow those who have concealed-carry permits to be able to carry in all 50 states. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DFP FILE PHOTO

William Evans urges Congress to reject nationwide concealed carry legislation

Sarika Ram April 24, 2018
Law enforcement officials across the country, including Boston Police Department Commissioner William Evans, are pushing back against a federal bill allowing gun owners who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon in one state to carry their gun across state lines.
Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Tuesday that Massachusetts' ban on the possession of stun guns violates the Second Amendment. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Stun gun ban against Second Amendment, court says

Camille Mojica April 23, 2018
Massachusetts’ highest court declared unanimously Tuesday that the Commonwealth’s ban on the ownership of stun guns violates the Second Amendment.
Mike Capuano and Rep. Stephen Lynch at the Town Hall for Our Lives on Saturday afternoon. The event was held at the Bruce C. Polling Municipal Building in Roxbury. PHOTO BY ELIZA SHAW/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Town Hall for Our Lives continues gun reform debate in Roxbury

Vivian Situ April 8, 2018
Town Hall for Our Lives was held Saturday afternoon in Roxbury for students and members of the community to question elected officials about their support for the gun reform movement.
Protesters on the Boston Common during the March for Our Lives Rally. March for Our Lives marches and rallies were held across the United States on Saturday. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tens of thousands crowd Boston Common for March for Our Lives

Michal Shvimer March 25, 2018
Tens of thousands crowded the Boston Common to rally against gun violence Saturday afternoon during Boston’s March for Our Lives, a protest that occurred in cities across the country.
Police form a barrier between Second Amendment supporters and March for Our Lives protesters on Saturday. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Resist Marxism counterprotesters mobilize against March for Our Lives rally

Shaun Robinson March 25, 2018
There were those who marched for gun control and those who marched for gun rights Saturday afternoon. While several thousand people filled Boston’s streets calling for stricter gun control, several dozen people gathered in front of the State House and marched on the Boston Common in defense of Second Amendment rights and as a counter protest to the “March for Our Lives” rally.
Attorney General Maura Healey and Emma Gonzalez pose for a photo at the #NEVERAGAIN forum on Wednesday evening. The Parkland students went to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to speak about their movement and gun reform. PHOTO BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Parkland students discuss advocacy, gun violence conversation at Harvard Kennedy School

Hannah Schoenbaum March 21, 2018
Six survivors of the February school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spoke at a forum Tuesday night at the Harvard Kennedy School about advocacy and the socioeconomic disparity in the gun violence conversation.
The Boston City Council chambers. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/ DFP FILE PHOTO

City Council passes resolution in support of March for Our Lives, action to end gun violence epidemic

Jordan Kimmel March 12, 2018
The Boston City Council adopted a resolution Thursday that supports students across the country who wish to end gun violence in the United States.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: It’s time to start listening to the future leaders of America

Meredith Varner February 27, 2018

In the two weeks since the Parkland school shooting, teenage victims from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have stood up and said enough is enough. Senior high school student Emma Gonzalez has made...

EDITORIAL: New fairy tales with guns target children with propaganda

EDITORIAL: New fairy tales with guns target children with propaganda

Editors March 28, 2016

Think Disney, but with guns. Conservative blogger Amelia Hamilton has been writing fairy tales for the National Rifle Association in which guns are inserted into the classic children’s stories, The New...

GAMADES: "Shock" doesn't apply to mass shootings anymore

GAMADES: “Shock” doesn’t apply to mass shootings anymore

Lucy Gamades October 6, 2015

There are a lot of words that people use in the wake of tragedies: devastated, angry, heartbroken, shocked. But I am not shocked. “Shocked” is not the right word for mass shootings in America. Saddened,...

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