Letter: Elected officials must act to lower crime and gun violence
To The Editor,
The gun violence and crime is still happening persistently throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. Especially in our city of Philadelphia. Most people who have resided in Pennsylvania for more than a decade would have the same question about all the unlawful behavior. Why are there still multiple shootings with crime incidents all the time?
At the rate this inhumanity is going...
One country you’d never suspect did something brave about guns
By Rich Heiland, Columnist, The Times
SERBIA? YES, SERBIA.
It just did what the United States lacks the moral fiber, heart, soul and compassion to do.
It said “enough” to gun violence and it only took two mass shootings.
On May 3, a seventh-grade student shot down eight children and a security guard. A ninth victim died two weeks later. The next day a man shot and killed eight and wounded...
Anti gun violence advocates held rally in W. Chester
Anti-gun violence protestors in West Chester last Friday.
By Tom Buglio, Special to The Times
On Friday, June 2, an assembly of around 50 energetic gun violence prevention advocates rallied at noon during a warm late spring day at the steps of the Old Courthouse in West Chester. Organized by CeaseFirePA, ‘Wear Orange’ Day commemorates all of the victims amid the ongoing epidemic of gun...
It’s hard to feel like much will get done on gun safety
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The mass shootings continue — so many it is hard to keep track.
And we do nothing.
That’s because the gun lobby has mobilized a fanatic minority of the population to think they have some holy right to own, carry and use guns with no restrictions. “Shall not be infringed” they scream at the slightest suggestion of any common sense gun safety...
Op/Ed: Candles and balloons
By Donna Bullock, State Representative, 195th District
State Rep. Donna Bullock
My older son celebrated his 13th birthday in January. We shared this moment virtually with family and friends. As I decorated his backdrop with balloons and he blew out candles on a cake, it hit me.
Something so innocent and joyful has been redefined by the growing number of gun deaths. A week before, a 9-year-old...
Some common sense legislation could reduce gun violence, but don’t hold your breath
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Well, here we are again.
Another (well, two, actually) mass shooting with dozens dead. And yes, there are some ancillary issues, such as a growing White Nationalist movement inspired by the most racist president since Andrew Johnson (which is saying something if you think about Woodrow Wilson) — and while that whole issue, revealing a growing racist streak in...
Parkland slaughter should hit home in Chester County
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
If you had a pit in the stomach this morning when you sent your kids off to school, you were probably not alone. I certainly did.
Yesterday’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida should hit home for folks here in Chester County. Like so many of our community high schools, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is in an affluent suburb. The school has an average SAT...
Manhunt underway for road rage gunman
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
WEST GOSHEN — A manhunt is now underway for the man who senselessly snuffed out a young life in an apparent case of road rage where Route 100 merges into US-202 during the Thursday evening rush hour — when an armed man shot and killed a young woman, township police said.
Op/Ed: We need leadership on gun violence
By Mike Parrish, Candidate, U.S. Representative, 6th District
Mike Parrish
I am a gun owner and proud supporter of our Second Amendment. As an Army veteran who served in Desert Storm, I have extensive training on how to responsibly use, care for, and safely store firearms. I have also seen first hand the damage that guns can do.
In the aftermath of the shocking Orlando shooting by a radical domestic...
