Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws

Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.

"...the Texas Senate is holding its Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety meeting. This Committee has been..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners

Point Austin: We'll Always Have ... Mass Murder

On not surrendering to pro-gun mythology

"...insist that neither woman-hating or ridiculously easy access to guns had anything to do with the Isla Vista murders,..."

June 6, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...and a "No Smoking" sticker by the door. The gunman rarely does walk-in business. From the sidewalk outside, nothing..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Guns Return to Travis County Agenda {UPDATE}

Saxet contract "left pending" once again

"...Despite a "compromise" proposal by Saxet Gun Show ownership to encourage background checks by private sellers..."

Jan. 21, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Bill of the Week: Or, How Not to Pass Open Carry

How one gun group became its own worst enemy

"...to open carry in Texas, it seems that one pro-gun group has been more pivotal in the collapse of..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Searching for a King

Debating leadership in the wake of the Tamir Rice decision

"...went looking for whom they perceived as the big gun...."

Dec. 30, 2015 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Opinion: Another School Shooting – This Is Our America Now

We are a country that loves its guns more than the children we've lost to gun violence

"...their lives and a shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot. A community came together, again, held a vigil, again,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Heather Lewis

Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down

The congresswoman’s inspirational healing in an age of gun violence

"...with her husband, retired astronaut Sen. Mark Kelly, had begun the mourning process. But against tremendous odds, Giffords underwent..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Dina Barrish

Evil Dead Rise Star Alyssa Sutherland Discusses The Mental State

New drama looks at how rural communities are bereft of resources

"...Gun violence and mental health have become an either/or debate..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: April 5

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Austin has a competition, Texans enter the gun debate, and President Obama makes a gaffe. Change is..."

April 5, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Point Austin: Hearts of Stone

There is little reason to expect the latest shootings will bring an end to gun violence

"...We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy..."

July 15, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Shoot First

Boys and their toys, at the Legislature and elsewhere

"...The dust – or should we say the gunpowder? – has hardly settled on the 85th Texas Legislature,..."

June 2, 2017 News Column by Michael King

News Roundup: Loose Cannons and Contraception

Planned Parenthood debate rages on; gun violence takes more lives

"...from a civilian, chased Jackson on foot with his gun in his hand, and eventually engaged in physical combat..."

Oct. 5, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"...the city to invest in programs that actually prevent violence, rather than in efforts that have little or no..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Us Kids

Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus

"...But for a country desensitized by daily acts of gun violence, what happened next was a surprise: a group..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Point Austin: Shoot First ... Think Later

Guns don't kill people, but they sure make it a whole lot easier

"...near Houston, where an argument reportedly turned into a gunfight – and at least three people (including the clumsy..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice: The Wrong Way, The Right Way

ALEC, APA two associations with different responses to our challenging times

"...Cause statement put it – from "Stand Your Ground" gun legislation to campaign finance reform to gerrymandering to pollution..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

To Keep Teens Out of Jail, Travis County Pilots First of its Kind Program for Those Accused of Assaulting Caregivers

Kids in the program get resources to stabilize

"...on scientific findings about interventions that effectively curb domestic violence. Because it’s new and evidence-based, the University of Texas..."

Nov. 8, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Sixth Street Shooting: One Dead, Two In Custody, Lots of Statements

UPDATE: Second suspect, aged 17, reportedly arrested Monday

"...area, died Sunday at Dell Seton Medical Center from gunshot injuries sustained during a mass shooting on E. Sixth..."

June 14, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Spirit of 76th

The Presidential Card

"...or juvenile probation officer, the murder of a domestic violence victim, and murder committed on school grounds.Bills seeking to..."

June 18, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite

Who’s holding the guns?

"...cultural groundwork, and the excuses, for individual acts of violence...."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

One Dead, 13 Injured, Two in Custody After Weekend Shooting

Douglas Kantor, a 25-year-old tourist visiting Austin from the Detroit area, died Sunday

"...shot along with 14* others in an outburst of gun violence on East Sixth Street just before 1:30am Saturday..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: The Daily Carnage

Another month, another mass shooting ... will this one make a change?

"...in Benton, Ky., a 15-year-old student pulled out a handgun at Marshall County High School and fatally shot two..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: In Defense of the Public Square

We need to keep rejecting publicly the preposterous notion that ubiquitous guns make us safer

"...Jan. 1 enforcement of the Texas Legislature's open carry handgun law, it's been gratifying to see the lengthening list..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Texas Lege Preview: Guns! Mental Health! Can the Lege Decide?

In the wake of Uvalde massacre, lawmakers float weapon restrictions, new programs

"...utter cliche now that whenever there's an outburst of gun violence such as last May's slaughter of schoolchildren in..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Criminal Conversation

How Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects and the director of the upcoming The Way of the Gun, learned to say no.

"...The Way of the Gun is a story about criminals, their actions, and their..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Woods Goes to Washington

UT grad student John Woods has a few ideas about reasonable gun control

"...the days since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, gun advocates have been all over the media, screaming for..."

Dec. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...in the booth to cut “Self Destruction,” hip-hop’s classic anti-violence anthem. The posse cut was part of the Stop..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Satin Steel

"...Leung, Anita Lee and Russell Wong. Kung-fu jungle cannibals, gun-running ventriloquist gangsters, and a vicious henchman with robotic arms..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns Gone Bad

Will the Uvalde massacre blame game drain all the energy from firearms reform?

"...the room, people! Nobody wants to hear from the gun addicts and their enablers about how important it is..."

June 24, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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