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Long Beach Poly Teacher: District Woefully Unprepared for School Shootings

Apr. 19, 2018 / By Yesenia Pacheco
Tags: Guns, High School, poly, shootings

“I was told to throw a stapler at the shooter.”

This Is Not A Drill: An Account Of A School Shooting Scare In Long Beach

Jan. 12, 2016 / By Jessica Salgado
Tags: Guns, mass shootings, school shootings, schools

"To me, this experience was traumatizing and if real, could have had even longer-lasting effects to my personal well-being."

Why I Agree With The President’s Action on Gun Violence

Jan. 6, 2016 / By Ben Novotny
Tags: Guns, mass shootings, violence

"It makes me mad, that we live in a country where most of our representatives care more about scoring political points and winning the next election than keeping their constituents safe."

Generation Lockdown: Growing Up In The Shadow of Gun Violence

Dec. 9, 2015 / By Youth Radio
Tags: Guns, violence

While mass shootings make up most of the headlines, many other gun incidents fly under the national radar – including many at schools.

Having Asperger’s Does Not Make Me a Killer

Dec. 3, 2015 / By Ben Novotny
Tags: autism, Guns, mental health

Unfortunately, the tragic shootings at schools around the country have helped to draw a deeper link between Asperger’s – and autism more generally – with a propensity for violence.

Young Women in LB do the Math on Guns

Feb. 26, 2013 / By Alyson Bryant
Tags: Guns, violence, Violence against Women, Women, Youth, youth violence

Just last year, 14 youth in Long Beach where killed by gun shots ranging from age 16-25...

Long Beach Youth Weigh in on Gun Control

Feb. 10, 2013 / By Patrick Moreno
Tags: Guns, Long Beach, violence, Youth

All over the country, people have been debating gun control after the tragic events at Sandy Hook elementary school left 20 children and six staffers killed...