security theater Teachers are suing police departments for traumatizing active shooter drills Thom Dunn

scholarship AMA study: shooters armed with semiautomatic rifles kill twice as many people Cory Doctorow

security How landscape architects fight the last war while designing against mass shootings Cory Doctorow

guns The problem with "Red Flag" gun laws Thom Dunn

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

television The big brass at Marvel advised a director on Secret Invasion to steer clear of the comics Devin Nealy

mass shootings "Computer-generated" hoax calls claiming active shooters send Pittsburgh-area schools into chaos Rob Beschizza

police San Francisco will start paying people $300/month not to shoot anyone (or get shot) David Pescovitz

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crime Ahmaud Arbery's killers arrested and charged with murder Rob Beschizza

racism Ahmaud Arbery: 2 months ago, unarmed black man shot and killed by civilians for jogging. Video just came out. Thom Dunn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

fake news Quantum mechanics and Kevin Spacey, JFK's five assassins, and proof of reincarnation, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Dystopia watch: American schools are installing anti-shooter smoke cannons and bulletproof doors Cory Doctorow

Games Seattle cops announce registry for high-risk swatting targets Cory Doctorow

fake news Royal assassins, JFK assassins, and Ronan Farrow character assassination, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

schools School superintendent arms students with rocks as protection against school shooters David Pescovitz

Kids Students substitute gun control protest for active shooter drill Cory Doctorow

picks Mass shooting at Munich shopping mall leaves multiple victims dead Xeni Jardin