June 18, 2022

A database to prevent gun violence

When discussing politics in America, few subjects are as devastating and horrific as shootings that kill and injure students at America's schools.  It's simply intolerable that a growing number of parents send their children to scho...

November 14, 2020

Why we must keep school resource officers

While researching the effectiveness of school resource officers (SROs), a student research intern at Virginia Tech, Anna Cheema, erroneously concluded that "there is no research to suggest that SRO's are actually effective in preve...

January 16, 2020

Gun Violence Skyrocketed at Black Colleges during Obama Administration

In the 36 years before then-senator Barack Obama promised "Change We Can Believe In" during his 2008 presidential campaign, won the presidency, and made history by becoming America's first black president, shootings at Historically Blac...

June 30, 2019

Students' Deaths in Active Shooter Situations More than Nine Times as Likely Since Gun-Free Zones

After sending their child off to school the most important concern for parents is their child’s safe  return home. Since the Gun-Free School Zones Act became law in 1990 parents of K-12 students have become more than 9 times as likely to s...