News Stories

• Are transgender mass shootings on the rise? What we know, what we don’t (Newsweek, 3/31/2023)

• Claims misrepresent mass shootings in ‘gun-free zones’ (Associated Press, 3/29/2023)

• Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies despite outcry (Associated Press, 3/29/2023)
  • Reprinted in Charlotte Observer | FOX6 News Milwaukee | KCRA 3 Sacramento | KAVU Victoria (TX) | The Journal | WZZM Grand Rapids | FOX 2 Detroit

• Mass shootings a minute percentage of overall gun deaths* (Breitbart, 3/27/2023)

• Gone but not forgotten: Street co-namings and murals advocate peace (Amsterdam (NY) News, 3/23/2023)

• ‘Please, let them not be hurt,’ Parents concerned after 14-year-old Jordan High student found with gun at school (WRAL News, 2/24/2023)

• ‘Something needs to be done,’ Harnett County Schools considering adding weapon detection systems to schools (WRAL News, 2/22/2023)

• Schools are adding strategies to respond to shootings (Scripps News, 2/14/2023)

• What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies (Politifact, 2/14/2023)
  • Reprinted in Poynter

• Opinion: Mass shootings are just one part of the US’s gun problem (Aljazerra, 2/1/2023)

• The latest school ‘weapons detection’ tech can miss serious threats, experts say (The 74, 1/30/2023)
  • Reprinted in Yahoo! News

• Why number of US mass shootings has risen sharply (BBC, 1/26/2023)

• Deadly shootings in California: The scourge of gun violence in the US (France 24, 1/26/2023)

• Calif. shootings shared an oddity: Both suspects were senior citizens (The Washington Post, 1/25/2023)

• California shooting suspects are senior citizens. Here’s why that’s so rare (The San Francisco Chronicle, 1/24/2023)

• Monterey Park shooter told cops before massacre that family tried to poison him* (The New York Post, 1/24/2023)

• ‘Tragedy upon tragedy’: January brings dozens of mass shootings so far (The New York Times, 1/24/2023)

• Monterey Park suspect is the oldest mass shooter in recent history (Los Angeles Times, 1/23/2023)

• ‘Don’t ever say it can’t happen here’: School safety expert gives presentation at Kent ISD (13 News Grand Rapids, 1/23/2023)

• Safety expert to share lessons from national school shootings with Kent County educators (Michigan Live, 1/20/2023)

• After 6-year-old is accused in school shooting, many questions and a murky legal path (New York Times, 1/7/2023)

• Fake ‘active shooter’ threats continue to plague schools across U.S. (Yahoo! News, 12/14/2022)

• Even if it’s not named, students understand the reasons for lockdown drills (KUER / NPR Utah, 12/14/2022)

• Can red flag laws curb gun violence? Here’s what the research says.* (The Journalist’s Resource, 11/30/2022)

• Helping schools prepare for and prevent the worst (Kappan, 11/28/2022)

• Chesapeake mass shooting raises workplace violence concerns (Virginia Business, 11/23/2022)

• Experts weigh in on what defines acts of mass violence in America (WTKR 3 Hampton Roads / Scripps, 11/23/2022)
  • Reprinted in FOX 17 West Michigan | WMAR 2 Baltimore | NewsChannel 5 Nashville | News 7 Denver | 10 News San Diego

• Texas revamps “active-shooter” drills at K-12 schools to minimize trauma (CBS News, 10/21/2022)
  • Reprinted in Kaiser Health News | Chicago Tribune | San Antonio Express-News | NewsRadio WSGW

• How lockdown drills can retraumatize kids who have experienced domestic violence (The Trace, 10/12/2022)
  • Reprinted in Scary Mommy

• National mass shooting expert weighs in on federal judge’s decision to strike down parts of NYS gun laws (LocalSYR, 10/6/2022)

• School safety suffers with no national guidance (The National Desk, 10/4/2022)
  • Reprinted in CBS 4 El Paso | CBS 21 Harrisburg | ABC News 13 Lynchburg

• Onondaga County districts adding more armed security, some at elementary schools for first time (Syracuse.com, 9/27/2022)

• Five guns in three years: How Richmond educators think about school safety (VPM / National Public Radio, 9/26/2022)

• Researcher suggests mass killers incentivized by media (Dan Abrams Live / NewsNation, 9/19/2022)

• Safety in schools a top priority this year (WRVO, 9/8/2022)

• Preventing tragedy: Experts share ways mass shootings can be prevented (Source Weekly, 9/7/2022)

• SUNY Oswego associate professsor of crminal justice co-author of new book (NewsRadio 570 WSYR, 9/6/2022)

• Mass shootings expert discusses back to school safety ahead of upcoming school year (CNYCentral.com, 9/3/2022)

• New York’s new restrictions on handguns start Thursday: Uncertainty and confusion reign* (Syracuse.com, 8/31/2022)

• NYSUT focusing on school safety (WBEN 930am, 8/30/2022)

• New York teachers say more needs to be done to stop acts of violence in schools (WBFO / NPR Buffalo, 8/30/2022)

• Teachers’ task force says intervention training key to make schools safer (Sun Community News, 8/30/2022)

• New York school districts should have uniform safety guidance, state teachers union says (Newsday, 8/30/2022)

• How bulletproof backpack brands are marketing this back-to-school season (AdAge, 8/30/2022)

• NYSUT talks school safety measures (News 10 ABC, 8/30/2022)

• Teachers say more needs to be done to stop acts of violence in schools (WRVO, 8/30/2022)

• NYSUT union issues school safety report (WGRZ, 8/30/2022)

• Concert goers thought the man might carry out a mass shooting. Police now say it was something else. (The USA Today, 8/27/2022)

• Internal CMS emails reveal promise, problems with big bet on school body scanners (The Charlotte Observer, 8/25/2022)

• Criminal justice professor shares expertise on school safety in case of shooting (Fox 61 Connecticut, 8/24/2022)

• Do clear backpacks make schools safer? Austin area districts split on backpack policies. (Austin American-Statesman, 8/18/2022)

• Concerned about a loved one? How to file a protection order under New York’s Red Flag law (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 8/17/2022)

• Study: Lockdown drills most effective way to prepare students during emergency (The Denver Channel, 8/16/2022)

• Opinion: The critics are wrong. School lockdown drills can help save lives. (The Washington Post, 8/9/2022)

• Police claimed they’d averted a mass shooting. Now it’s not so clear. (The Washington Post, 8/5/2022)

• It’s important for regional emergency leaders to work together for safety of our future, expert on mass shooting says (12 News Binghamton, 8/1/2022)

• DCMO and ONC BOCES host safety summit (The Daily Star, 8/1/2022)
  • Reprinted in Yahoo! News

• Trained, armed and ready. To teach kindergarten. (The New York Times, 7/31/2022)
  • Reprinted in: Yahoo! News

• More schools develop clear backpack policies to combat school shootings. Do they work? (The Denver Channel / 7 Denver, 7/25/2022)

• Has the failed Uvalde police response debunked the ‘good guy with a gun’ narrative? (USA Today, 7/20/2022)
  • Reprinted in: Austin American-Statesman

• Onondaga County DA reconvenes mass shooting task force after Tops shootings (Spectrum News, 7/20/2022)

• Dallas joins Texas school districts requiring clear backpacks after Uvalde shooting. Experts call it ‘security theater.’ (USA Today, 7/19/2022)

• Unlocked doors, no clear leadership: Experts say Uvalde report shows errors led to ‘disaster’ (USA Today, 7/18/2022)

• Release of Uvalde shooting video sets off fury, including fears of future violence (The 74, 7/15/2022)

• Op-Ed: Why mass shooters should get no notoriety (Empire Report, 7/14/2022)

• What are red flag laws – and how can they save lives? (Reader’s Digest, 7/13/2022)

• NYC teachers get little to no training on lockdown drills (Chalkbeat New York, 7/13/2022)
  • Reprinted in: Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• More mass shooters are using semi-automatic rifles – often bought legally (USA Today, 7/12/2022)

• NY gun applicants will have to submit social media accounts for review, but can it be enforced? (LocalSYR, 7/12/2022)

• New gun legislation won’t eliminate mass shootings but will still save lives, say experts (ABC News, 7/8/2022)
  • Reprinted in: 1430 WCMY Illinois

• What underlies US inertia on mass shootings? It may be lack of trust. (The Christian Science Monitor, 7/6/2022)

• What you need to know about the rise in U.S. mass shootings (The Marshall Project, 7/6/2022)
  • Reprinted in: The Guardian

• New NYS gun laws receive mixed reactions from residents (CNYCentral.com, 7/4/2022)

• Why does federal law make it easier for 18-year-olds to buy AR-15s than handguns? (Politifact, 7/1/2022)
  • Reprinted in: Austin American-Statesman

• ‘This is not a research matter. This is people’s lives,’ Mass Casualty Commission told (The Cape Breton Post [Canada], 6/28/2022)

• Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld falsely claims concealed carry permit holders never committed mass shooting (Politifact, 6/28/2022)

• SUNY Oswego professor details emotional visit to Uvalde four weeks after mass shooting (LocalSYR.com, 6/22/2022)

• Run, hide, fight: School shooter drills can be traumatic, but do they work? (USA Today, 6/21/2022)

• Experts say locked doors, not teachers with guns, proven to keep kids safe in school shootings (The San Diego Union-Tribune, 6/19/2022)

• Why school lockdown drills can do more harm than good (Salon, 6/11/2022)

• Active-shooter incidents in Ohio K-12 schools and how Columbus-area schools train (The Columbus Dispatch, 6/10/2022)

• School shooter drills: Is there a right way to do them? (Education Week, 6/9/2022)

• Crisis in the classroom: Debating the future of school lockdown drills (13WHAM-TV Rochester, 6/9/2022)

• Local expert weighs in on school preparedness after Uvalde shooting (WRVO, 6/9/2022)

• Social media added to panic during Auburn High School lockdown (LocalSYR.com, 6/8/2022)

• Texas politicians search for solutions after another mass shooting. Experts say we’ve already found them. (Texas Tribune, 6/6/2022)
  • Reprinted in: KXXV 25 ABC |  San Angelo Standard-Times | Route 50

• “Red flag” laws test evidence that mass shootings are preventable (Axios, 6/6/2022)

• Expert on mass shootings weighs in on warning signs, what you can do (Fox 35 Orlando, 6/5/2022)

• “There seems to be sort of a familiar normalization”: Mass shooting expert weighs in on more gun violence (LocalSyr.com, 6/5/2022)

• Fact check: Is a firearm a leading cause of death among kids? (Politifact, 6/4/2022)
  • Reprinted in: Houston Chronicle | Austin-American Statesman | Poynter

• The ‘Dead Kid Club’: Parents of mass shooting victims are a growing network (Los Angeles Times, 6/2/2022)
  • Reprinted in: The Denver Gazette

• Vermont students push for action in the wake of recent mass shootings (Vermont Public Radio, 6/1/2022)

• Bay Area schools look to improve security after Uvalde shooting, but options are limited (San Francisco Chronicle, 5/31/2022)

• Schools in New York state require lockdown drills, but are they effective? (CNYCentral.com, 5/31/2022)
  • Reprinted in: WRGB Albany

• Are school lockdown drills doing more harm than good? (New York Magazine, 5/30/2022)

• A 1996 school massacre led the UK to gun reform. They haven’t had a school shooting since.* (Upworthy, 5/30/2022)

• Bringing better mental health to school lockdown drills (Newsy, 5/30/2022)
  • Reprinted in: KPAX 8 Missoula | WCPO Cincinnati | WMAR Baltimore | 6 News Richmond | KMTV 3 News Omaha

• N.S. inquiry report suggests how to support communities after mass shootings (CBC News, 5/30/2022)

• Danbury-area schools navigate security after Texas shooting ‘violate(d)’ the ‘sanctity’ of schools (Danbury News Times, 5/30/2022)

• Are active shooter drills worth it? (Vox, 5/28/2022)

• Schildkraut: ‘We need to do better as a country’ (Oswego County News Now, 5/27/2022)

• How do lockdown drills affect kids? (CNN, 5/27/2022)

• ‘Red flag’ laws to prevent mass shootings could be on the U.S. political table. But do they work? (CBC News, 5/27/2022)

• The contagion effect: From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 mass shootings in just 10 days (The 74, 5/25/2022)

• After Texas shooting, parents wait hours to find out if their children died (Vice World News, 5/25/2022)

• COLUMN: Mass shooting in Texas raises the same old questions about how to protect America’s children (The Hechinger Report, 5/25/2022)

• Central New York psychologist and mass shooting expert weigh in on Texas school shooting (CNYCentral.com, 5/25/2022)

• NY’s Red Flag Law for firearms: What it is, how it works (Newsday, 5/25/2022)

• The truth behind school shootings: 5 essential reads about classroom safety* (The 74, 5/24/2022)

• Students, staff unprepared as police race to DC schools for more than 10,000 emergencies (WJLA / ABC 7 News, 5/23/2022)

• What we’ve learned about how to support mass shooting survivors (Guest Opinion by Jaclyn Schildkraut) (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.com, 5/22/2022)

• NY ‘red flag’ law didn’t flag Buffalo shooter. Why? (Editorial Board Opinion) (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.dom, 5/22/2022)

• Zeldin opposes Red Flag Law, but critics want it improved after Buffalo shootings (Newsday, 5/19/2022)

• Buffalo shooting – live: Mitch McConnell says Payton Gendron was ‘deranged’ and calls racism ‘abhorrent’* (Independent, 5/18/2022)

• Reports: Rochester was potential target for mass shooting (WROC-TV News 8 / RochesterFirst.com, 5/18/2022)

• The threat of white supremacy in WNY (WGRZ TV / NBC 2, 5/17/2022)

• Mass shooting expert: Naming vs. not naming the accused Buffalo gunman (CNYCentral.com, 5/17/2022)
  • Reprinted in: WHAM / ABC 13

• Mass shooting expert weighs in on tragedy in Buffalo (LocalSYR.com, 5/17/2022)

• Should Colorado schools be held liable for mass shootings? A 7-year-old law faces its first real test. (Denver Post, 5/7/2022)
  • Reprinted in: Greeley Tribune | Journal-Advocate

• What is a mass shooting? Definition differs among experts (TribLive [Pittsburgh], 4/24/2022)

• Videos show an ordinary New York morning erupting into chaos on the N train (The New York Times, 4/12/2022)

• “It doesn’t define us”: Boulder community reflects one year after King Soopers shooting (Denver Post, 3/18/2022)

• Data shows lockdowns and code red drills save lives during school shootings | Opinion (South Florida SunSentinel, 12/22/2021)

• Central New York schools increase security in response to viral social media threat (CNYCentral.com, 12/17/2021)

• Oxford shooting a lesson in missed opportunities (Guest Opinion) (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.com, 12/13/2021)

• Kids have grown up with active shooter drills in CT schools: ‘They haven’t known anything different’ (Greenwich Time, 12/10/2021)

• How to keep students safe in school: 5 essential reads on school shootings in America* (The Conversation, 12/10/2021)

• The Michigan school shooting was terrifying. But was it terrorism? (Vice News, 12/9/2021)

• Do active shooter drills work?* (The New York Times, 12/8/2021)

• Active shooter drills mean gunmen often know a school’s lockdown plan. Here’s why one expert says drills can still save lives. (Insider, 12/5/2021)

• After Michigan killings, students praised shooter drills. But do they really work? (The New York Times, 12/2/2021)
  • Reprinted in: The Chicago Tribune | Daily Press | The Virginian-Pilot

• After Michigan school shooting, how effective are active shooter drills?* (Staten Island Advance / SILive.com, 12/2/2021)

• ‘Look at my badge, bro:’ Viral video inside shooting-scarred Michigan school prompts conversation about active shooter drills (The 74, 12/1/2021)

• Oswego professor shares the importance of school shooting conversations with kids (CNYCentral.com, 12/1/2021)

• Are school lockdowns traumatizing? This researcher says they don’t have to be. (The Norwich Bulletin, 11/11/2021)

• Town hall: Are metal detectors the solution in schools? (The News-Gazette, 10/19/2021)

• The forgotten pandemic: Addressing mental health is paramount to preventing workplace shootings* (EHS Today, 10/11/2021)

• How to stop a school shooter (The 74, 9/7/2021)

• Despite drop in 2020, mass shootings are increasing in frequency and lethality* (Newport Buzz, 7/16/2021)

• Victims remembered year after Springfield mass shooting (The Middletown Press, 7/11/2021)

• Alabama law allows guns in workplace parking lots, not inside building (WHNT / News19, 6/16/2021)

• Experts say workplace shootings are up in 2021 (WHNT / News19, 6/15/2021)

• How survivors of mass shootings are helping a new generation heal (Deseret News, 6/6/2021)

• San Jose Shooting raises questions of post-COVID workplace anger (The Crime Report, 5/27/2021)

• We’re seeing a spike in workplace shootings. Here’s why (National Public Radio [NPR], 5/27/2021)
  • Reprinted in: Georgia Public Broadcasting | WAMU / American University Radio

• WATCH: Local school shootings expert on return of threat as school resumes (CNYCentral.com, 5/17/2021)

• As students return, schools balance need for lockdown drills with pandemic protocols (ABC7 [Washington DC], 5/17/2021)
  • Reprinted in: Fox 45 Baltimore | NBC Montana | WTOV9 / Fox Steubenville

• Unanswered questions linger behind Colorado mass shootings (Courthouse News Service, 5/1/2021)

• Certain Colorado mass shootings prompt change. Other gun deaths don’t. (Denver Post, 4/11/2021)
  • Reprinted in: Canon City Daily Record

• Lockdown drills have been changed by COVID-19 (The Oswegonian, 4/8/2021)

• Fact-checking Joy Behar on mass shootings and the assault weapons ban (PolitiFact, 3/25/2021)
  • Reprinted in: Poynter

• Staying safe and healthy in school as districts look to return full-time (CNYCentral.com, 3/25/2021)

• SUNY Oswego professor who’s an expert on mass shootings joins NewsChannel 9 for interview (LocalSYR.com, 3/24/2021)

• Before the Boulder massacre, multiple mass shootings in Colorado have led to only modest changes in its gun laws (Business Insider, 3/24/2021)

• Supermarket rampage | ABC News March 23, 2001 (ABC News / World News Now, 3/23/2021)

• Parkland school shooting parents share thoughts on Colorado mass shooting* (WPTV.com, 3/23/2021)

• How the 1996 Dunblane massacre pushed the U.K. to enact stricter gun laws (Smithsonian Magazine, 3/12/2021)

• Locks, lights, out of sight: How lockdown drills affect American’s children (CNN, 3/10/2021)

• Judge was right not to name Yonge St. mass killer in her judgment* (Toronto Star, 3/3/2021)

• SUNY Oswego professor co-launches mass violence research journal (WRVO, 3/1/2021)
  • Reprinted in NNY360 | The Palladium-Times | i Heart Oswego

• SUNY Oswego professor honors hometown in her work (The Oswegonian, 2/12/2021)

• Re-designing active shooter drills amid the pandemic (LocalSYR.com, 12/2/2020)

• Cards for kids: Local campaign offering support for families across the country (LocalSYR.com, 11/25/2020)

• Active shooter drills are still required for schools but look different during COVID-19 (Scripps National / KXLH (Helena), 11/23/2020)

• SUNY Oswego faculty member again collecting cards for mass shootings victims, families (Oswego County Today, 11/18/2020)

• Cards for Kids: SUNY Oswego professor, community send hope to grieving families (CNYCentral.com, 11/13/2020)

• The pandemic impacting the future of emergency drills in schools (CNYCentral.com, 11/1/2020)

• Professor collecting cards to send to families impacted by mass shootings (Spectrum News, 10/16/2020)

• New Criminal Justice course added with personal significance (The Oswegonian, 7/20/2020)

• School shootings, shooting drills, student stress (Downtown News Magazine, 2/25/2020)

• Exercises against shootings in the United States worry [Translated with Google Translate] (LaCroix [France], 2/14/2020)

• Schools should heed calls to do lockdown drills without traumatizing kids instead of abolishing them (The Conversation, 2/12/2020)

• ALICE is overstating the effectiveness of its active shooter trainings (The Trace, 1/8/2020)

• Kids send prayers, advice to Borderline community through holiday cards (Ventura County Star, 1/3/2020)

• Oswego professor collects thousands of holiday cards for kids impacted by mass shootings (WRVO, 12/16/2019)

• The company behind America’s scariest school shooter drills (The Trace, 12/13/2019)
  • Reprinted in: Huffington Post | Teen Vogue

• SUNY Oswego faculty collaborate for book on capital punishment in movies* (Oswego County Today, 12/12/2019)

• Faculty member again coordinates holiday card drive for kids impacted by mass shootings* (Oswego County Today, 12/5/2019)

• Local professor leads initiative offering comfort for communities struck by violence (LocalSYR.com, 12/4/2019)

• Study finds graphic active shooter drills instill fear in students instead of helping, but what are the other options? Experts weigh in (MEAWW, 12/3/2019)

• Faculty member again coordinates holiday card drive for kids impacted by mass shootings (SUNY Oswego, 12/2/2019)

• Local professor collecting cards for children impacted by mass shootings (Spectrum News, 11/29/2019)

• Banning large capacity gun magazines could reduce mass shooting deaths: Study (Reuters, 11/26/2019)

• Do lockdown drills do any good? (The Conversation, 11/22/2019)

• Oswego professor sends Christmas cards to victims (The Oswegonian, 11/21/2019)

• Mass shootings are contagious. How can they be stopped? (The Hill, 11/5/2019)

• Have we become too paranoid about mass shootings? (The Conversation, 10/22/2019)

• ’We didn’t know it was going to be this big’ (The Palladium-Times, 10/18/2019)

• Teaching from local mass shooting expert gaining national attention (LocalSYR.com, 10/16/2019)

• Student lockdown drills are out of control (Minnesota Star-Tribune, 10/15/2019)

• Lockdown drills: An American quirk, out of control (The Washington Post, 10/11/2019)

• Some news outlets advocate ‘No Notoriety,’ but what’s lost when we don’t name a shooter? (KUT / Texas Standard, 10/3/2019)

• Onondaga County schools implement safety measures (The Daily Orange, 9/30/2019)

• Op-Ed: Mass violence attacks: Five ways communities can prepare for the unthinkable (The Crime Report, 9/16/2019)

• Controversy over Sandy Hook Promise video (CNYCentral.com, 9/13/2019)

• UP reviews mass shooter, emergency plan (The Oswegonian, 9/13/2019)

• Op-Ed: The push to not name mass shooters is growing (Empire Report, 9/10/2019)

• America must tackle its media before it can change its gun laws* (The Boar, 9/5/2019)

• School shootings and lockdowns: How do kids cope? (WebMD, 8/16/2019)

• Donald Trump says he’s done more than other presidents to solve the gun problem. Has he? (PolitiFact, 8/8/2019)

• Hanson misfires on US mass shooting claim* (7News [Australia], 8/7/2019)

• Trump condemns hate, but is that enough to stop the shootings? (MPR News, 8/5/2019)

• The viral tweet about mass shootings by country? It needs additional context (PolitiFact, 8/5/2019)

• State comptroller releases school emergency planning report* (LocalSYR.com, 7/25/2019)

• A ‘morbid fascination’ with Columbine might lead to its shuttering* (Pacific Standard, 6/10/2019)

• Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares (Associated Press/AP News, 6/3/2019)
  • Reprinted in: The Oakland Press | Business Mirror | Voices of America

• Run, hide or fight? Heroism during Colorado shooting praised, but some worry coverage will push kids to put themselves in harm’s way (The Denver Post, 5/17/2019)
  • Reprinted in: East Bay Times

• The push to not name mass shooters is catching on* (New York Magazine, 5/9/2019)

• Columbine largely rewrote script for how US thinks of mass shootings (Sputnik News, 4/21/2019)

• Columbine High School 20 years later, the difficult “normality” survived [Translated with Google Translate] (Vanity Fair Italy, 4/20/2019)

• On Columbine 20th anniversary, SUNY Oswego’s Jaclyn Schildkraut on what we should take away (WAER Syracuse, 4/19/2019)

• How Columbine gave rise to threat assessment teams (PoliceOne, 4/19/2019)

• The Columbine blueprint (The Atlantic, 4/19/2019)

• How Columbine went viral (The 74, 4/19/2019)

• Columbine, 20: Shots that still echo in history [Translated with Google Translate] (R7 / Record TV [Brazil], 3/15/2019)

• Columbine massacre: 20 years on, has anything changed?* (The Week UK, 4/16/2019)

• 20 years after Columbine shooting, little has been accomplished on gun control (The Denver Post, 4/14/2019)
  • Reprinted in: Daily Record Colorado

• Since Columbine: How effective are lockdown drills? There’s little data, but one researcher wants to find out (Colorado Public Radio, 4/8/2019)
  • Reprinted in: National Public Radio (NPR)

• 13 were murdered in Binghamton in 2009. Why has the world forgotten? (Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin / PressConnects, 3/27/2019)

• Expert: You can cover mass shootings without saying the perpetrator’s name (WCAI, 3/24/2019)

• The case for denying mass killers fame in order to fight the deadly ‘contagion effect’ (CBC [Canada], 3/20/2019)

• New Zealand prime minister on mosque shooter: “You will never hear me mention his name”* (Vox, 3/19/2019)

• Kellyanne Conway’s stunningly irresponsible advice: Read New Zealand mosque shooter’s manifesto* (Vox, 3/18/2019)

• Footage from New Zealand attack goes mostly unaired by news outlets* (The Hill, 3/16/2019)

• News outlets mostly avoided publishing the video of the New Zealand attacks (NBC News, 3/15/2019)

• Not the case in Brazil: The astonishment of the vice Hamilton Mourão reflects the general indignation, but the country seems to have definitely imported insanity of random firing [Translated with Google Translate] (Veja Magazine [Brazil], 3/15/2019)

• For a SUNY Oswego professor, mass shootings are more than just research (LocalSYR.com, 2/15/2019)

• Fact check: Congressman says school shootings happen once a week* (Austin American-Statesman, 2/14/2019)

• Was there one school shooting a week in 2018, as a Florida lawmaker said? (Politifact, 2/11/2019)

• Sally Yates, others lined up for Emory Law symposium on gun violence* (Daily Report/Law.com, 1/8/2019)

• ‘Mass casualties happen in places that forbid firearms’ – ex-US official (Sputnik News [Russia], 1/7/2019)

• How journalists cover mass shootings: 5 recent studies to consider* (Journalist’s Resources, 12/5/2018)

• Oswego professor sending cards to the families of mass shooting victims for the holidays (LocalSYR.com, 12/2/2018)

• Professor hosting holiday card drive for shooting-affected kids (Spectrum News, 11/29/2018)

• Oswego professor coordinates holiday card drive for children impacted by mass shootings (CNYCentral.com, 11/29/2018)

• Oswego faculty member coordinates holiday card drive for children impacted by mass shootings (Oswego County Today, 11/29/2018)

• Ex-soldier kills 12 people in a shooting in a bar in California [Translated with Google Translate] (El Mercurio [Chile], 11/9/2018)

• Guard, officer killed in the nation’s latest mass shooting, stoking debate about active-shooter defenses (The Washington Post, 11/8/2018)

• CBS News inaccurately names AR-15 as mass shooters’ ‘weapon of choice’* (Breitbart News, 11/4/2018)

• Armed guards won’t stop mass shootings like Pittsburgh (Huffington Post, 10/29/2018)

• First F-M safety and security task force meeting held (Eagle News Online, 10/8/2018)

• Fayetteville-Manlius school safety task force meets for first time (LocalSYR.com, 10/2/2018)

• Op-Ed: Why the coverage of mass shootings continues to miss the mark and how to fix it (The Hill, 9/30/2018)

• The facts on guns in 6 charts: A 2018 midterm report (PolitiFact, 9/30/2018)

• When it comes to mass shooters, there’s a clear gender divide* (Boise State Public Radio, 9/24/2018)

• Former Columbine High School principal to hold community forum in Weedsport (Auburn Citizen, 9/22/2018)

• How unusual are female mass shooters? Very rare, says expert (The Denver Channel, 9/21/2018)
  • Reprinted in: WXYZ Detroit | KSHB Kansas City

• Fact Check: Have assault weapons been used in ‘hundreds’ of school shootings? (The Daily Caller / CheckYourFact.com, 9/21/2018)

• Onondaga County has a plan to protect students from school shootings. Elected officials and experts believe it’s feasible. (The Daily Orange, 9/18/2018)

• Does the U.S. lead the world in mass shootings? (The Washington Post, 9/6/2018)

• Should parents be arming their kids with bulletproof backpacks? (MyTwinTiers.com, 8/30/2018)

• CNY parents weigh in on bulletproof backpacks (LocalSYR.com, 8/29/2018)

• Jacksonville, Florida shooting hits close to home for CNY woman (LocalSYR.com, 8/27/2018)

• CNY schools considering initiatives from school safety task force, including Stop the Bleed (WRVO, 8/27/2018)

• Skaneateles school board brings up idea of returning security guards* (Auburn Citizen, 8/15/2018)

• Skaneateles school district formulating safety plans (Auburn Citizen, 7/26/2018)

• Does the media have a problem with the coverage of mass shootings? (BBC News, 5/31/2018)

• There has been an uptick in ‘active shooter’ incidents. Experts know exactly what to blame.* (The Blaze, 5/20/2018)

• Experts weigh in on security and safety after the school shooting in Texas (CNYCentral.com, 5/19/2018)

• What female mass shooters reveal about male ones (Daily Beast, 5/19/2018)

• The facts on mass shootings, guns in the United States* (Politifact, 5/18/2018)

• Trump’s response to the Santa Fe High School shooting was pretty nonchalant* (Elite Daily, 5/18/2018)

• Mass shooting expert: ‘I think we’re missing the bigger picture’ (LocalSYR.com, 5/18/2018)

• The other gender gap* (The Overtake, 5/9/2018)

• 2017 had more active shootings than previous years. Here’s what researchers say is going on. (Buzzfeed News, 5/4/2018)

• Town hall: Safe at school (CNYCentral.com, 5/1/2018)

• Town hall: Let’s talk about school safety (CNYCentral.com, 5/1/2018)

• The briefing: Some perspectives amid the carnage (The Buffalo News, 4/25/2018)

• NRA: 15 revealing quotes on gun control* (TheCheatSheet.com, 4/22/2018)

• ‘Never forget’: Binghamton marks 9th anniversary of American Civic Association shooting (NewYorkUpstate.com, 4/10/2018)

• YouTube HQ shooting leaves 3 people in hospital* (BestInAustralia.com, 4/8/2018)

• YouTube shooter wasn’t a scorned lover, but many thought so (The Eagle, 4/7/2018)

• Why did the media assume YouTube shooter was a spurned lover? (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/7/2018)

• YouTube shooter wasn’t a scorned lover – so why did so many jump to that conclusion? (The Mercury News, 4/7/2018)

• Why it’s extremely rare for women to perpetrate mass shootings in the U.S. (The National Post [Canada], 4/6/2018)
  • Reprinted in: Calgary Herald

• The YouTube attack was uncommon in one key way: The shooter was a woman. Here’s why that’s rare. (The Lily [Washington Post], 4/4/2018)

• ‘US gun violence so common YouTube HQ incident doesn’t even qualify as mass shooting’ (Russia Today [RT], 4/4/2018)

• YouTube shooting: Nasim Aghdam shoots 3 before killing herself at San Bruno HQ* (CBS News, 4/4/2018)

• Female suspect in mass shootings “very uncommon,” researcher says (CBS News Crimesider 4/4/2018)

• YouTube headquarters shooting: Woman suspect found dead* (WFMY News, 4/3/2018)

• OzSpeaks speaker series tackles issues of gun control (The Oswegonian, 3/29/2018)

• For SUNY Oswego mass shootings expert, the goal is to keep victims from becoming a number (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.com, 3/23/2018)

• Beset by school violence, US and Nigeria consider each other’s experience (Public Radio International [PRI], 3/16/2018)
  • Reprinted in: North Carolina Public Radio

• Do 1 percent of gun sellers supply more than half of all the guns used in crimes? (Tampa Bay Times / PolitiFact, 3/16/2018)

• Ted Cruz (in a song) says Beto O’Rourke wants open borders and to ‘take our guns’ (PolitiFact, 3/15/2018)

• At task force meeting, teachers suggest practical ways to improve school safety (WRVO Public Media, 3/12/2018)

• Voices: Jaclyn Schildkraut (Canyon Democrats, 3/12/2018)

• An unanswered question in the Florida gun debate: What to do with existing guns? (PolitiFact, 3/8/2018)

• Politifact: Nebulous link between assault weapons, shootings* (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3/2/2018)

• University police on how to respond to an active shooter event* (The Scarlet [Clark University], 3/2/2018)

• NRA’s Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban (Politifact, 2/27/2018)

• Give shooters less publicity, tell stories of prevented tragedies, experts say (KUT / Texas Standard, 2/26/2018)

• Did mass shootings increase 200 percent since assault weapons ban expired? (PolitiFact, 2/23/2018)

• 14 school shootings since 2010 in Florida? Not really (PolitiFact, 2018)

• NRA head Wayne LaPierre blames socialism for gun control push since Parkland (Vox, 2/22/2018)

• The media should stop making school shooters famous (Vox, 2/22/2018)

• In the echoes of Florida shooting, gun-control advocates raise their voices (The Globe and Mail [Canada], 2/15/2018)

• Florida native reacts to school shooting (CNYCentral.com, 2/15/2018)

• Florida high school shooting ‘close to home’ for SUNY Oswego professor (LocalSYR.com, 2/15/2018)

• What we know about mass shootings* (PolitiFact, 2/14/2018)

• Lockdown lowdown: Are school safety measures merely an illusion of safety? (WWMT.com, 1/31/2018)

• NNY church ‘not a gun-free zone’ (Watertown Daily Times, 1/21/2018)

• Las Vegas police say violent crime decreased in 2017 (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1/18/2018)

• Las Vegas sees deadliest year, breaks record for homicides (Las Vegas Review-Journal (1/17/2018)

• CNY woman collecting cards for Las Vegas shooting victims (CNYCentral.com, 12/12/2017)

• Holiday cards from CNY to Las Vegas: Children who lost parents in mass shooting (LocalSYR.com, 12/11/2017)

• ‘Avalanche of support’ helps SUNY Oswego faculty member collect cards for children of Las Vegas shooting victims (The Palladium-Times, 12/11/2017)

• UA professor studies mass shootings in America (The Crimson White, 12/5/2017)

• Questions, answers on American mass shootings* (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/22/2017)

• The facts of mass shootings in the United States* (PolitiFact, 11/8/2017)

• Country where mass shootings are now an everyday occurrence (Independent [Ireland], 11/7/2017)

• National Rifle Association control policy [Translated with Google Translate] (HK01.com [Hong Kong/Taiwan/China], 10/14/2017)

• Casino tragedy… [Translated with Google Translate] (HK01.com [Hong Kong/Taiwan/China], 10/13/2017)

• What is a ‘bump stock?’ And would a ban really make any difference?* (KTUU.com, 10/6/2017)

• The Las Vegas shooting has reinvigorated calls for gun control* (The Economist, 10/5/2017)

• One mass shooting every day: Seven facts about gun violence in America (The Telegraph [UK], 10/5/2017)

• The Las Vegas shooting, gun control and American violence* (The Spectrum, 10/5/2017)

• Mass shootings: How U.S. gun culture compares with the rest of the world (The Washington Post, 10/4/2017)

• Dear media, stop using mass murderers’ pictures and names (AL.com, 10/4/2017)

• Five things to know about mass shootings in the U.S. [updated from 2015] (The Wall Street Journal, 10/3/2017)

• SUNY Oswego professor discusses congressional baseball shooting aftermath (LocalSYR.com, 6/14/2017)

• CNY community remembers victims of Pulse Nightclub shooting (CNYCentral.com, 6/12/2017)

• 49 lives lost in Orlando nightclub massacre remembered in Syracuse (LocalSYR.com, 6/12/2017)

• Fact-checking Swedish response to Donald Trump campaign cry (PolitiFact, 2/22/2017)

• Chicago violence gets everyone’s attention, but it is not America’s murder capital* (Business Insider, 1/18/2017)

• Chicago still isn’t the murder capital of America* (The Trace, 1/18/2017)

• Congress blocked Obama’s call for new gun laws after mass shootings (PolitiFact, 1/6/2017)

• Congress doesn’t zero in on assault weapons ban bills (PolitiFact, 12/8/2016)

• Patrick Murphy wants to ban ‘commonly owned semi-automatic firearms,’ NRA says (PolitiFact, 10/11/2016)

• National crime rates rise, but only in three cities (Christian Science Monitor, 9/19/2016)

• When it comes to media coverage of shootings, location matters (Vice, 9/10/2016)

• What if we never named the shooters? (9 News [Denver], 8/5/2016)

• Is America becoming numb to mass shootings? (Vice, 7/29/2016)

• Mass shootings can be prevented – if someone who knows tells [Commentary] (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.com, 6/16/2016)

• Orlando shooter’s AR-15: Accurate, lightweight and there are millions (The Miami Herald, 6/13/2016)
  • Reprinted in: Bradenton Herald

• The mass shootings America forgets about (Vice, 6/10/2016)

• Mass shootings killed more people in the US last week than in all of Europe in 2016 (Vice, 4/29/2016)

• There were ten mass shootings in America this week (Vice, 4/22/2016)

• Oswego professor co-authors book exploring myths, realities of mass shootings (Oswego County Today, 3/23/2016)

• Professor co-authors book exploring myths, realities of mass shootings (Oswego News, 3/23/2016)

• Experts discuss concealed carry laws, gun rights on college campuses (The Daily Orange, 2/28/2016)

• How gun control looks from an Arizona gun show* (Christian Science Monitor, 2/6/2016)

• Canada mass school shooting: How often does this happen?* (Christian Science Monitor, 1/23/2016)

• Obama’s gun control speech: Fact-checking the statistics* (The Guardian, 1/5/2016)

• Gun violence vigil seeks detente (Arizona Daily Sun, 12/11/2015)

• Fact Checker: Obama’s inconsistent claim on ‘frequency’ of mass shootings* (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.com, 12/4/2015)

• Obama’s inconsistent claim on the ‘frequency’ of mass shootings in the U.S. compared to other countries (The Washington Post, 12/3/2015)

• The facts shoot holes in Obama’s claim that US is only host to mass killings* (Fox News, 12/3/2015)

• Obama’s inconsistent claim on the ‘frequency’ of mass shootings in the U.S. compared to other countries* (Reading Eagle, 12/3/2015)

• Fact check: Obama claim that ‘I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings; this just doesn’t happen in other countries’* (The Washington Post, 12/1/2015)

• Heyl: Open borders invite foreigners to steal thunder of our mass murderers* (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 11/19/2015)

• George Boardman: Why gun control laws Congress has passed are largely useless* (The Union, 10/20/2015)

• Nation-wide school shootings spark Oswego State administration response (The Oswegonian, 10/16/2015)

• After Oregon, focus on preventing mass shootings [Commentary] (Syracuse Post-Standard / Syracuse.com, 10/8/2015)

• Wasserman Schultz claims 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone (PolitiFact, 10/8/2015)

• U.S. leads world in mass shootings (The Wall Street Journal, 10/3/2015)

• Are mass shootings really becoming routine? (WORLD Magazine, 10/3/2015)

• 5 things about mass shootings in the U.S. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/2/2015)

• Mother of Sandy Hook shooting victim speaks out on school safety (CNYCentral.com, 9/17/2015)

• Are their more gun deaths in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world?* (PolitiFact, 8/13/2015)

• A counsel of despair: The Charleston massacre will not produce new controls on firearms (The Economist, 6/27/2015)

• Barack Obama tweets that U.S. gun-homicide rate is much higher than in France, Israel, Japan (PolitiFact, 6/22/2015)

• Is Barack Obama correct that mass killings don’t happen in other countries? (PolitiFact, 6/22/2015)

• Washington case revives debate about ‘contagious’ mass shootings (National Public Radio [NPR], 10/27/2014)

• How many gun bills pass after mass shootings? (Popular Science, 9/18/2013)

• Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check (PolitiFact, 1/24/2013)

• “There’s a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way” at gun shows and over the Internet (PolitiFact, 7/25/2012)

• “When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see … large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year.” (PolitiFact, 1/13/2011)

• “Saturday’s shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died.” (PolitiFact, 1/11/2011)