We must control our toddlers better

According to the Press Union (building on research by the Washington Post), for the last two years, a toddler has shot someone every week. Two years. Every week.

Sickened by the shooting of the NY imam and his assistant?

If you didn’t know, Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, Thara Uddin, 64, were shot on Saturday afternoon near their Queens mosque, Al-Furqan Jame Masjid. It was broad daylight. The men were shot in the back of their heads. While New York police are searching for a suspect, we who wish to see an end to violence (and …

Goddammit. This has to stop now.

Watch those comforting hands on the back of 15-year old Cameron, Alton Sterling’s son. Mr. Sterling was shot dead by police on Tuesday in Baton Rouge. Listen to that young man’s sobs. And then read this. Goddammit. This has to stop. We are awash in these awful videos — including ones that show us the actual taking …

It is sad that a gorilla died, yes.

A 3-year old went over a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati zoo, and zookeepers shot and killed the 400-pound gorilla inside, Harambe. How scary for everyone. But now people are attacking the parents of that 4-year old, because the people who are attacking the parents have never let a child slip from their hand, have never …

Guns don’t kill people. Toddlers with guns do.

People are getting shot by toddlers on a weekly basis, according to Christopher Ingraham at the Washington Post. A toddler shoots his mother at a Walmart, which only recently stopped selling certain kinds of military-type weaponry. A toddler shoots his grandmother in a car. A toddler shoots himself, in the leg, after he finds a gun …

Open Carry guy kills woman who filed sexual harassment complaints against him

What war on women, you ask? In Iowa, a mall cop who is a big fan of open carry, shot (three times, in the back, with a Glock) and killed a young woman who’d earlier filed sexual harassment complaints against him. These stories have a sad sameness to them. I mean no disrespect. Every death …

Come be a part of something bigger than you

There’s a candlelight vigil from 6 to 7 p.m. today on the north side of the State Capitol (the side facing Bushnell Park) for Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, the three University of North Carolina students who were shot and killed last week in their home …