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To Prevent School Shootings, Reduce Access to Guns

Taia Menefee, Staff Writer • May 26, 2023

According to the Washington Post, there have been 380 school shootings since the Columbine High School massacre, 46 of those occurring in 2022. Among these shootings are the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary...

Protecting Lives or Protecting Guns?

Amy Chen, Staff Writer • September 18, 2019

Only 13 hours after the Aug. 3 shooting in El Paso, Texas, a 24-year old opened fire on a crowded street in Dayton, Ohio. Within 32 seconds, 27 were wounded, including 10 now reported dead. This is...

Students Take Action Against Gun Violence

Nakita Reidenbach, Staff Writer • May 19, 2018

Junior Jing-Jing Shen led a #NeverAgain gun violence meeting on April 17 after school in social studies teacher Pam Ogilvy’s classroom. The goal of the meeting was to educate students and raise awareness...

Students and Staff Walk Out to End Gun Violence

Chad Baker, with additional reporting by the Beachcomber Staff • March 30, 2018

School safety issue strikes home with March 13 threat called to BMS; Beachwood students attend March 24 rally

New District Security Measures Are a Reminder: We Need New Gun Laws

Beachcomber Staff • October 16, 2015

According to a mass shooting tracker featured on outlets such as CNN, MSNBC and The Washington Post, there have been at least 300 mass shootings in the United States this year alone. This can be blamed...

Guns or Freedom? You Can Only Pick One

Max Bleich, Online Editor in Chief • December 21, 2012

The word “gun” is short, but it is loaded. To Americans, guns represent danger, safety, fear, destruction, death, freedom and so much more. We live in a culture dominated by guns. The United States...