gun violence

Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean speaks to reporters near the scene in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, where a gunman killed 12 people. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

November 8, 2018, 8:12 pm

Sheriff in California shooting cites lessons from Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

Geoff Dean tells reporters he visited a Jewish house of worship after Tree of Life tragedy to ‘do something about the hate’

By JTA

Illustrative: Police in Bat Yam, February 27, 2017 (Moti Karelitz/FLASH90)

April 25, 2018, 9:58 am

Man killed in drive-by shooting in northern Israel

Police open investigation into incident

By TOI staff

Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 19, 2018. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

April 12, 2018, 5:26 am

Florida school shooter wants to donate inheritance to survivors

Nikolas Cruz’s lawyers say he wants funds, estimated at some $800,000, to help ‘facilitate healing’

By AFP

Parkland shooting survivors (from left to right) Dani Tylim, Maia Hebron and Eden Hebron spoke at the Tel Aviv March For Our Lives rally on March 23, 2018. (Tracy Frydberg/Times of Israel)

March 25, 2018, 5:02 pm

Jewish teen survivors of Florida attack use Israel trip to talk gun control

On vacation in Israel, Parkland high school students commend country’s gun laws — and vow to fight for similar reform in the US

By Tracy Frydberg

Looking west from the stage area, the crowd fills Pennsylvania Avenue during the 'March for Our Lives' rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

March 24, 2018, 11:38 pm

‘This just needs to stop’: Hundreds of thousands across US decry guns

At nationwide rallies, protesters denounce the National Rifle Association and its allies, say they are tired of government inaction

By ASHRAF KHALIL and Calvin Woodward

People arrive for the March For Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm)

March 24, 2018, 7:30 pm

Crowds gather for largest US gun control protest in a generation

Student-organized protest features rallies from coast to coast, with the main event in Washington within sight of the US Capitol

By Chris Lefkow and Sébastien BLANC

Students from the High School for American Studies in the Bronx. (Cathryn J. Prince)

March 24, 2018, 6:57 pm

Jewish marchers at US gun rallies demand Congressional action

‘No political agenda is more critical than addressing gun violence issues,’ one Orthodox organization says, as hundreds of thousands throughout America rally for legislative reform

By Cathryn J. Prince

March 24, 2018, 11:02 am

Josh Feigelson

In a Washington march, seeds of a new Jewish future

Like bygone protests on the Sabbath, the gun violence march ignites a conversation about morality and halacha

Sen. Doug Jones, an Alabama Democrat, heads to the Senate to vote on the bipartisan "Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act" which would allow victims of sex trafficking to sue websites that enabled their abuse, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

March 23, 2018, 10:58 am

Alabama senator says Congress must act on gun violence

In maiden Senate speech, Doug Jones says nation has reached a tipping point on guns following mass shooting at Florida high school

By Matthew Daly

This March 14, 2018 file photo shows students at Roosevelt High School in Seattle taking part in a protest against gun violence. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)

March 23, 2018, 10:45 am

After Parkland shooting, worldwide ‘March for Our Lives’

Pro-gun critics ‘like to believe we’re puppets, because if human beings have this power then they might not need a gun,’ says organizer

By KELLI KENNEDY

March 20, 2018, 2:29 pm

Joshua Hammerman

Marching for our lives by hopping on the Shab-bus

The gun control rally is so important that I, a rabbi, am going to blatantly disrupt God’s holy Sabbath

March 9, 2018, 2:20 pm

David Bryfman

The lesson of Marjory Stoneman Douglas teens

The kids know what they’re doing; it’s on adults to empower them to take over the conversation with policymakers

March 1, 2018, 2:11 pm

Chaim Marder

Vashti, the NRA, & the ‘Memuchan Move’

Wayne Lapierre doubled down to protect the status quo, in a move reminiscent of how Haman reframed the queen’s refusal

US President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, February 28, 2018, with members of congress to discuss school and community safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

March 1, 2018, 3:55 am

In startling about-face, Trump tells lawmakers they’re afraid of gun lobby

US president appears to buck Republican base, seems to support expanded background checks, mental health resources, and raising the age to 21 for purchasing some firearms

By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey

In this Oct. 17, 2016, file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Ak., speaks to reporters in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

February 28, 2018, 3:01 pm

Republican lawmaker blames Holocaust on gun control

Alaska congressman Don Young, a longtime NRA member, says millions of Jews could have avoided gas chambers had they been armed

By TOI staff