I don’t care if you are numb to this outrage. I don’t care if I’m numb to it. From where I sit, the carnage from gun violence in America, the continuing, ongoing, shocking deaths by gun, move to the head of the must-do list for this new administration.
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4/22/21
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The Democratically controlled State Legislature moved on Jan. 29 to protect New Yorkers by enacting common-sense measures to combat gun violence.
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2/7/19
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"There’s a man with a gun,” a voice blared on the loudspeaker at the Heralds’ Garden City office on Jan. 3. “Get out of the building.”
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By Ben Strack
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1/17/19
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The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country.
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8/30/18
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Golda Meir famously said that when Israel’s enemies loved their children more than they hated Israel, peace would be possible. The same could be said of members of Congress: When they . . .
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2/23/18
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Having a plan and being prepared for natural disasters such as hurricanes, manmade disasters like train derailments, technology and cyber attacks, and active shooter situations were all part of a nearly two-hour presentation by two members of New York State’s Citizen Preparedness Corps, a unit of the state National Guard established in 2014.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/14/17
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A key to surviving an active shooter event is “situational awareness,” a security consultant told about 150 Five Towners on Sunday morning.
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By Ed Weintrob
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1/13/16
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There is a lot of emotion surrounding the current debate about making our gun-control laws more rational, and not too many facts.
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1/17/13
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A Bellmore Fire Department volunteer was shot late Tuesday night as he attempted to help a crash victim on Bellmore Avenue in Bellmore, according to police.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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