The Boston Globe’s Powerful Message On Gun Violence: ‘Make It Stop’
The front page features a to-scale photo of the military-style AR-15.
06/15/2016 11:29 pm ET | Updated 3 hours agoJUNE 16, 2016
Greed, legislative cowardice, advanced technology that is how we got here. The United States has been pummeled by gun violence since the assault weapons ban expired in 2004. This year, mass shootings have already claimed 61 lives. One class of gun, semiautomatic rifles, is largely responsible. But this nation cannot be a hostage of fear. We can make it stop.
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The newspapers front page, accompanied by an editorial, adds to this weeks blistering attacks on lax gun laws that make it easy to acquire a firearm designed for the battlefield. (Multiple news outlets have purchased semi-automatic rifles since the Orlando shooting including The Huffington Post often in a few minutes.)
The Globe also tweeted the names of people killed in mass shootings that have taken place since the federal ban on assault weapons expired in 2004.
https://twitter.com/GlobeOpinion/status/743249415033491456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/743243689250652161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/boston-globe-assault-weapons_us_57620929e4b0df4d586f417b?section=