Commentary on “The mass killings in Newtown”
by ClassroomStruggle
This is a blog post from a former Oakland teacher reflecting on the Newtown massacre and advocating for a different kind of gun control than that commonly echoed in the mainstream media.
The original post came fromhttp://weknowwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/12/commentary-on-mass-killings-in-newton.html.
Commentary on “The mass killings in Newtown”
by Jack Gerson
Some of you may have already read the piercing comment that Gary (one of this blog’s regular readers) wrote in response to Richard Mellor’s “The mass killings in Newtown, Conn. have deep social roots”. Gary’s comment really resonated with me. Here’s Gary’s comment in full, followed by a bit more from me:
I would like to add to some of your fine posts here. I grew up 5 minutes down the road from Sandy Hook in Newtown, CT. My home town, where