School teachers and other staff at educational institutions across the state of Ohio will now be allowed to carry firearms on campuses, including inside classrooms, after House Bill 99 came into effect this week. The bill was signed into law on June 13 by the state’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. It allows school districts to…
Ohio Teachers Can Now Carry Guns in Classrooms
Oklahoma Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes 3-Point Plan to Make Schools Safer
With the horror of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, still fresh in the minds of many Americans, a former law enforcement officer and SWAT team leader has come up with a three-point plan to make schools safer. Mark Sherwood, a 24-year retired veteran of the Tulsa Police Department in Oklahoma, is also an author, a…
Irvine Police Department Shares Efforts Made to Create Safe School Environment
IRVINE, Calif.—To boost residents’ confidence in public safety considering recent events involving gun violence, the Irvine Police Department shared plans with the community to prevent and respond to threats to schools on June 9. Officers discussed public safety programs and tools used by Irvine’s school district to protect students from active shooting incidents. “Our commitment…
Capitol Report (June 1): Sec. Yellen Admits Miscalculated Inflation; Key Factors Driving Inflation?
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that she was wrong about rising inflation. She was among those who initially said that inflation would be temporary, if at all. Vance Ginn is chief economist at the Texas Public Policy Institute, and he’ll be joining us to assess the key factors driving inflation. What’s the administration’s latest step…
Texas School Shooter’s Mother Begs for Forgiveness
The mother of Robb Elementary School shooter Salvador Ramos is begging for forgiveness from the victims and the victims’ families. “Forgive me, forgive my son. I know he had his reasons,” Adriana Martínez Reyes, mother of Salvador Ramos, said to the victims’ families in an interview with Spanish-language station Televisa. When prompted about what reasons…
What We Miss When Boys Shoot Children
Commentary When a tragedy involving the shooting of kids occurs, pundits race to their podiums bleating, “How could this ever happen? Guns should be outlawed; teachers should carry concealed weapons; and mental health care needs more money.” The list of “what we need to do’s” goes on and on. I get it. These make sense…
Film Review: ‘The Desperate Hour’: Naomi Watts Gives It Her All in a Bonkers Thriller
You have to give Australian director Phillip Noyce (“Dead Calm,” “Sliver,” “Salt”) and screenwriter Chris Sparling credit for two things. They chose to make a movie about a school shooting and did so within a real-time presentation. Coupling such a volatile sub-genre with a style of filmmaking most people regard as a gimmick is a…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 17)
Viral social media threats of school shootings are cancelling class across the country, Democrats fail to include their immigration reform plan in the Build Back Better spending bill, and the White House has a grim warning for unvaccinated Americans ahead of the holidays.
School Shootings: Time to Hold the Grown-ups Accountable, Too
Commentary Children cannot legally buy guns. It’s adults who introduce guns into a home, where curious or disturbed kids can get access to the deadly weapons. So, who is to blame if a youngster gets a firearm and uses it to commit mass murder, as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley did in Oxford, Michigan, recently? The law…
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