Stories Of Student Heroes Taking Down Mass Shooters Shines Light On Grim Reality Young People Face
The most recent school shooting was marked by a story of how teenager Kendrick Castillo lunged at the gunman and helped thwart the attack. He was killed in the process, a story that is becoming more common as students are faced with their new normal. Other gun safety news comes out of Florida and New Hampshire.
The New York Times:
Colorado School Shooting Victim Died Trying To Stop The Gunman
It was three days before the last day of school, and the students inside Ms. Harper’s English classroom were whiling away the last period of the day watching “The Princess Bride” when one of their classmates walked in late and pulled out a gun. “The only thing he said out loud to the students was, ‘Don’t you move,’” said Nui Giasolli, an 18-year-old senior who was in the class at the time. (Turkewitz, Healy and Mazzei, 5/8)
The Washington Post:
Colorado Shooting Updates: Heroic Details Emerge About Incident At School
He was a high school senior, set to graduate this week. But instead of celebrating Kendrick Castillo’s graduation, the family of the 18-year-old will be mourning his death. Castillo, a senior at STEM School Highlands Ranch in suburban Denver, was killed in a classroom Tuesday in a shooting that police say was carried out by a pair of his classmates: 18-year-old Devon Erickson and a younger classmate who has not been identified because she is a juvenile. Eight other students were injured. (Schaneman, Svrluga and Balingit, 5/8)
The Associated Press:
Florida Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers
More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a commission formed after a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland. DeSantis signed the bill in private and didn't issue a statement afterward. But he previously made it clear he supports the changes made to the law enacted after a rifle-toting former student walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and killed 17 people in February 2018. (Farrington, 5/8)
New Hampshire Public Radio:
At Sturm Ruger Annual Meeting, Activist Investors Push For 'Smart Gun' Products
At Sturm Ruger’s annual shareholder meeting in New London, N.H., Wednesday, the gun manufacturer defended its business model and rejected a push to unseat two board members.In recent years Ruger, which is based in Connecticut and employs approximately 1,000 people at a facility in Newport, N.H., has been targeted by so-called activist investors who buy shares in publicly traded companies and then attempt to change internal policies. (Bookman, 5/8)
