A $50 million facility in upstate New York is trying to teach officers the thing they’ll need most during the next mass shooting: bravery. Source: New York Times
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Social Media Shooting Threats Against Elite Schools Sow Fear
A tactic using social media sites to direct threats at individual students has unsettled schools in New York City and around the country. Source: New York Times
Could One County’s Success With ‘Red Flag’ Orders Be a Model?
Suffolk County authorities have acted more often than their counterparts elsewhere in New York to seize weapons from the home of someone who has made a threat. Source: New York Times
How a New York County Used the State’s ‘Red Flag’ Law to Seize 160 Guns
Suffolk County on Long Island aggressively uses the law to take guns from people in crisis in an effort to prevent shootings and suicides. Its experience could inform a national debate. Source: New York Times
Parents Face a Haunting Question: Is Any Schoolchild Safe?
A day after the massacre in Uvalde, Tex., parents and caregivers agonized over the safety of America’s children. Source: New York Times
Videos Show a Familiar New York Morning Erupting Into Chaos
The attack on an N train on Tuesday brought to life a horror that the city had long avoided: a mass shooting on the subway. Source: New York Times
How Sandy Hook Families Achieved Long-Awaited Legal Victories
After early defeats in Congress, relatives of those lost in the 2012 shooting fought on, besting a renowned gun maker and an infamous conspiracy theorist. Source: New York Times
Maplewood Shooting: HS Student Fatally Shot Near Soccer Field Where He Excelled
Moussa Fofana, 18, a junior at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., and another student were hit by gunfire on Sunday night. Source: New York Times