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11/16/23

The City of Long Beach will be holding its first gun buyback day in years. Residents have marched in support of gun safety, which the city hopes this will aid.

Long Beach has first gun buy-back day in years

Gun buyback days have become popular — and effective — events across the state. There have been numerous across Nassau County even, and for the first time in years, the City of Long Beach … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/9/23

Community leader James Hodge led an Anti-Gun Violence march through the North Park area Tuesday afternoon.

Anti-gun rally takes to Long Beach streets

Community members, leaders and religious groups came together Tuesday to recognize the ongoing gun violence throughout the North Park Community. Nearly 40 people met outside Christian Light … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 4/23/23

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, flanked by Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Tatum Fox, the deputy county executive, pledged to support New York’s new gun laws while still hoping they are ultimately overturned, during a news conference last week.

Blakeman reluctantly supports 'safe zones'

The U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on a number of controversial topics as of late. But while a lot of attention is paid to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, another salient issue has seemingly been overshadowed: gun rights. more

By Michael Malaszczyk | 10/13/22

Another tragedy, and no hope on the horizon

Celestine Chaney, 65. Roberta Drury, 32. Andre Mackneil, 53. Katherine Massey, 72. Margus Morrison, 52. Heyward Patterson, 67. Geraldine Talley, 62. Ruth Whitfield, 86. Pearl Young, 77. And then there was Aaron Salter . . . more

5/19/22

The score will too often be 6-3 in the Supreme Court

We live in a world where sports matchups of almost any kind are totally unpredictable. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey . . . more

3/10/22

Taking a shot at reducing gun violence

How to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on. more

8/5/21

The heartache of gun violence continues

A 49-year-old father of seven and grandfather of one, Ray Wishropp, was killed April 20 by a lone gunman in the manager’s office of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop over what Nassau County police say was an employee dispute. more

4/28/21

Just another day in America: Eight shot dead

I don’t care if you are numb to this outrage. I don’t care if I’m numb to it. From where I sit, the carnage from gun violence in America, the continuing, ongoing, shocking deaths by gun, move to the head of the must-do list for this new administration. more

4/22/21

Dear politicians: Get your act together on gun control

John Kasich, the former Ohio governor who was roundly defeated in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries by Donald Trump, was doing that thing on March 25 that so many conservative politicians do . . . more

4/1/21

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