LibGuides: Glimmer of Hope: Knight Reading (Reading in Common), 2019-2020: Day Two: Guns in the United States

Gun Control Organizations

Gun Rights Organizations

"Stay in their lane"

Haag, M. (2018, November 13). Doctors revolt after N.R.A. tells them to ‘stay in their lane’ on gun policy. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/nra-stay-in-your-lane-doctors.html .
On November 7, 2018, the N.R.A. confronted doctors over Twitter after the Annals of Internal Medicine came out reaffirming their support for addressing firearm-related injuries and deaths in the United States.

Utah Gun Exchange

Anderson, T. W. (11 July, 2018). The Utah Gun Exchange is following the Parkland students around the country to combat their call for more gun laws. Retrieved from https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/07/10/utah-gun-exchange-is/.
Members of the Utah Gun Exchange follow the Road for Change rally to engage students, supporters and activists in a debate on the topic of second amendment and school safety.

Utah Gun Exchange. [Screen name]. (2018, July 25). Who is March for Our Lives? | UtahGunExchange aims to find out #takeyourcountryback [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiCOcE18KGk.

Everyday Anti-Gun Violence Advocacy

Beckett, L. (2018, March 31). 'Never again': How 11-year old Naomi Wadler became a rallying voice of black protest. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/31/naomi-wadler-the-11-year-old-helping-lead-a-protest-movement.
Wadler speaks out about the African American women and girls lost to gun violence who never get their story heard.
Chen, E. (2018, June 15). Five Chicago student activists on why they will be in your face this summer. Retrieved from https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/chicago/2018/06/15/five-chicago-student-activists/.
One way Parkland teens used their celebrity was to bring the voices of teens from other communities into the conversation. By sharing their platform, anti-violence initiatives from Chicago were heard at a national level.
Tognotti, C. (2018, March 24). Who Is Edna Chavez? The March For Our Lives speaker was straight fire. Retrieved from https://www.bustle.com/p/who-is-edna-chavez-the-march-for-our-lives-speaker-was-straight-fire-8596176.
Chavez is a member of an organization called Community Coalition, a Los Angeles initiative aimed at ending the systemic causes of gun violence that disproportionately affect communities of color.
Johnson, V. (2018, June 1). His twin shot dead, a Washington teen shines spotlight on gun crime. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-youth/his-twin-shot-dead-a-washington-teen-shines-spotlight-on-gun-crime-idUSKCN1IX5AG.
After the murder of his twin brother, Kelly uses his platform to bring awareness to the urban gun violence that does not get the same media attention as mass shootings.

"March For Our Lives, NYC" by mathiaswasik is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

#Enough! National School Walkout

Gray, S. (2018, March 14). Thousands of students walked out of school today in nationwide protests. Here's why. Retrieved from https://time.com/5195960/national-school-walkout-march-14/?xid=tcoshare#e63aba1d-9f29-4919-b4d8-50862517c0a5?utm_source=
Organized by the Youth Empower affiliate of the Women's March Organization, thousands of students and teachers walked out of their classrooms to raise awareness about issues of school safety and gun violence.

"National School Walkout Day" by Victoria Pickering is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.