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Is gun violence our manifest destiny?
The last war on U.S. soil ended in 1848, unless you count the NRA v. common sense. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | December 11, 2017 Steve Russell wrote the following article for The Rag Blog as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Whitman, Guns, Manifest Destiny, Mexican History, Native Americans, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Second Amendment, Steve Russell, Texas History
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METRO | Deep in the heart of Texas: The guns
of August
Mass shootings of the innocent are commonplace now. But Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower sniper, shocked the nation’s psyche. By Jeff Shero Nightbyrd | The Rag Blog | March 29, 2016 With introduction by Thorne Dreyer On August 1, 1966, … Continue reading
METRO | Alice Embree : A moving memorial for the victims of the UT Tower shootings
Whitman survivor Claire Wilson James said, ‘It was so important to me that a student group organized this event, and that a younger generation is carrying these stories forward.’ By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Artly Snuff, Charles Whitman, Claire Wilson James, Gary Lavergne, Living Memorial, Metro, Rag Bloggers, UT Tower Shootings, UT-Austin
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Anti-Gun Violence Activists John Woods & Claire Wilson James
Claire Wilson James and John Woods at the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, April 5, 2013. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast:Anti-gun violence activistsJohn Woods and Claire Wilson James John’s girlfriend was killed at Virginia … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Whitman, Claire Wilson James, Gun Control, Gun Violence, Interview, John Woods, Mass Murder, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, Virginia Tech
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