Tag: Guns
Your Views: Weapons detection now
To the editor:
On Monday, a 14 year-old student was arrested at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard ninth grade campus. Only parents of Minnie...
Council prohibits guns on city property
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
City council unanimously adopted an ordinance that bans firearms on city property at the public hearing held on Saturday.
The ordinance...
Your Views: Sen. Ebbin’s critique was misguided
To the editor:
It is unusual for elected officials to criticize newspapers because the way our system works is that newspapers are supposed to criticize...
Your Views: Gun safety is critical to reducing gun violence
To the editor:
In commenting on the aborted Virginia legislative special session on gun control, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said: “That was a laughable...
My View | St. Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-30
In your July 11 editorial, “Guns aren’t the whole problem,” the Alexandria Times states that, when it comes to preventing gun violence, complex mental...
Our View: Guns aren’t the whole problem
The special session Gov. Ralph Northam called to deal with gun control* is worthwhile – but it is only half a solution. As we...
Council approves resolution in support of gun safety
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
At its June 25 legislative session, city council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution supporting the passage of gun safety...
Justice Matters with Bryan Porter: What Alexandria can and can’t do...
Last month, Parkland, Florida, became the most recent city to experience the horror of a mass school shooting. Seventeen people were gunned down, with as...
Letter to the Editor: Let’s eliminate child gun deaths in Alexandria
To the editor:
Call me naïve, call me idealistic but there is something in the anger, rage but most importantly the clarity of commitment among...
City council passes non-binding gun control resolution
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
City council passed a gun control resolution at its Tuesday night legislative meeting in the wake of a high school...
