Peter Putka is a filmmaker who is currently working on a movie about gun violence. The goal of his film is to send the message that little events like your coffee being to hot can lead to a bigger event such as a shooting etc. One of the reasons he may have wanted to make…
1 Year anniversary of Newtown Shooting
by 18lachlane
On December 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook Newtown shooting took place. One year later, my group went down to city hall to take part in the ceremony commentating the one year anniversary. Many people spoke including a teacher who survived the colombine high school massacre only to be shot some time later by a mugger…
Interview with Richard Aborn
by 18lachlane
Richard Aborn is the president of the citizens crime commission of New York City, and organization that seeks to reduce crime, especially gun violence and to improve methods used to convict criminals. In our interview Richard Aborn talked about how guns are restricted to varying degrees depending on what state your in. Many illegal gun…
Interview with Donna Dees
by 18lachlane
Our first fieldwork I believe went very well. We interview Donna Dees, founder of the Millions Moms M arch which is a movement against gun violence. In 2007, after the Virginia Tech Massacre the millions moms march demanded that when guns are sold mental health records should be looked over to check for any problems.…
