He Survived a School Shooting. Now He’s Fighting to Allow Guns in Schools.

March 16, 2018
Happy Friday from Washington, where debate flares over schools and guns. We've got related interviews with a survivor of the Columbine massacre and with two House members who are moms. Emilie Kao examines the role of fatherlessness in mass shootings, while Amy Swearer recounts times that a semi-automatic rifle came to the rescue. Plus: Nolan Peterson on how Russia spies on U.S. fighter pilots, Brad Schimel and Ken Paxton on why Obamacare can't last long, and Kelsey Harkness and Bre Payton on the week's most problematic of women. Happy St. Patrick's Day, which is tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend.
News He Survived a School Shooting. Now He's Fighting to Allow Guns in Schools. Patrick Neville is now the dad of three, and is pushing his home state of Colorado to provide a safer future to kids by allowing guns in schools. Watch the Video
Commentary The Crisis of Fatherless Shooters Among the 25 most-cited school shooters since Columbine, 75 percent were reared in broken homes. Read More
News US Fighter Pilots on the Front Lines of Russia's Spy Games The deployment of U.S. F-16s to Estonia was not a combat operation. Yet, those personnel were on the front lines of an ongoing, non-shooting conflict between Russia and the West, in which battles are not fought by combat pilots and soldiers—but by spies, hackers, and propaganda spin doctors. Read More
Commentary Without the Individual Mandate's Tax, Obamacare Should Fall Apart in Court Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel explain why they filed a lawsuit asking the federal courts to obey what the Supreme Court has already recognized and hold all of Obamacare unconstitutional. Read More
News Q&A: Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Mia Love on Empowering Women "It's important for us to make sure that women are represented everywhere. I can tell you right now that my perspectives come from being a mom," says Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah. Read More or Watch the Video
Commentary Problematic Women: Katy Perry's #MeToo Incident Plus: A Washington Post writer says Down syndrome babies don't deserve to be born. Watch the Video or Listen to the Podcast
Commentary 8 Times Law-Abiding Citizens Saved Lives With an AR-15 No. 3: During the Ferguson, Missouri, riots, nearly all businesses in one area were looted or destroyed—except for one. African-American men, armed with an AR-15, guarded the business of a white friend. Read More
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