Posted on · Dr. Cassandra Kercher Crifasi, a gun policy researcher and gun owner herself, explains why she wants to change the narrative about guns and the people who own them.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Baylor St. Luke’s restarts its heart transplant program. A researcher wants to change the narrative about guns and gun owners. Plus, our panel of non-experts discusses the The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the week’s news. And we learn about outsider art in Texas.
Posted on · Experts say it costs about $500 to train a school employee under Texas' school marshal program. But school leaders say their worries go beyond the cost.
Posted on · Some in the medical field say gun violence should be discussed as a public health issue.
Posted on · A new report ranks Texas 11th in the number of small businesses with guns
Posted on · As students and staff return to school in Santa Fe, schools around the country are trying to find ways to avoid school shootings
Posted on · Architects and school safety experts say that campuses are already designed with minimizing death in mind — but that architecture can only go so far
Posted on · Texas Candidates for Gun Sense hold press conference to discuss a plan of action for combating gun violence
Posted on · Today is Greg Abbott's series of roundtables on gun violence continues
Posted on · NPR’s John Burnett was in Austin and updates Houston Matters on who will take part in this week's meetings.
Posted on · Of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the U.S., all but one took place in a town with fewer than 75,000 residents and the vast majority of them were in cities with fewer than 50,000 people
Posted on · Guns are so hard-wired into Texas culture that last week's deadly rampage at Santa Fe High School is considered unlikely to result in any significant restrictions on access to weapons in the Lone Star State
Posted on · Abbott will instead give away a $250 gift certificate
Posted on · Maybe the mass shooting at Santa Fe High will be the one that spurs Texas leaders to replace thoughts and prayers with thoughts, prayers and action. In a state with a list of seemingly intractable problems, that would be a useful precedent.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We bring you the latest on the shooting at Santa Fe High School. We discuss how law enforcement prepare to respond to these events.