Kendall Moffett | Staff Writer On Sept. 10, a Florida appeals court struck down a 40-year ban on open carry weapons as unconstitutional, and starting Sept. 26, residents will legally be able to carry their firearms openly in public–and I’m scared. The guidelines for obtaining a firearm in Florida require you to be 21 years […]
Conor Moore | Staff Writer Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at FIU as part of the “Fight for our Freedoms College Tour”, in order to stir young people into the voting spirit, as well as discussing some of the most pressing issues facing American society today, such as abortion, gun violence and the right to […]
Mariantonia Mejia | Staff Writer As a US citizen, I already live with a sense of fear. Any open area feels like a shooting range. With House Bill 543, a new legislation allowing permitless carry of firearms, any regular day may very well be my last. Though the exact number is disputed, between 143 and […]
By Nicole Ardila/ Opinion Director I hid inside a cabinet during a lockdown drill in middle school. I was taught to stay covered, quiet and turn off my phone until a shooter leaves school grounds. If this is the proper way, then why are hundreds of kids still dying at school? This has become the […]
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer There’s no other way to put it: America’s gun violence crisis is out of control. We are not even four months into 2021 and 160 mass shootings have spilled blood and ruined lives this year. President Biden called it an “international embarrassment,” but these words are not appropriate for describing its true […]
Sergey Podlesnykh/Staff Writer Americans have seen and suffered from all kinds of violence in the last few decades. Some are driven by racial, ethnic and gender hatred. Some can hardly be explained at all. We hopelessly struggle to solve different cases of violence treating them as standalone issues, but often fail to notice a common […]
Nicole Ardila / Contributing Writer On Valentine’s Day 2018, a day usually filled with love, tragedy stole the lives of 17 South Florida teenagers. Three years ago, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, walked in excited to celebrate a day of love with their friends and dates. With about 40 minutes left of class, […]
Nathan Nayor/Contributing Writer It has been over two and a half years since the Parkland shooting, which sparked protests around the country pleading for regulations on guns that would prevent these tragedies; yet they ensue, and we have now had a year in which there have been more shootings than days in the year. With […]
Eduardo Alvarez/ Contributing Writer Far be it from me to think that the Florida Senate’s recent gun reforms are enough to do away with the scourge of gun violence. But this is how politics works: big change never comes overnight. With that in mind, the decision to raise the firearm age from 18 to 21 […]
Alhi Leconte/ Staff Writer The Florida Senate just passed a bill to permit school teachers and staff to carry guns. This is on the heels of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Calls for gun reform were loud and strong. Citizens have called for firm restrictions purchasing […]
David Pradere/ Contributing Writer Not too long ago, the Columbine High School massacre was surpassed by a sadistic individual named Nikolaus Cruz who had nothing but malicious intentions. Seventeen innocent teenagers, filled with hopes and aspirations, had their lights snuffed out by this one harbinger of death. Cruz’s name has become a name that now […]
