Districts moving slowly on security

School Resource Officer Dan Horetski, of the Oro Valley Police Department, talks with Canyon del Oro High School students.

Districts moving slowly on security

The Newtown, Conn., shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six adults has prompted a rush of emergency-plan reviews by Tucson-area schools.

Grieving father's plea should be heard, heeded

Most of our top elected officials probably didn't notice - they were too busy making fools of themselves over an idiotic budget "crisis" of their own manufacture - but something worth remembering happened in Washington this week: A parent pleaded softly for a ban on military-style weapons li…

Assassins don't debase power of ordinary citizens

"Every book I've written, every thriller is all based on the same idea: Ordinary people change the world," he said in the Star in 2011.

Assassins don't debase power of ordinary citizens

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Assassins don't debase power of ordinary citizens

John Wilkes Booth was just 26 when he killed Abraham Lincoln. Leon Czolgosz was 28 when he killed President McKinley.

LaPierre: Single-handedly making pro-gun case seem nuts

The moment that most deserves to be remembered from Sunday's thrilling Super Bowl came before the game, when Jennifer Hudson joined students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in singing "America the Beautiful." It was a heart-rending elegy for the fallen - and a stirring call to action.

Fitz Blog: Tucson survivors to talk about Newtown trip

This is worth attending. Here's the news release I received:

NRA shooting game no longer for preschoolers

WASHINGTON — A new shooting game for mobile devices by the National Rifle Association is no longer being labeled suitable for preschoolers.

Giffords, Kelly to lobby for gun control

PHOENIX — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.

Giffords visits Newtown, Conn.

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday visited the Connecticut town where a gunman killed 26 people last month inside an elementary school.

Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training as organizers seek to arm more educators in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting.

Fitz Blog: To live and die in Tucson

To live and die in Tucson: Man shot at 49ers Country Club... Three people shot at midtown strip club...Shots fired in Tucson Mall parking lot... Man shoots, kills woman, himself...Boy, 6, takes gun to school... Suspected carjacker and Tucson police dog shot and killed...Tucson guns sales sur…

Children need support, facts on Newtown

Children and adolescents are talking about the Newtown shootings, and parents can play a role in how it affects them.

'Silent Night' singalong in Winterhaven tonight to remember Newtown victims

Tucson will remember the victims of Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., by singing "Silent Night" by candlelight tonight.

'Silent Night' singalong in Winterhaven Newtown memorial

Tucson will remember the victims of Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., by singing "Silent Night" by candlelight on Friday.

Company that makes Bushmaster rifles to be sold

The company that makes one of the weapons used to kill elementary school children in Connecticut is being put up for sale by its owner, which called Friday’s tragedy a “watershed event” in the debate over gun control.

Fitz Blog: Light a candle

First comes the tragedy. Then comes the shock and the news coverage and the funerals. And then comes the outraged pundits, the politicians and the gun lobbyists. And then the talk, talk, talk shows led by puppy-eyed hosts watched by a sobbing, hand-wringing nation. We will talk about wh…