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The GOP war on youth is literally armed

Republicans encourage paranoid, angry men to buy guns — young people are the ones paying the price

Salon · Apr 21, 2023

Dan Rodricks: Drop the gun, and nobody gets hurt

Roman Welzant, who claimed to have been tormented for years by neighborhood teenagers, shot two of them one winter night in 1980 as they threw snowballs at his house in Eastwood, just over the city line in Baltimore County. Welzant, who was 68 at the time, killed one of the…

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

Will Bunch: In frightened, paranoid, gun-crazed America, the real ‘stranger danger’ is to strangers

This is how fast things seem to be devolving in gun-crazed America. It’s been barely a week since we were stunned by the news that Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old honors student who accidentally rang the wrong doorbell at a Kansas City home, was shot in the head by the 84-year-old…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 21, 2023

Distrust in America: Small mistakes, deep fear — and gunfire

In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Andrew Lester’s family ‘disgusted’ by shooting: ‘We stand with Ralph Yarl’

Andrew Lester’s grandson claims his grandfather has a history of making ‘racist comments’ and of an interest in ‘QAnon-level conspiracy theories’

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A grandson of the man charged with shooting a Black teen in Kansas City’s Northland last week said he was “appalled” and “disgusted” at his grandfather’s actions and is thankful Ralph Yarl is recovering.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Andrew Lester’s ex-wife tells why she ‘isn’t shocked’ by Ralph Yarl shooting: ‘I was always scared of him’

Mary Clayton says she ‘was always scared of’ her former husband Andrew Lester

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Kardashian voice outrage over shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl

Celebrities Naomi Campbell, Halle Berry, and Viola Davis have also voiced support as outrage grows over the shooting and the treatment of the man responsible

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Ralph Yarl GoFundMe tops $3.2m after Black teen shot in the head by white homeowner

Donations have been flooding in to help Ralph Yarl and his family pay for his medical bills and recovery after Kansas City shooting

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

What we know about the shooting of Black teen who went to wrong house: ‘Ringing a doorbell is not a crime’

A Black teenager went to pick up his younger brothers from a friend’s house, accidentally rang the doorbell at the wrong address and was shot twice by a white homeowner. Now, a Missouri judge has ordered that there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. Rachel Sharp…

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023