Students and faculty from more than 2,000 schools across the United States will walk out in protest of gun violence today, Friday, April 20, the nineteenth anniversary of the Columbine shooting. Alice Volfson ’19 organized Choate’s own walkout, which will occur at 10:00 a.m. this morning. Volfson also planned Choate’sRead More

Following the devastating Parkland school shooting, President Donald Trump P’00 called for schools to arm teachers to prevent future school shootings. Several Florida legislators later approved two bills that allotted millions of dollars to training for teachers to carry firearms. While on paper this may seem like a plausible idea,Read More

On the morning of Tuesday, January 23, a child walked into Marshall County High School in Kentucky, wielding his mother’s handgun. The unnamed 15-year-old proceeded to shoot 18 people. Two were killed: Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, both 15. This tragedy marked the eleventh school shooting in the first monthRead More

On December 14th, 2012, in Newtown, Conn., an armed and mentally unstable man stepped into Sandy Hook Elementary School. After five minutes that included over 150 gunshots, twenty children and eight adults were dead. Guns are a constant threat in our society today — on average, they kill ninety AmericansRead More