Gun Control – Temple Update

Bucks Man Arrested After Temple Threats

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:47:53 +0000

A resident of Bucks County was arrested last weeks following threats made against Temple University. Police say that 29-year-old Patrick Buhler was arrested on charges of harassment and making terroristic threats following an incident at a Walmart in Levittown. According to police and witnesses, Buhler, while buying a rifle and bullets, made comments of a violent nature about the university.

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Estas son las Victimas de Santa Fe

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:23:59 +0000

Estas son las víctimas asesinadas en el tiroteo en la escuela secundaria Santa Fe,que ocurrió el 18 de mayo. Todas las víctimas han sido identificadas, según una declaración del Primer Fiscal Asistente del Distrito Kevin Petroff en el Condado de Galveston, el condado donde se encuentra la escuela. El ala defensiva de Houston Texans J.J. Watt ha ofrecido pagar los funerales de las víctimas…

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March For Our Lives Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Washington D.C.

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:07:02 +0000

Hundreds of thousands covered the streets of the nation’s capital Saturday to join the March For Our Lives. Marchers, some as young as six, armed themselves with signs and a simple message: enough is enough. Teenagers from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the march after a former student used an AR-15 to open fire in the school. He killed 17 people—all of whom were recognized…

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Philadelphia Students March Against Gun Violence

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:32:03 +0000

Philadelphia students, along with students across the nation, walked out of school on Wednesday and marched against gun violence from the Philadelphia School District Building to City Hall. This national walkout showed support for the victims of the Parkland, Florida shooting. The Philadelphia Student Union, Juntos, and other Philadelphia organizations organized a student march following the…

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Students React to Las Vegas Attack

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:01:07 +0000

Together in solidarity. Temple student organizations such as SASSA, TSG, S.M.O.O.T.H., Progressive NAACP, Society of Minorities in Sports, AMS, and more gathered together for prayer and song this week to remember those 59 people that lost their lives, and the many who have the long road of recovery ahead. While Las Vegas may be far from Philadelphia, it hits home for many here on campus.

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Giffords Fuels Gun Control Rally on Parkway

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:54:48 +0000

Former Congress woman Gabby Giffords led a chant of “fight” at a rally organized by vocal majority. Giffords, who was seriously wounded by a gunman while she was greeting constituents 5 years ago, was joined by Congressmen John Lewis, and mothers and fathers who lost their children to gun violence. Giffords and Lewis called on both parties to take action. “Stopping gun violence takes courage…

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