Gwen Ifill sits down with Washington Week regulars to look at how Washington reacted to this crisis and others in the past. Peter Baker of the New York Times, Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair and Alexis Simendinger of RealClearPolitics discuss what may be different this time, for this President and this Congress.
BLOG: Gwen Ifill reflects on Sandy Hook and the politics of pain
Larry Pratt, the head of Gun Owners of America wrote in USA Today that gun control advocates have “blood on th[eir] hands” for the Connecticut school massacre. Pratt believes that the solution is not fewer guns but more. John Larson sat down with him this week in Virginia.
Original Broadcast: 12/22/12 — From WNET-Thirteen in New York, a Public Television special event continuing the coverage of the Newtown shootings: looking for long-term solutions and answers to the tragedy. Jeff Greenfield, Maria Hinojosa, Susie Gharib and Scott Simon host.
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The tone and the message that came from the White House in the immediate aftermath of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary was understated but clear: now is not the time to talk politics. That time will come later. However, that time may be here now, as policy and politics have begun to make their way into the conversation. Need to Know’s Jeff Greenfield notes that politicizing tragic events may actually be a good thing.
In 2010, Need to Know reported from Chicago, where there has been an epidemic of gun violence for years. The show’s producers followed a program called CeaseFire (made famous by the documentary film, The Interrupters) that seeks to reduce gun violence through mediation on the streets. But CeaseFire can’t be everywhere: this year alone, there have been over 400 gun related homicides in Chicago.
PBS NewsHour: After Newtown, on-going coverage of the issues in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
A community will better heal if the massacre is not remembered by the town's name. [read more...]
The horrific school shooting in Newtown, CT has parents—and children—asking many tough questions. How should you respond when your child asks about violence in our country? What’s being done to prevent tragic events from happening again? How can you raise an emotionally healthy and resilient child?