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Are Men Preoccupied with Guns?
Tom Matlack, a venture capitalist-turned-writer, contributed an article to The Good Men Project Magazine about why guns are more synonymous with men than women. The piece was actually a compilation of public statements about guns, made by men and women - pro-gun, anti-gun and neutral - from...
stephanie | 02/28/2011 - 1:25pm | 4 comments
Good News, Please!
We'd like to try an experiment. We spend a lot of time thinking and talking about gun violence here at DCTV, and it gets pretty depressing. We can understand how people who deal with gun violence in their neighborhoods on a regular basis find ways of coping with it by becoming desensitized or...
stephanie | 02/17/2011 - 6:52pm | 0 comments
Renewed Hope from Egypt to Washington
This morning, Hosni Mubarak stepped down as President of Egypt. After nearly three weeks of pro-Democracy protests, the people of Egypt won a huge victory, defeating a 30-year regime. The work of this revolution has just begun, but it's impossible not to feel an incredible sense of hope that real...
stephanie | 02/11/2011 - 2:55pm | 0 comments
Gun Violence Plays a Big Role in My Neighborhood
The following is a blog entry created by Genesis, a journalism student at High School for Enterprise, Business & Technology:
stephanie | 02/09/2011 - 3:08pm | 4 comments
NY State Senator Helps Parents Find Contraband
New York State Senator Eric Adams has made an instructional video for parents who may suspect their kids are carrying guns. He uses his experience as a New York City police officer to tell parents how and where to look for guns, bullets, even drugs in their home, and how to talk to their kids...
stephanie | 02/01/2011 - 6:51pm | 0 comments
Obama to Address Gun Control ... Soon
After Tuesday's State of the Union Address, the Obama Administration admitted that the President failed to address our nation's gun violence epidemic, a serious problem that impacts the state of our union on a daily basis. The Administration noted that the President intends to address this issue...
stephanie | 01/28/2011 - 7:06pm | 0 comments
34 Victims at Mayor Bloomberg's Press Conference
Yesterday, 34 victims of gun violence - representing the 34 people who are shot and killed every day in our country - stood behind Mayor Bloomberg and Martin Luther King III at City Hall asking Washington to show some courage and strengthen our nation's gun laws. It was unlike any gun-related...
stephanie | 01/25/2011 - 6:34pm | 0 comments
Grand Street Campus Comforts Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez
Grand Street Campus Comforts Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez January 10, 2011 By Azizi Curtis and Natalage Davis
stephanie | 01/19/2011 - 3:50pm | 0 comments
DCTV Presents "Living for 32" by Kevin Breslin
On Thursday, February 10, 2010, DCTV Presents and Beyond Bullets proudly present Living for 32, a documentary about Virginia Tech survivor, Colin Goddard, directed by Kevin Breslin. We are thrilled to bring this film to New York audiences shortly after its run at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,...
stephanie | 01/14/2011 - 6:33pm | 0 comments
The Tragedy in Tucson
All of us at DCTV are deeply saddened by Saturday's shooting in Tucson, AZ. As a media organization which has been working on gun violence prevention for the past 5 years, we are too familiar with how gun violence affects communities across the country. We would like to extend our sympathies to all...
stephanie | 01/11/2011 - 6:35pm | 1 comments