Matt Butcher Memorial Foundation

06/24/2019

“Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.” ~ Jorge Luis Borges

11/21/2018

by Angela Miller Unfortunately bereaved parents get judged often. By those who know us and by those who don’t. We are often criticized and pathologized for grieving (for remembering our child…

05/03/2018

The research is now clear: Right-to-carry laws increase the rate of violent crime.

04/21/2018

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll.

04/16/2018

With government gun research tied up in politics, Kaiser launches its own $2-million research project.

04/13/2018

The to***co lobby’s influence over Washington waned as public consciousness about the links between ci******es and cancer grew. The NRA is using many of the to***co industry’s old tactics, such as suppressing research and invoking personal responsibility. Can it survive the growing pro-gun contr...

04/12/2018

A Marjory Stoneman Douglas science teacher who said he'd be willing to be trained to carry a gun while on duty was arrested and charged after leaving a pistol in a bathroom. A drunk homeless man picked up the gun and fired it.

03/11/2018

An open letter to the NRA’s top apologist: You are contemptible. You don’t scare me, and neither do your sick fans.

03/07/2018

Wow.

Take it from someone who awakened into this new age. The act of showering rage on strangers doesn’t move anything forward.

02/21/2018

Part I -- The challenges faced by homicide loss families I am a co-victim of homicide, a murder survivor. Some refer to me as the mother of the boy who was killed. At times, it feels

02/15/2018

“This is what America is today: bloody. The Florida shooting too shall pass, as did Columbine, Sandy Hook, Santa Monica College and so on — all allowed to fade into the backdrop of American memory without a thing being done. This is us. Until we decide finally, forcefully, effectively, that it is not.”

When does an epidemic stop being an epidemic and becomes just a basic part of regular life?