A Heat-Packing Discussion

The Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School Spurred Lots of People To Action. What’s Next?

The debate over gun rights is so contentious in America that it often seems the two sides are speaking different languages. The fight continues, bitterly—and yet nothing seems to change. At an event co-presented by Zócalo Public Square and the California Wellness Foundation, three panelists closely involved in the issue offered their thoughts to a standing-room-only crowd at the RAND Corporation on what, if anything, might end this deadlock.

Joe Mathews, the evening’s moderator and Zócalo’s California editor, asked Robyn Thomas, executive director of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, …

Why Gang Members Can’t Shoot Straight

Gun Control Needs to Focus on Gun Safety, No Matter Who Is Shooting

Six years ago, my husband Mark retired from the Los Angeles Police Department. After 37 years as a police officer, he still possessed three guns, which are safely locked away …

How I Made Guns a Women’s Issue

Betty Friedan and Pink Handguns Mobilized Angelenos—and Me—Against Violence

The phone call from Betty Friedan caught me by surprise. The surprise was not that the feminist icon called me. We were friends. It was that she called to order …