Lockdown: Living Through the Era of School Shootings, One Drill at a Time
What’s an active shooter drill like? Hear directly from 20 students and learn “what they see, hear, and feel during what has become a routine experience in American schools” — read excerpts, or listen to the audio of their conversations.
‘Everything That You’re Feeling Is Okay’
“Las Vegas’s death investigators witnessed the atrocities of the Route 91 shooting, then had to grapple with the difficult task of healing themselves.”
Editor’s note: This story was published in partnership with GQ.
His Only Living Boy
Roger Stringer, a father and gun owner in Mississippi, testifies against his older son, Zac, in the shooting that kills his younger son, Justin. Zac goes to prison, but eventually Roger learns that the rifle in the incident — a Remington Model 700 — is at fault.
What Happened to the Boy Who Accidentally Shot His Sister Dead
In 1989, a ten-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his younger sister. It took a second for the gun to go off, and a lifetime for him to forgive himself.
