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The student news site of Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, NY.

The Paw Print

The student news site of Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, NY.

The Paw Print

The student news site of Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, NY.

The Paw Print

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05:  U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. Without approval from Congress, Obama is sidestepping the legislative process with executive actions to expand background checks for some firearm purchases and step up federal enforcement of existing gun laws.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama Sparks Controversy Over Gun Regulations

Doug Marr, Politics Writer January 21, 2016

ñIncreasing gun regulations has always been one of the goals of President Obama’s administration, but progress thus far has been arrested due to opposition in Congress. However, the president’s speech...

An emotional President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses as he recalled the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

New Year, New Gun Reform?

Shayna Greene, Opinion Editor January 18, 2016

52,670. That’s how many gun-related incidents there were in 2015.  13,350. That’s how many gun-related deaths there were in 2015.  The United States has seen 330 mass shootings and almost 2,000...

Breaking News: Toddlers and Guns Don’t Mix

Breaking News: Toddlers and Guns Don’t Mix

Megan Neuman, Politics Writer October 28, 2015

I’m sure that the click-baity headline of this article in no way surprised anyone. All it takes is just a little common sense to understand that you should not leave both a curious toddler and fully-loaded...

Faculty members at Umpqua Community College embrace.

Tragedy in Oregon

Megan Neuman, Politics Writer October 19, 2015

On Thursday, October 1st, a deadly school shooting took place at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Umpqua, a school of over 3,000 students with the average student age 37, has been the most...

Mass Shootings Keep Happening - And We're Doing Nothing to Stop Them

Mass Shootings Keep Happening – And We’re Doing Nothing to Stop Them

Taylor Fox, Editor-in-Chief October 15, 2015

Another nine lives taken. Another community left in grief. Another disturbing manifesto released. Another father weeping for his young daughter, and another mother counting her blessings that it wasn’t...

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