Mar 9

Mar 9 Miami-Dade law closes Florida’s “gun-show loophole,” but police weren’t enforcing it

Police in Florida’s most populous county aren’t enforcing a decades-old ordinance that closes the gun show loophole. In 1998, Miami-Dade County adopted a five-day waiting period for guns purchased from licensed dealers in public places, including gun shows. But cops didn't enforce it, Douglas Hanks, writing for the Miami Herald, reports.

Dec 24

Dec 24 75 shot: Mothers of the slain keep waiting for the call even when cases grow cold: 'We’re living amongst killers'

Damien Willis

Reporting Worth Reading

Madeline Buckley, writing at the Chicago Tribune, continues the newspaper’s in-depth coverage of the tragic weekend in August that saw at least 75 Chicagoans gunned down. The entire series, “75 Shot,” is worth checking out.

Dec 16

Dec 16 His Only Living Boy

Damien Willis

Reporting Worth Reading

Casey Parks, writing for The Trace in partnership with Mississippi Today, shares the truly remarkable tale of Roger Stringer v. Remington.

Dec 9

Dec 9 ‘The World Moves On And You Don’t.’ Parents Who Lost Children in School Shootings Find Comfort in a Group No One Wants to Join

Damien Willis

Reporting Worth Reading

Mitchell Dworet and Melissa Willey have never met and don’t have much in common. Dworet, whom everyone calls Mitch, is an outgoing real estate agent from a busy part of Florida; Willey is a reserved stay-at-home mother of nine from a small town in southern Maryland. But one thing unites them: both had kids on a high school swim team, and now both of those kids are dead.

Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Damien Willis is a newspaper reporter and communications professional. He generally writes about the ways we pass our time in the 21st century.