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The Making of a “Shooter”

One Man’s Story Highlights the Elements that Create – and Prevent – Killers

Writer Kim Whiting recounts the story of her friend, Tay Ramey. Once a gifted child, Tay was shaped by abuse, community violence, and a sense that he did not belong in the wider world. Tay was serving a life sentence for murder in California before his death in 2020. His story illustrates, Whiting says, how traumatic experiences and low self-worth can lead people toward violence. It also shows, she argues, that the alternative--being seen and loved--can foster healing. It's a Reporters Inc. Original.

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Kim Whiting
August 12, 2026
Marching Forward GunsPoliticsProtests

Marching Forward

A history lesson for future action against gun violence

In March 2018 an estimated one million Americans protested against gun violence in March for Our Lives events held across the U.S. Former U.S. Naval Air officer Kent Greene offers a quick history lesson to help those leading this new revolution.

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Kent Greene
March 29, 2018
Birth of a “Shooter” CrimeGunsPublic SafetyRace Relations

Birth of a “Shooter”

Violent environments breed violent men

"What is it about the environments where so many young Black men grow up that make them such breeding grounds for violence. What are the factors that contribute to a higher tendency to kill and be killed?" psychotherapist Kim Whiting asks. She and Tay Ramey are co-authoring a book, Thug: A True Story, that chronicles his journey into, through, and ultimately out of crime.

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Kim Whiting
October 11, 2017
Second Amendment Hijacked: GunsPoliticsPublic Safety

Second Amendment Hijacked:

How a dangerous misinterpretation shaped U.S. gun laws

"Expect massacres of police and civilians to continue until the Supreme Court’s horrendous 2008 blunder is reversed," military veteran Kent Greene says. He claims the increasing number of mass shootings are all a tragic and direct result of an erroneous Supreme Court Decision on gun ownership rights -- and the United States must act now to reverse this violent epidemic. (more)
Kent Greene
October 16, 2016
Note to Congress GunsPolitics

Note to Congress

Consider firearms liability insurance

People who drive cars and people who shoot guns equally cause 30,000 deaths annually, Kent Green writes. Every driver behind the wheel carries liability insurance, but no gun owner does. He argues for a roadmap that puts firearms liability on par with motor vehicles.

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Kent Greene
March 11, 2013
32 Homicides a Day GunsMurderPolitics

32 Homicides a Day

My sister was a victim of one of them

America has more mass shootings than any other democratized country not at war, Joan Peterson writes. People who have suffered from gun violence feel the pain of this fact more than anyone. Peterson's sister was shot to death 20 years ago over a contentious divorce. That's why Peterson argues for universal background checks.

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Joan Peterson
March 11, 2013
Father, Hunter, Gun Owner GunsPolitics

Father, Hunter, Gun Owner

I can't stop thinking about a gun control answer

Derick White argues universal background checks are something that should be done--and should have been done a while ago--but there are some fundamental questions people are not asking. How much governmental control are we as Americans willing to accept for the safety of our society? And how much would gun control laws impact or change the way people behave? Or would they simply create a whole new set of problems?

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Derick White
March 11, 2013
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