IN THE NEWS

Mass shootings don’t make big news anymore. They’re just too common. 2009 has been one of the worst years on record. In March alone, 57 people lost their lives.

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"I've never seen such a large number [of killings]
over such a short period of time involving so many victims."
Jack Levin, Criminologist at Northeastern University, Author of 8 books on mass murder.

July 12, 2010
6 dead in New Mexico business shooting, police say
CNN Wire

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in England
Associated Press

Porn actor goes on rampage at video production office, police say; 1 dead, 2 wounded
Los Angeles Times

Friend: Texas Crash Pilot a 'Normal, Right Down the Middle Kind of Guy'
Fox News

Three killed in University of Alabama-Huntsville shooting
By Robin Abcarian
Los Angeles Times

Gunman in Macomb Farm King Shooting Takes Own Life
KWQC-DT
Davenport, IA

Some Link Economy With Spate Of Killings
In One Month, 57 Die In Eight Mass Murders
By Philip Rucker
Washington Post Staff Writer

Has America become numb to tragedy?
ANALYSIS
By Ted Anthony

Alabama shooting spree suspect Michael McLendon kills 10 in Kinson and Samson, before killing self.
BY Leo Standora
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Oakland Seeking Answers in Police Killings
By JESSE McKINLEY

Eight dead in Carthage nursing-home shooting
wral.com

Gunman kills 12, wounds 31 at Fort Hood
Commentary: Of all recent attacks, the Fort Hood shooting is perhaps the only one that’s going to attract public attention for a long time. Although any similarities with other mass shooting incidents in the US will certainly be obscured by a theme of war on radical Islam and Muslim terrorism, the Fort Hood shooting is in many ways very similar to other workplace/school/community shootings analyzed in the film.

13 Dead in Upstate New York Immigration Center Shooting Rampage, Gunman Identified

Gunman kills himself, three others at St. Louis plant
By Emily Bazar
USA TODAY

SPECIAL SCREENING ANNOUNCEMENT

Main Art Theater
MURDER BY PROXY: How America Went Postal
Will be shown in Royal Oak, MI on 07/08/2010 at 7pm
BY INVITATION ONLY

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FILM SYNOPSIS

As “Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal” explores the startling history of the going postal phenomenon, the film also follows the journey of two extraordinary men who team up in an effort to use past massacres to educate others to prevent tragedies in the future...

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