Remembering the Capital Gazette shooting one year later - Entrepreneur Generations

The Capital Gazette shooting victims, L-R: Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Gerald Fischman. (Capital Gazette photo montage)

One year ago today, five newspaper staffers died when a gunman opened fire in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md. The paper has published an impressive news package marking the occasion, including an update on how survivors are faring in the aftermath, a moving photo portrait project, and an editorial calling for stronger gun control laws.

The Gazette published a paper the day after the shooting, but the opinion page was intentionally left blank except for the words, "Today, we are speechless."

One year later though, "we have something to say," says the editorial, which lists dozens of names of people killed in mass shootings since the Capital Gazette shooting. "Until we take steps to cure the sickness of our American soul — with stronger regulation of firearms, improved mental health services and law enforcement that fairly identifies individuals likely to commit mass violence — none of us is safe.

The list will grow.

Today, we urge you to join us in a moment of silence at 2:33 p.m. to remember our friends. Remember these names, as well.

Because none of us can truly be free until, together, we stop this madness."

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