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(ABC4) In a single incident on Sunday, the number of adolescents injured or killed by accident gunfire in Utah this year nearly doubled.

According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, officers were dispatched to the scene after two juvenile girls had been accidentally shot by their friend. The girls were taken to the hospital for treatment, and no further details, including their ages or the circumstances around the incident, were given.

News of accidental deaths or injuries by children with firearms isnt uncommon. Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit group that advocates against gun-related violence, has tracked 277 unintentional shootings by kids in 2021, which has resulted in 114 deaths and 178 injuries across the nation.

Through Oct. 1, 2021, Utah had relatively low figures, with two deaths and one injury reported by Everytown. That number has now increased to three injuries following the accidental shooting in Pleasant Grove over the weekend.

The state was also rocked when University of Utah running back Ty Jordan was killed by an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while celebrating Christmas in Texas last year.

With an abundance of hunting opportunities and many second amendment proponents in the state Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone was famously a spokesperson for the National Rifle Association for years Utah is considered to have a strong gun culture. For example, Guns & Ammo Magazine ranked Utah the eighth-best state for gun owners in the country in 2020.

However, part of gun ownership is gun safety, especially when dealing with children who could accidentally access the weapon and cause harm to themselves or others.

The number one thing is proper securement of the weapons, Sgt. Cameron Roden of the Department of Public Safety states. There are several different ways that that can be done. One is a proper safe or something like that youll be able to put the weapon in and secure it without kids or others being able to access it. Theres also gun safety locks and things like that that you can utilize as well.

The second most important thing in establishing gun safety in the home is training, Roden says. Much of the essential training for those who are permitted to handle guns, and those who stumble onto one without supervision, comes down to the old adage: treat every gun like its loaded. Not touching the gun at all, or not being near an untrained person who is handling one, is probably the best approach.

You dont just take it for granted, or assume that the weapon is unloaded, Roden admonishes. Make sure that you always keep it keep it pointed in a safe direction, away from anyone or anything that shouldnt be shot or destroyed.

Cleaning or performing routine maintenance on a firearm can be just as dangerous. A teenager who was accidentally shot in July was reportedly cleaning a handgun with a friend when it went off and struck him in the stomach. That accident came just a week after a 13-year-old was killed by his 15-year-old friend after sneaking out of their homes to play with a gun in a parking lot.

Some gun owners may be concerned that storing their weapon in a safe or wrapping it in a safety lock may affect their ability to grab it at a moments notice if it is needed for protection. Roden states that there are many products available with quick-access or quick-release features that are also childproof.

But the bottom line is taking the initiative to not only secure weapons in the home, but also to train youngsters on what to do if they find one can be lifesaving.

I think if we take the proper steps to make sure that were trained and that we secure the weapons and try and keep them out of the hands who those who shouldnt have them then, for the most part, we can prevent a lot of accidents, as many as we possibly can, Roden says.

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Whether it is the politics of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability, there is always someone ready to offend and be offended.

I would rather be awake than asleep. Prefer to be aware of what is going on around me, in my community, in my country, than blithely carrying on, oblivious to things that may well have changed.

That may make me woke and I am conscious that is bandied about all too readily as an insult, as if to be woke is a bad thing. As opposed to what exactly? Being unconscious? Because I would suggest you really dont want to be that.

But the thing I reject is that there has to be a culture war at all. And why is it always a war, with talk of the trenches, lobbing missiles at each other from both sides and indeed the middle? It doesnt have to be like that; we could all choose to debate some of the more vexed issues with sensitivity and nuance, recognising that it is all a great deal more complicated than the headline writers would have us believe.

Whether it is the politics of gender, or race, or religion, or sexual orientation, or age (thats always a good one, pitting the boomers against the millennials), or disability, there is always someone ready to offend and be offended.

We can learn from the past, apply it in the future and find the common ground

I am minded to recount the tale of a very close friend of mine, a tetraplegic confined to a wheelchair for the last 20 years, who was hounded off a discussion board for referring to himself as having a disability rather than being disabled. He looked at me, laughed, and said: Im the one in the wheelchair, and I am not remotely bothered as to how I refer to myself. And thats before we even start to discuss knitting wars.

So with plenty ready to go to war at the slightest provocation, surely it is incumbent upon politicians and political parties not to stoke culture wars, and to look for solutions and ways to bring people together rather than to stir up division.

It was the late Jo Cox who used her maiden speech to remind us we have far more in common than that which divides us. A point echoed last month by her sister, Kim Leadbeater, when she first spoke in the House. She is not wrong, Jo was not wrong, we are not wrong. From the most outspoken trans activist to the most determined feminist, common ground can be found.

Interestingly during the recent inquiry my select committee held into the Gender Recognition Act, all those who gave evidence agreed that a gender recognition panel was a nonsense. How can anyone judge if a hairstyle is sufficiently feminine? What is too much make-up and what not enough? Do I have to wear a dress to be a woman, or will jeans do? That ones a nightmare. What if theyre boyfriend jeans, does that count us out on all sides?

But culture wars are serious, and I am being deliberately flippant, because isnt humour one of the best ways to deflect an argument? And dont we need to avoid the urge to argue, and instead find some pragmatic solutions to the rows raging about statues, knees and the curriculum? Because shouting at each other is not going to work.

Of course cultures change, evolve and grow. And thank goodness for that, because if they didnt we would all be set in aspic, listening to frankly suspect music and wearing appalling clothes. It is pointless to fight change, to hark back to a bygone era and pretend everything was perfect then. It wasnt, but we can learn from the past, apply it in the future and find the common ground without launching missiles.

Caroline Nokesis the Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North and chair of the Women and Equalities Committee.

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School boards have become a new front in the nations culture wars and hostilities are only getting more intense.

On Monday, Attorney General Merrick GarlandMerrick GarlandBannon's subpoena snub sets up big decision for Biden DOJ Navy engineer, wife accused of espionage plot Blinken warns Haitian migrants against making 'dangerous' trip to US MORE announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was taking a number of steps to address threats of violence against school board members at the state and local level.

Garland instructed the FBI and U.S. attorneys around the country to make contact with local law enforcement to discuss how to deal with this disturbing trend. A task force is also expected to be set up.

To supporters of Garlands position, this was an overdue action, given that school board members and teachers and, in some cases, students have faced verbal attacks and aggressive behavior, primarily over mask mandates and the controversy over critical race theory in recent months.

But the DOJ move incited fierce criticism from the right, with conservatives charging that the actions could have chilling effects on dissent and First Amendment principles.

The debate demonstrates, yet again, just how alienated from each other competing political tribes have become in America. Biden administration officials heralded the DOJ action as a commonsense safety measure. Republicans cast it as a nefarious attack on liberty.

White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBannon's subpoena snub sets up big decision for Biden DOJ The Memo: Biden's horizon is clouded by doubt Biden administration competency doubts increase MORE, just days before Garlands announcement, said, We take the security of public servants and elected officials across the country very seriously. And obviously these threats to school board members [are] horrible. Theyre doing their jobs.

But when Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, she faced hostile questioning on the topic from Sens. Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David HawleyThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Senate nears surprise deal on short-term debt ceiling hike The Memo: Culture war intensifies over school boards Senate GOP seeks bipartisan panel to investigate Afghanistan withdrawal MORE (R-Mo.) and Tom CottonTom Bryant CottonArkansas legislature splits Little Rock in move that guarantees GOP seats The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Senate nears surprise deal on short-term debt ceiling hike The Memo: Culture war intensifies over school boards MORE (R-Ark.), both of whom are possible 2024 presidential contenders.

Conservatives had already been outraged by a letter sent to the Biden administration by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) last week that described public schools and educators as under an immediate threat and suggested that some actions school board members faced were equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.

Is it domestic extremism for a parent to advocate for their childs best interests? Cotton asked Monaco during the Senate hearing.

Hawley demanded that Monaco should tell me where the line is with parents expressing their concerns and also cast the FBI as interfering in school board meetings.

Responding to the second point, Monaco insisted, That is not going on.

Schools have increasingly become the focus of the tensions wrenching at the broader civic fabric of the United States. The trend is intertwined with the stresses and political polarization around the coronavirus pandemic, with some parents demanding mask mandates and others equally fervent in resisting them.

Meanwhile, the debate over critical race theory has become a proxy for the larger discussion of racial justice, as liberals see it, and excessive wokeness, from conservatives perspective.

That has fueled an atmosphere in which local school boards are increasingly dragged into national politics and affected by the passions that still swirl around former President TrumpDonald TrumpPennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro enters governor's race GOP lawmakers introduce measure in support of Columbus Day Bannon's subpoena snub sets up big decision for Biden DOJ MORE.

The path to save the nation is very simple its going to go through the school boards, Stephen Bannon, the former Trump aide predicted on his podcast in May.

The NSBA letter to Biden outlined numerous instances of trouble erupting at school board meetings.

The association noted that one person had been arrested in Illinois for aggravated battery during a school board meeting. Another example came in Virginia, where, according to the NSBA, an individual was arrested, another man was ticketed for trespassing and a third person was hurt during a school board meeting discussing distinguishing current curricula from critical race theory.

Facing those kinds of threats, school board members are adamant that action is needed.

Monica Peloso, president of the Cheyenne Mountain School District Board of Education in Colorado, told this column that she welcomed the DOJs moves and was thrilled that the national board had reached out to let them know what is going on. Its ludicrous.

Peloso has previously recounted to The Hill intimidating behavior experienced by her board. On Wednesday, she said that another school board district in Colorado had felt the need to have a large police presence, including SWAT teams, for one of its meetings.

But a completely different view is put forth by Sue Zoldak, a GOP strategist and founder of a parents group in Fairfax County, Va., called Do Better FCPS.

To Zoldak, the DOJs actions are a clear exaggeration and overreaction to what has happened in the last 18 months.

Zoldak argued that the pandemic has opened parents eyes to how much power school boards wield. She said that her group was focused on getting accountability and transparency regarding how her county, in the D.C.-adjacent northern suburbs of Virginia, operates.

Asked whether she felt some other parents groups had gone too far in their actions, Zoldak demurred.

We wouldnt be at this point where parents were that upset if school board members were accountable to their constituents and they were listening, she said. What we have found is that school board members consider themselves to be politicians as opposed to school administrators.

She added: They have put their political opinions above the educational progress of the students and the families they are supposed to be taking care of. Parents are frustrated.

Right now, just about everyone in the debate is frustrated. And there are no signs of those passions cooling off.

The Memo is a reported column by Niall Stanage.

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By Rep. Garnet F. Coleman| Austin American-Statesman

Redistricting is often portrayed as nothing more than a partisan battle, but most importantly, redistricting sets the stage for a decade of public policy decisions that directly impact our lives and our communities. The drawing of district lines goes a long way toward determining whether the next decade will be one of progress in public education, health care, and opportunity for working Texans, or a decade of divisive culture wars.

Knowing how important it is for legislators to be directly involved in the actual drawing of redistricting plans that provide representation for those who are driving our states rapid population growth, I could not understand why some of my Democratic colleagues wanted to extend a successful quorum break indefinitely, because there was no way that the Texas Supreme Court would prevent the Legislative Redistricting Board (LRB) from drawing the lines in our absence. The five-member LRB is composed of four Republican statewide elected officials, the only exception being the Speaker of the House.

As weve seen time and again this year, putting our faith in the Texas Supreme Court is a bad idea. Half of the current members of the all Republican Court have been picked and appointed by Governor Abbott, and any glimmer of hope that the court would protect the legislatures role in redistricting was extinguished when they upheld the governor's veto of Article X legislative funding, which read more like the governor's political talking points than legal reasoning.

As a legislator I need to be prepared for the worst, and the obvious worst case scenario had we continued to break quorum indefinitely was that the Texas Supreme Court would allow the LRB to draw the maps. Allowing the LRB to draw the lines, with no formal input from legislators and our constituents, would have been a monumental disaster for people of color and a decade of policy decisions that affect their everyday lives. Whether our communities be liberal or conservative, under the current redistricting process, I believe the drawing of the maps should be done by legislators who know their communities much better than distant statewide elected officials.

After we brought national attention to federal voting rights legislation that would lead to a fair and just redistricting process, I decided to come back to the Capitol. I didnt ask anyone to come back with me. I came back because it was the best way to represent my district in the Texas House, where each member has a voice and the opportunity to represent our constituents.

The quorum break was an important part of representing our districts. We accomplished a lot by bringing voting rights to the front burner in Washington, and I share with my Democratic colleagues an intense desire to stop harmful voting rights legislation from passing. But the only available remedy for Texas and many other states that have passed discriminatory voting laws this year is federal action. U.S. Senate Democrats who, unlike Texas Democrats, have a majority and the power to pass legislation, need to act now to protect every Americans right to vote.

Now we are in Austin, working to draw lines and present redistricting plans. That option would not be available had we let the LRB take over the process. Ultimately, I may disagree with the way all or part of the redistricting plans are drawn by the legislature, but by working with my colleagues in the Texas House, I am able to draw my district in a way that best represents my constituents

Coleman, D-Houston, represents the 147th district in the Texas House.

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