AR-15, photographed by Michael Sullivan

Guns Are Like Racism

Decipher City
Nov 8 · 6 min read

by Stephanie Webb

In September of this year, I met with three friends, Charity, Elena, and Aurora, to celebrate Aurora’s birthday. One of us brought up the subject of guns because of the active shooter training at the school where she taught. Because of the rise in gun deaths, more offices and schools had been participating in active shooting drills, and people who had otherwise no exposure to guns were learning about running…

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