Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch
Metro columnist
A dubious distinction about children and guns was noted in a medical journal last week with little of the fanfare or fear or loathing that it deserved.
Tony's Take
Messenger: Guns become leading cause of child deaths, but Missouri looks the other way
The Summit Place Playground is chained shut on Wednesday, March 30, 2020, on the dead end block where a 10-year-old boy shot and killed his brother while the two were playing with a gun Tuesday night. The boy, 12-year-old LaFrance Johnson of the 3700 block of Compton Avenue, was killed around 7:30 p.m. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Security measures are increasingly expensive at Jewish congregations.Â
As city's homicide tally in 2020 rises to 220, take a moment and remember one of the victims.Â
A violent summer takes center stage again in 51ºÚÁÏ. But when will we address racism, or guns?
A murder-suicide in Wildwood gets kids talking.
Dr. Laurie Punch applauds move by city panel; hopes county is next.Â
In a year in which bullets are killing children at an alarming rate, one woman makes a tough decision to keep her 3-year-old safe.Â
The summer of 2019 has barely begun and already five children have been shot and killed in 51ºÚÁÏ.Â
Messenger: Longtime Missouri radio reporter turns steamboat museum quest into lonely lobbying gig.Â
Metro columnist Tony Messenger joins podcast hosts Beth O'Malley and Liz Miller to discuss some recent columns on abortion, guns and homelessn…
Messenger: When will America stand up to the gun lobby, President Joe Biden asked. It's a good question.Â
Canceled NRA event at Grant’s Farm evokes resignation from organization by Adolphus Busch IV after Sandy Hook.Â
Connecting the dots between two crisis points in the summer in 51ºÚÁÏ.Â
In 51ºÚÁÏ and elsewhere, crime is down to pre-pandemic levels in 2022.Â
Nothing about the Second Amendment Preservation Act has ever really been about protecting Missourians’ gun rights. And the sky could be purple.
The Supreme Court did a good thing last week, over a law that was unconstitutional on its face.
