BOSTON — An image and three words make up the Boston Globe’s front page Thursday: An AR-15 and the words “Make It Stop.”
In Thursday’s striking front page editorial, the newspaper displays an assault rifle, which takes up the entirety of the front cover.
To the right of the picture of the gun are the words, “Make It Stop” with the word “Stop” in red lettering. The Boston newspaper displays the gun, and a sample bullet entry, at their actual sizes.
The minimalist image garnered attention on Wednesday night when Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted it out.
“This is the cover of the @BostonGlobe tomorrow – & they are 100% correct,” Warren said in the tweet.
Warren’s tweet also came with the hashtags, “#filibuster” and “#holdthefloor,” which spoke to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy’s long filibuster into Thursday morning.
Murphy ended the filibuster after nearly 15 hours. Other Democratic senators including Warren came to the floor to continue the filibuster and demand new gun control legislation.
An AR-15-type assault-style rifle was used in the mass shooting that took place at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday. The massacre was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
Similar weapons were also used in the mass shootings that took place at an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut; a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado; and workplace party in San Bernardino, California.
In April, the New England newspaper published an imaginary front page from April 9, 2017 that warned readers about the “deeply troubling” risks of a Donald Trump presidency.
“Deportations to Begin,” read the top headline on the satirical edition of the Globe.
