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States that passed gun control laws after Sandy Hook shooting had lower homicide rates: study
Nov 10, 2021 | Gun Control, Original Source Salon.com
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Oct 28, 2021 | Gun Control, Original Source Salon.com
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read moreFamilies of Sandy Hook massacre victims can’t sue Bushmaster for making gun that killed 26 people at school
Oct 17, 2016 | Gun Control
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) It shouldn’t have to be a longshot to prove in court that a company which makes semiautomatic rifles is recklessly endangering people’s lives, but it is. On Friday, a judge in Connecticut dismissed a high-profile lawsuit against the manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15, which was used in the December 2012 shooting spree that took the lives of 26 children and...
Why Trump’s “Second Amendment” insinuation was an abhorrent stunt straight out of the NRA’s playbook
Aug 11, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gun Control, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (August 11, 2016) It was reprehensible for Donald Trump to insinuate that his pro-gun followers use violence to thwart Hillary Clinton. That said, was he really out of lockstep with what the NRA and other pro-gun groups have been saying for years? Just to be clear, this is what Trump said: “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment...
A First Amendment Pioneer’s Take on the Second Amendment (republished after the Orlando mass shooting)
Jun 12, 2016 | Civil Liberties, Gun Control, Liskula Cohen, mic
Published: GirlieGirlArmy (June 12, 2016, July 3, 2014) co-author: Liskula Cohen Editor's Note: This was republished because, at a time when the media is fanning the flames of Islamophobia, we need to remember that if it wasn't for our lax gun control laws and belligerent pro-gun culture, that mass shooter may have never had a firearm in the first place. I have, shall we say, an interesting...
What Bernie Sanders doesn’t understand about gun control
Oct 16, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Gun Control, mic
Published: Salon (October 16, 2015), The Daily Dot (October 14, 2015) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) waffled during last night’s debate when he was asked about his gun control record, and despite the candidate’s widespread online popularity—especially on Reddit—the Internet definitely took note. Although Sanders wasn’t the only Democrat on that stage with a record of opposing gun control...
Not all lives matter: The perverse hypocrisy of “pro-life” gun enthusiasts
Oct 10, 2015 | Abortion, Gun Control, mic, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 10, 2015), The Daily Dot (October 7, 2015) In a recent episode of The Daily Show, host Trevor Noah jokingly compared Republican politicians’ pro-life stance on abortion with their blasé attitude toward the increasing number of American deaths caused by gun violence: “They just need to have a superhero’s dedication to life. Because right now, they’re more like comic book...
Bernie Sanders has a troubled record on gun control (but the NRA still hates him)
Jul 9, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Gun Control, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies
Don’t blame atheists for the Chapel Hill shootings
Feb 12, 2015 | Gun Control, mic, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Daily Dot (February 12, 2015) The Chapel Hill shootings are a wake-up call for American atheists. Although there is still uncertainty about Craig Stephen Hicks’ motives for murdering three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina, much attention has been drawn to his outspoken atheism. “The man’s bigotry clearly had a role in this, and the source of that bigotry was...