Muslims have caused very, very few of the gun deaths in this country. But with gun violence, facts don’t seem to matter.
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The honest fierceness of Meredith Graves
The Perfect Pussy vocalist talks music, guns, body image,
international politics, and food.
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Feedback 10/21
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County legislator proposes gun storage law
Democratic County Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell says that people have a responsibility to safely and securely store guns.
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Nibbling around the edges of gun violence
Gun violence is a devastating, complicated problem. Federal lawmakers have so far been unwilling to pass comprehensive gun-control legislation, so in that absence, local, state, and federal officials continue with piecemeal efforts to fight gun violence. For example, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sponsors a bill that would make gun trafficking a federal crime. Guns are […]
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Feedback 10/14
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Mass shootings and homicides: guns cause these deaths
While mass shootings are horrible, focusing on them can be a distraction. They represent a tiny fraction of our gun violence.
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The Charleston shootings and the state of the nation
Not only does this country, through its laws, its political leaders, and its media, permit such events, it encourages them.
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The gun carnage grows. How much do we care?
Is there anything left to be said about guns and violence? Charles Blow got it right in the Times following the terror in the Washington Navy Yard last week. “Another mass shooting,” Blow wrote. “Another round of shock, sadness, and outrage. Another pitched discussion about rights and responsibilities, mental illness and background checks. And then […]
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Self-serving Senate’s failed gun control legislation
A couple of weeks ago, it seemed like the US Senate might actually respond to the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans when it comes to sensible gun control. It seemed as if the Senate, the more deliberative body of Congress, would pass a bill that would at the very least help to prevent […]
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From our cold, dead minds
Before there was Wayne LaPierre, there was Charlton Heston. At the 2000 NRA convention, he raised a rifle high over his head, conjured up the straw man of gun confiscation, and declared: “I’ll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.” Bluster and intimidation have been important elements in the […]
