Predictably, in the days following the Aurora, Colorado, tragedy, some gun enthusiasts have argued that if several theatergoers had been carrying concealed weapons that night, they could have limited the number of people killed and wounded. We heard the same suggestions after the Gabby Giffords shooting and after the Virginia Tech shooting. It was good […]
Gun control
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Colorado’s run on guns
At this point, it’s well documented that mass shootings cause people to buy guns. This was pointed out in an Atlantic Wire article published yesterday. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that, starting Friday morning — immediately following the tragedy in Aurora — Colorado saw increased gun-buying activity. An article published Monday in the Denver […]
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Reader Feedback 2.26.03
The Iraq war, people with guns, more Buddhist dialogue
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Reader Feedback 2.12.03
Gun control stats, School Board division, Israelis and Palestinians
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Crime: the means and the ends
A bullet has a life of its own. Sometimes even enough to drive journalists to lyricism. Take this word-portrait by Los Angeles Times reporter Paul Dean: “The bullet left the heart, went into the left lung and exited… [The] slug stretched and displaced for milliseconds the heart muscles, valves, and chambers, forming what trauma […]
