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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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Building support for gun safety
Signs opposing the SAFE Act appear along roadsides and front lawns in Monroe and surrounding counties like patches of clover. And chances are you’ve driven behind vehicles with bumper stickers calling for the law’s repeal. But signs supporting Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signature gun-control legislation are harder to find. That doesn’t mean the controversial law, approved […]
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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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Glock with your soda?
The Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case focused most of the country’s attention on race relations. And that’s where much of the conversation remains. But if you would like to know more about how Florida’s Stand Your Ground legislation got signed into law, watch this report by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. SYG was signed into law by former […]
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Is support for gun control slipping?
Many people thought that after former Congressional representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona sustained a near fatal gunshot to the brain, there would be a national response to gun violence. There was some discussion about universal background checks and restrictions on certain types of weapons, but the talks quickly faded. And probably more than any time […]
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Obama: ‘We’ve suffered too much pain’
A day after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed New York’s groundbreaking gun legislation (Cuomo followed that with a ceremonial signing of the legislation at Rochester City Hall this morning), President Obama unveiled his own recommendations for reducing gun violence in America. He made three main recommendations to Congress. Topping his list is enacting universal background checks […]
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[UPDATE] Assembly Republicans bash Cuomo, gun proposals
Some tough words from Assembly Republicans on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed package of gun legislation. The legislation is being debated in the Assembly right now. The State Senate passed it last night.
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Morgan-Jones interview is a delicious media moment
Everyone seeking a rational, common-sense approach to gun legislation should take a minute to watch the recent exchange between CNN host Piers Morgan and radio personality Alex Jones. In a later interview with Politico, Morgan called the Jones interview an advertisement for gun control. Morgan isn’t a particularly good interviewer, nor does he break journalistic […]
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Granny-no-guns
Despite the recent shootings that left two Rochester-area firefighters dead, gun-related injuries and deaths are nothing new to this area. | Mass shootings in suburban malls and schools tend to grab national media attention, but gun violence, as most mayors of US cities can testify, is almost a daily occurrence. | Locally and nationally, the […]
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Some useful gun-death statistics
Slate is working with the anonymous operator of the @GunDeaths Twitter feed to track gun deaths since the December 14 shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Our legal WMD’s
Unimaginable pain… unimaginable horror: Reporters and commentators have struggled for words to describe last week’s tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. And yet if it’s unimaginable, it’s only because we still won’t face gun violence head on. These killings are not rare, not in this country. A blog on The Nation’s website notes 16 multiple shootings in […]
