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The NRA Claims the AR-15 Is Useful for Hunting and Home Defense. Not Exactly.
The Freedom Group’s…
January 4, 2013
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg meets with Gabrielle Giffords on Gun Control
You’d think that if a congresswoman got shot in the head, that would have changed Congress’ views. — NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg ©2013 By Holly Bailey,…
January 4, 2013
Big push in new Congress for gun control
“These devices (high-capacity ammunition magazines) are used to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible, and we owe it to innocent Americans everywhere to keep them out of the hands of dangerous people,”…
January 2, 2013
Who Pays for the Right to Bear Arms?
Gun rights defenders argue that gun laws don’t reduce violence, noting that many cities with high gun violence already have strict gun laws. But this ignores the ease with which urban residents can evade local laws by obtaining guns from…
January 2, 2013
Debunking Nine Myths of the Gun-Control Debate – by Bloomberg View
As Vice President Joe Biden said during the 2008 campaign, “Barack Obama ain’t taking my shotguns, so don’t buy that malarkey.” By Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg.com Myth…
January 1, 2013
Pediatricians: Ban assault weapon sales
As pediatricians, we believe that children deserve a safe environment in which to grow and learn. These incidents are always horrific, but the fact that young children were the victims in this case makes us even more passionate about trying…
January 1, 2013
“It’s Time to Protect the Peaceful” — Pamela Kripke
I am not free to behave as myself because of the killings. I am not free to walk on a street without fearing that someone might whip a firearm from inside a coat, or out of a purse. I am…
January 1, 2013
Other nations have reduced gun violence, why can’t we? Kansas City Star Commentary
Other nations have successfully chosen to regulate guns and have reduced gun violence as a result. Why can’t we? — James Werrell ©2013 JAMES WERRELL The Rock Hill Herald Guns don’t kill people,…
January 1, 2013
Clergy: Would Jesus pack heat? NRA: Do pastors pack any clout?
WWJD — How can it be that “pro-life” leaders in Congress, so passionate in defense of the unborn, be at the same time among the gun lobby’s most steadfast supporters? “The gun lobby is no match for the cross lobby.”…
December 31, 2012
A call for more sensible gun laws
We urge Delph and other elected officials to reconsider Indiana’s gun laws and take action to decrease the number of gun related homicides in Indiana. In reference to Sen. Mike Delph’s Dec. 26 letter: One Million Moms for Gun Control…
