Last month, I posted a blog ("The Truth About Gun Sales") here at Huffington Post that analyzed the gun lobby's favorite pitch to the media. Year after year, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) continue to push stories about "record-setting" sales...

The media has been awash this holiday season with stories about a "dramatic increase" in gun sales in the United States. CNN, for example, declared, "December holiday shoppers were not just interested in buying the hottest electronics and toys--they also were purchasing record numbers of guns."...

With the catastrophic collapse of Herman Cain's presidential ambitions, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has clawed his way back to national relevancy in the GOP primary process. But while Cain was mocked for a profound ignorance of world events and his inspirational speeches quoting Pokémon, former...

These days, it's hard not to notice Grover Norquist. For the past 25 years, he has locked the Republican Party in a stranglehold with his Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) pledge that binds signatories to vote "NO" on any legislation that would increase the marginal tax rate, no...

Richard Poplawski. Omar Thornton. Paul Michael Merhige. Jason Hamilton. Nidal Malik Hasan. George Sodini. Christopher Speight.

What do these men have in common?

# 1: They all committed mass murder (three or more innocents killed) with guns.

# 2: They were all concealed handgun permit holders.

And they're not alone....

During the 2008 presidential election season, controversy erupted when it was revealed that Democratic candidate Barack Obama was a long-time member of a church headed by "Black Liberation" theologian Jeremiah Wright. The dissemination of Reverend Wright's inflammatory remarks about America caused a media firestorm and forced Obama to resign his...

Earlier this month, the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence launched www.MeetTheNRA.org, a website that shines a light on the unsavory conduct of the 76 members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Board of Directors. The site allows them to comment on the issues of the day in...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) remains absolutely giddy over U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) aggressive investigation of the Department of Justice (DOJ) through the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee. The investigation centers on a botched 2010 operation by the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...

In February, I blogged here at the Huffington Post and commented on National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre's recent call for the implementation of a militia movement untethered to government authority. In his speech before the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference, LaPierre claimed that American police forces...

Last year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the National Rifle Association's Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre told America, "The guys with the guns make the rules." After Jared Loughner ("You don't have to accept the federalist laws") took the NRA's advice to heart and...

"Our democracy is a light, a beacon really, around the world because we affect change at the ballot box and not because of these outbursts of violence." ~ U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, March 25, 2010

We can describe Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson as shocking, horrifying, and unthinkable; but no...

"There is no redemption, There is no forgiveness. I will stare into your eyes as I pull the trigger and laugh as you hit the ground with your last, pathetic breath."

Reading the above quote, one might think they are preparing to read a blog about a school shooter. But...

I was sitting around Sunday night with the family and some friends enjoying a meal when an anonymous caller rang my cell phone. I answered and a man asked, "Are you Josh Horwitz?" I said yes and he explained that he is a supporter of Jews for the...

Google the phrase "An armed society is a polite society" and you will find hundreds of references to gun lobby spokespersons who claim that the push to arm every man and woman in America will not only make us safer but result in a utopia of good manners (sort of...

America is currently engaged in a fierce debate about the proper role of government in our constitutional republic. Conservative Americans -- particularly the Tea Party movement -- have advocated for less government intervention and a return to what they see as the founding principals of this country. Progressive Americans, on...

Two summers ago, I blogged with great concern about a statement made by Justice Scalia in the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment opinion, District of Columbia v. Heller. Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Scalia found an individual right to keep and bear arms and opined that, "If...the...

Shortly after Second Amendment rallies took place in the Washington, D.C. area in April, I blogged about how the Republican Party is increasingly becoming co-opted by Tea Party activists that believe they have a constitutional right to use firearms to counter the results of our democratic process. Since...

Last week, pro-gun activists descended on the greater Washington area to stage two events. The "Restore the Constitution Open-Carry Rally" was conducted in Fort Hunt National Park, and attendees came armed with handguns, rifles, shotguns and assault weapons. The "Second Amendment March" took place in the...

Two weeks ago, I blogged about the disturbing number of threats that have been received by Democrats in Congress who voted for health care reform and called on Republicans to soften some of their heated rhetoric about the legislation. Simultaneously, I highlighted the Supreme Court's 2008 decision in D.C. v....

During the past two weeks, at least ten House Democrats who voted for health care reform legislation have received death threats or been targets of vandalism at their district offices. Several have moved their families out of their home districts to Washington. Both the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI...