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Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

A Mother's Day of Action to Protect Children From Gun Violence

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Marian Wright Edelman

The "Faces of Courage" campaign is focused on honoring gun violence victims and their families -- and taking action so fewer mothers who are celebrating Mother's Day this weekend will be mourning their own children next year and in years to come.

The Gun-Vote Backlash Has Only Just Begun

The New Republic | ALEC MACGILLIS | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

As the Boston area was gripped by the manhunt that followed the Marathon bombings late last week, the opinion pages of the Concord Monitor just up the...

Firearms Freeway - Remembered

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 04.22.2013 | Crime
Steve Rosenbaum

It was a cold February afternoon on the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, musician Matt Gross and his band-mate were enjoying...

Mothers Will Never Forget Newtown

Sheela Raja, PhD | Posted 04.13.2013 | Politics
Sheela Raja, PhD

It is truly incredible to see women everywhere -- mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, aunts and daughters -- speaking up and speak out. We will never forget Newtown. We will never "get over" Newtown. And we have really long attention spans. Are you listening, Congress?

Chris Kirkham

Group Calls Gun-Free Colleges 'Open Invitation To Psychopaths'

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 01.22.2013 | College

Less than a week before Tuesday's shooting at a Texas community college, a national organization of college students proposed its answer to campus gun...

Understanding the Second Amendment

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics
Geoffrey R. Stone

It is time for opponents of gun control to stop mindlessly shouting "The Second Amendment!!" as if that ends the discussion. It does not. Just as there is no First Amendment right to falsely yell fire in a crowded theatre, there is no Second Amendment right to carry an AK-47 there.

The Gun Debate

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 03.09.2013 | Politics
Geoffrey R. Stone

My recent post on gun control generated more than 1,500 comments. At least 80 percent of them were from people who oppose gun control. The rest, as a group, made five arguments that deserve a response.

Guns: Put Up or Shut Up!

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 03.07.2013 | Politics
Geoffrey R. Stone

Those who want to see more rational gun laws in the United States have to do more than complain about the NRA. We have to ask ourselves: Do we care enough about this issue to DO something about it?

Elise Foley

Sandy Hook Parent Sends Message To NRA

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Andrei Nikitchyuk, whose 8-year-old son escaped violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week, had a message Tuesday for the Nation...

Michael McLaughlin

Family Of Murdered Woman Takes Aim At Online Gun Classified Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 12.12.2012 | Crime

A jilted ex-boyfriend pumped a dozen bullets into the body of a museum curator last year. The shooter got a life sentence. The seller who illegally de...

Gun Laws/Concealed Carry -- Where Do Obama and Romney Stand?

Richard Feldman | Posted 11.30.2012 | Politics
Richard Feldman

After all, what value is there in having a right (self-defense) in theory if the state effectively denies you the very means to enforce that right?

Obama, Romney Called Out On Gun Control Policy

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 09.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A prominent gun control group on Thursday called on President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney to lead a search f...

"Now Is the Time" to Discuss Gun Control, Says Virginia Tech Survivor

Democracy Now! | Posted 09.22.2012 | Politics
Democracy Now!

Colin Goddard was shot four times during 2007 Virginia Tech massacre that left 32 people dead. He now works with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings

Michael Shank | Posted 09.19.2012 | Politics
Michael Shank

The tragic Colorado theater shooting must stimulate a debate on more than mere gun control. Here's why.

Guns Now Kill More People Than Cars in 10 States

Richard Schiffman | Posted 07.29.2012 | Politics
Richard Schiffman

The evidence is clear -- the more guns are out there, the more likely they will be used to take a life. To cut these escalating death rates, we need to strictly restrict access to handguns, as they do in virtually every other advanced nation on earth.

Poll: Most Americans Support Right To Use Deadly Force

Reuters | Posted 06.12.2012 | Politics

* 68 pct of Americans have favorable view of NRA * Americans want to be able to defend themselves * Back curbs on automa...

Federal Concealed Carry Measure Would Be A Big Change For Illinois

The Huffington Post/ AP | Posted 11.17.2011 | Chicago

Though Republicans have typically supported giving state lawmakers more power to govern, the House on Wednesday passed a measure that would allow peop...

Let's Commit to Stop the Pain and Toll of Gun Violence

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 12.27.2011 | Politics
Dennis A. Henigan

To honor the 80 Americans who lose their lives to gunfire every day and the families, and communities like Carson City, that suffer so grievously, let us do what we can to stop the toll of gun violence.

How Many Second Amendment Cases Will the NRA Lose?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics
Dennis A. Henigan

Three years, 400 legal challenges, and "millions of dollars in legal bills" later, all the gun lobby has had to show for its efforts is a body of case law affirming the right of the people to have strong gun laws.

Jim and Sarah Brady: We'll Never Know How Many Lives They Saved

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.30.2011 | Politics
Paul Helmke

We now mark the anniversary of Jim Brady's shooting with a renewed sense of loss: Tucson. A major difference between the two tragedies is that the outcome on January 8 was even more deadly.

Jim and Sarah Brady: Beyond Politics to Idealism

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics
Dennis A. Henigan

Thirty years ago, a disturbed young man with a $22 revolver almost ended the lives of Ronald Reagan and his press secretary, James Brady. Like other anniversaries of historic events, this one is cause for reflection.

Lucia Graves

In Arizona, Gun Control Advocates Bring Campaign To Giffords' Backyard

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.28.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Victims of the Arizona shootings and their families gathered in downtown Tucson on Monday to support a national campaign to improve gun ...

Lucia Graves

In Arizona, Survivor Of Virginia Tech Massacre Talks Gun Control: 'The Time For Thoughts And Prayers Is Over'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Almost two months after the shootings in Tucson, Ariz., Colin Goddard, a survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre, is speaking to Arizona students about...

Packing Heat at College

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Diane Dimond

In the aftermath of several campus shootings in recent years and the gun fueled violence in Arizona, guns could be coming to a college campus near you.

Lucia Graves

Bloomberg Launches Cross-Country Campaign For Gun Control Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, appeared on "Good Morning America" Wednesday to announce a new campaig...