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A New Day For Gun Violence Prevention

Paul Helmke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

Last year at this time, I said that America was turning a corner on the gun issue, and the watershed events of 2008 confirmed that prediction. The pa...

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The New Second Amendment: A Bark Worse Than Its Right

Adam Winkler | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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Adam Winkler

In June, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, D.C. v. Heller. So far, the victory hasn't turned out exactly as the gun rights folks had hoped.

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Scalia's 2nd Amendment Punt

Robyn Blumner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Robyn Blumner

The Second Amendment has always put me in a quandary, but Scalia's opinion was not an honest attempt at sorting it out. It was a sophistical, political decision of just the type that he rails against.

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DC v. Heller: Scalia's Decision Will Backfire

Adam Freedman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Adam Freedman

So much for Scalia's much-vaunted "originalism," which advocates reading the Constitution as it would have been understood at the time of the Founding.

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We Must Pay Attention to the Rise of Gun Violence

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

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Marian Wright Edelman

The June 26th Supreme Court ruling to strike down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban dealt yet another blow to securing our children's safety from gun violence.

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Score One for the Gun Guys

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

While the gun lobby may crack open that bottle of champagne, this is a victory that thrives in theory, but one that, in practice, can only be condemned.

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A Key Right Recaptured

Joyce Lee Malcolm | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Joyce Lee Malcolm

A government that cannot protect people should not deprive them of the right to protect themselves -- and the the D.C. gun ban did just that.

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The Biggest Triumph So Far for Gun Rights Advocates

James Jacobs | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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James Jacobs

Today's Heller decision marks the biggest triumph so far for gun rights advocates. It establishes what was for so long denied, and the the gun control debate will never be the same.

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DC v. Heller: A Dismaying Performance By The Supreme Court

Sanford Levinson | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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Sanford Levinson

If Scalia and Stevens were competent historians, then it might be worth reading what they write. But they are not. Both offer selective readings of history to support what seem to be pre-determined positions.

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