Firearms

Gun Show Undercover

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Michael R. Bloomberg

New York City sent investigators with hidden cameras to seven gun shows across Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and we found out just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked.

Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.

Senate Amtrak Gun Law: U.S. Senate Approves Firearms On Trains

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. T...

Senate Rejects "Radical" GOP Gun Bill

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: 12:20 PM ET The Senate has rejected the GOP's pro-gun measure on concealed weapons. From AP: Gun control proponents scored a rare victory ...

G-Force: Disney's Loveable Rodent Gets an AK-47

Tom Gregory | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Gregory

This week Disney launched its D-Day assault. With the advertisements for G-Force gracing every highway across America, big artillery has reached the "cute" stage.

Have We Reached the Tipping Point on Guns?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

How many shootings do there have to be in the news before we wonder about the wisdom of allowing just about anyone to get a gun in America? Our gun culture is completely out of control.

Chances You'll Be Killed by an Asteroid in 2009

Keith Thomson | Posted 01.30.2009 | World


Keith Thomson

A computer video circulating the internet has rekindled fears that an asteroid will hit Earth and send mankind the way of the brontosaurus. Based on NASA projections, there is indeed a chance of this.

A Nation Clinging to Guns

Stephen Herrington | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


Stephen Herrington

Why exactly do we need firearms? A gun will not insure that you do not lose your job to an international merger or international competition. A gun will not get you a raise.

Too Many Guns

Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Frida Berrigan

The United States is the world's largest arms-supplying nation. In 2007 alone, the United States entered into over $19.1 billion in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreements with other nations.

Moms With Guns

Kathy McManus | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living


Kathy McManus

Back in June, the website BabyCenter -- usually devoted to the gentler arts of motherhood -- posed this question: Do you think every mother should own a gun?

Is Suicide Preventable?

Liz Spikol | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living


Liz Spikol

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