Gun Violence

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What is the "Message" Behind Increased Gun Sales?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Insurrectionism, Insurrection, William Kostric, Gun Control, Founding Fathers, Constitution, Town Hall Meetings, Guns, Politics News

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, thinks Americans are stockpiling handguns, assault weapons and ammunition because they are going to be "attacked by politicians"?

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For the Gun Lobby, Ignorance is Bliss

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Todd Tiahrt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nra, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Illegal Guns, Politics News

The gun lobby insists that "the people should be trusted to have guns." But it is unwilling to trust the people with the truth about guns.

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Schwarzenegger Delivers Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Victory In California

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Illegal Guns, Guns, Barack Obama, Ammunition, Politics News

Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law that requires handgun ammunition to be treated by retailers in much the same way that cigarettes, cold medicines and even spray paint are treated.

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Chicago's Handgun Ban Has Little To Do With Gun Violence

Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban, Chicago Crime, Gun Violence, Chicago Handgun Ban Supreme Court, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Ban, Inside DC, Chicago News

The justices may want to keep this in mind as they weigh Chicago's handgun ban. If illegal handguns are being bought legally, then what really is the ban accomplishing?

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Ohio Bar Shootout (VIDEO): Fight Escalates Into Showdown With Five Gunmen

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Bar Violence, Gun Violence, University of Toledo, Toledo Bar Brawl, Video, Gunmen, Ohio, Violence, Bar Shootout, Route 66 Kitchen, Toledo Bar Shootout Video, Home News

(AP) TOLEDO, Ohio -- A wild shootout involving at least five gunmen sent patrons fleeing from a northwestern Ohio bar near the University of Toledo c...

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Beyond the Easy Irony of Murdered Gun Advocate Meleanie Hain

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Ccw, Concealed Carry, Meleanie Hain, Murder-Suicide, Gun Control, Pennsylvania, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association, Second Amendment, Guns, Politics News

The absolute she tried to personify -- that owning a handgun will guarantee your safety -- is false.

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Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Youth, Firearms, Columbine, Columbine Shooting, Brady Law, Assault Rifles, Cdc, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Assault Rifle Bans, Guns, Littleton, Politics News

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.

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Only in the Bizarro World

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, National Academy of Sciences, Gun Violence, Congress, Senate, Amtrak, Abstinence Only, Crime, Suicide, Bizarro World, Superman, Institute of Medicine, Guns, Politics News

Households with guns are 11 times more likely to use those guns to commit suicide than for self defense. But to be fair, we don't just kill ourselves, we kill others, a lot.

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Mindless Stars and the Glamour of the Gun

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Mlk, Rfk, Fergie, Uzi, Kent State, Sarai Givati, Khloe Kardashian, Gun Violence, Gang Warfare, Hayden Panettiere, Future Heretics, Columbine, Gerald Ford, Vietnam War, Gun Control, Walter Cronkite, Charles Manson, Jfk, Bullets, Guns, Entertainment News

Across the pages of leading fashion magazines mindless stars with thin careers are being showcased wearing Future Heretics t-shirts glamorizing guns.

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Gun Lobby Group Argues That More Access Is Needed To Gun Data

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Hilary Clinton, Oakland Police Shooting, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Todd Tiahrt, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

If we want to do something about the 100,000 deaths and injuries from guns that occur every year in this country, we need to learn more about what guns are used in crime and where they come from.

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Louisiana #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Female Homicide, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Louisiana, Female Homicide Victimization, Domestic Violence, Politics News

In cases where the victim-to-offender relationship could be identified, 91 percent of female victims were murdered by someone they knew. Where weapon use could be determined, firearms were the most common.

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Discussing Gun Violence Prevention in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Indiana, Tennessee, Concealed Carry, Ohio, Nancy Pelosi, Town Hall Meetings, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

My experiences speaking around the country about gun violence have been the exact opposite of the contentious "town hall" protests we've seen on television over the summer.

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Obama and the Gun Lobby: A Policy of Appeasement?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Mexican Drug Cartels, National Rifle Association, District of Columbia, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Democratic Party, Town Hall Meetings, Nra, National Parks, Barack Obama, Guns, Politics News

Is it a stretch to envision President Obama as the Neville Chamberlain of the gun issue? Consider the record so far.

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UC Davis Report: Gunshows Linked To Crime

The Sacramento Bee | Bill Lindelof | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Research, Gun Shows, Violent Crime, UC Davis, Garen Wintemute, Guns, Politics News

The UC Davis Violence Prevention program will release a report today that claims guns shows are a major source of weapons used in crimes....

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Thomas Jefferson and "The Blood of Tyrants"

Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Violence, Militia, Timothy McVeigh, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Home News

Those who hold the belief that the 2nd Amendment gives them an individual right to take violent action have isolated Jefferson's "tree of liberty" quote in order to justify a radical ideology.

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Edward Kennedy: A Lion In The Fight Against Gun Violence

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Senate, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Guns, Robert F. Kennedy, John Hinckley, Brady Law, Sirhan Sirhan, Politics News

The Brady Campaign, and all survivors of gun violence, will miss Senator Kennedy's giant presence on the national stage.

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Guns, Guns, Everywhere

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Town Hall Debate, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Gun Control, Nra, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Guns, Timothy McVeigh, Guns at Town Halls, Second Amendment, Politics News

It is important not to treat these incidents of public gun-carrying as merely the misguided behavior of a few. It is more than that; the acting out of central tenets of the extremist "gun rights" ideology.

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The President Belongs To All Of Us

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Town Hall Debate, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, David Axelrod, Secret Service, Gun Control, Jim Brady, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gibbs, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Politics News

Robert Gibbs' cavalier response to protesters carrying guns to presidential events was tone-deaf. This isn't a political issue and it isn't about the Second Amendment.

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"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Ar-15, Second Amendment, Assault Weapons, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Constitution, Assault Rifles, Politics News

Armed protesters have made it clear that individual safety is not their primary concern -- instead their show of force at public events reminds elected officials that, in their view, armed citizens have the final say.

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Toddlers Killing Toddlers, with Guns

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Children, Gun Control, Children's Health, Nra, Guns, Heller Decision, Politics News

In 2006 alone, 31 American kids under the age of 10 were killed in unintentional shootings and 187 were injured. The numbers increase substantially with older children.

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Handguns and Health Care Reform

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Second Amendment, Gun Violence, Town Hall Debate, Constitution, Guns, Concealed Carry, Politics News

Exhortations to take armed political action against Obama reflect a deeply developed ideology that has been actively promoted by gun lobby groups for 30 years.

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In Pennsylvania Gym Murders, Suicide Shooter Targets Female Victims

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Violence Against Women, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Guns, Pittsburgh, Eric Holder, Politics News

It's obviously too easy for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons in this country.

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Taking Gun Laws Seriously

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Crime, Deval Patrick, Gun Control, Criminal Justice, Massachusetts, Nra, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

The gun lobby's refrain, "Guns don't kill people. People kill people" represents a well-disguised fallacy -- one that recently proved surprisingly persuasive to the highest court in Massachusetts, a state long known for its strong gun laws.

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AG Holder Calls Chicago Youth Shootings Rate 'Unacceptable'

NBC Chicago | CAROL MARIN and DON MOSELEY | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Violence, Ceasefire, Chicago School Violence, Chicago Shootings, Eric Holder, Chicago News

While police say homicides are down in Chicago this year, the number of shootings is up. In fact, over the past 4.5 years, there has been a marked in...

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