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Edward Summers: Gun Control? Where Are We?

2013-05-22T13:40:21Z

Despite the closing of the policy window, the power and influence of the NRA on Republican and conservative elected officials make it unlikely that anything will get through. Shame on America and shame on those who we elected to represent us in government.

Read more: Nra, Gun Control, Newtown, Guns, Politics News

Ellen Freudenheim: "They Want a Scalp" -- With Eye to '14, Gun Lobby Takes Aim at Colorado Senate Leader

2013-05-21T17:05:49Z

If you're mad about the Big Nothing that happened in Congress after the murders in Newtown -- no federal gun control measures passed -- well, get ready, because the next big fight over guns and public safety is already brewing. In Colorado.

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Tim_Arnold: The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction: America's 300 Million Guns

2013-05-17T18:03:51Z

On 9/11, Islam jihadists turned four U.S. airlines into weapons of mass destruction and killed almost 3,000 people. Within a month the George W. Bush ...

Read more: Gun Violence, Jihad, Gun Laws, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Obama Gun Control, 9/11, Gun Control, Iraq, Nra, Guns, Politics News

Hoyt Hilsman: The Republicans' Obama Problem

2013-05-17T17:59:52Z

By attacking Obama, the Republicans are throwing red meat to their base, which is an increasingly small and extreme group of right-wingers. The danger of tossing red meat to a tiger is that it becomes even more aggressive.

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Jim Worth: In Our Sights

2013-05-17T17:17:43Z

Until we become smart enough to recognize what other civilized countries have found -- that stricter gun control saves lives -- we're destined to repeat the tragedies of Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, and Virginia Tech again and again and again.

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Sanjay Sanghoee: Why Ted Nugent Should Migrate to Mexico Illegally

2013-05-17T10:37:38Z

By migrating illegally, Ted Nugent is sticking it to Mexico by giving them a taste of their own medicine. Let's see how the Mexicans like it when Ted Nugent tunnels in under the border!

Read more: Mexican Food, Undocumented Immigrants, Assault Weapons, Mexico Drug Cartels, Gun Control, Mexico, Nra, Barack Obama, Immigration Reform, National Rifle Association, Ted Nugent, Hunting, Tacos, Illegal Immigrants, Undocumented Workers, Animal Rights, Peta, Bill Maher, Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Latinos, Hispanics, Comedy News

Governor Signs Strict Gun-Control Measure

2013-05-16T14:24:16Z

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed a gun-control measure to give Maryland some of the nation's tightest gun laws and the National Rifle...

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Erik Nielson: Gun Collectors and Mental Illness

2013-05-15T08:00:00Z

As the debate rages on and Congress continues to do nothing, perhaps we should use this time to reevaluate where people who turn murder weapons into a hobby fit into discussions of mental health.

Read more: Mental Illness, Gun Control, Mental Health, Nra, Assault Weapons, Guns, Wayne LaPierre, Gun Collecting, Politics News

Alex Glashausser: Guns, Grenades and Graffiti

2013-05-14T11:16:50Z

Sandblasting the Constitution to restore its actual text reveals that it lacks the absolutes urged by the graffiti artists. There is no right to bear any particular arm.

Read more: Supreme Court, Second Amendment, Gun Control, Constitution, Nra, Guns, Second Amendment Rights, Originalism, Gun Rights, Supreme Court Gun Rights, Politics News

This Is What Happens When The Gun Industry Sees Kids As Customers

2013-05-14T08:29:27Z

The percentage of American households that reported owning guns dropped more than 40 percent between 1977 and 2010, according to surveys by the Univer...

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Bill Moyers: Don't Shoot -- Organize!

2013-05-10T18:44:37Z

There is an alternative to force, blood, and suffering. It's called democracy. Yes, there is plenty of injustice, greed and sheer wickedness. But don't mourn the fact -- organize.

Read more: Newtown, Sahil Kapur, National Rifle Association, Publicmind, Christina Wilkie, Democracy, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Armed Revolution, Nra, Neil Heslin, Politics News

Walker Bragman: A New Movement to Reform Campaign Finance

2013-05-10T17:00:44Z

What we need is something to take the place of Occupy; a sort of honesty movement to bring about greater transparency and accountability in government.

Read more: Corruption, Occupy Wall Street, Overturn Citizens United, Gun Control, Citizens United, Fairness Doctrine, Nra, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Sanjay Sanghoee: The Letter From the NRA that You Will Never See

2013-05-10T15:36:21Z

The following piece may seem like comedy but it's really political satire, which basically means it's about serious issues that make Americans so uncomfortable that I need to dress them up in humor just to talk about them.

Read more: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Michael Bloomberg, Assault Weapons, Gun Control, Background Checks, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Comedy News

Dem Senator Still Bothered By Senate Failure

2013-05-10T00:55:08Z

Nearly a month removed from watching his background checks legislation fall flat on the Senate floor, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) revealed Thursday wha...

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Controversial Shooting Target Gets The Ax

2013-05-09T18:31:14Z

A maker of zombie-themed shooting targets said Thursday that it will discontinue a controversial female "ex" mannequin that bleeds when a bullet hits ...

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Hoyt Hilsman: Getting Real About Gun Violence

2013-05-08T16:58:36Z

The pro-gun vs. anti-gun debate does not address the realities of gun violence in America and the most critical issues in preventing it.

Read more: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Constitution, Homicide, John Jay College, Suicide, Ayotte, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Background Checks, Handguns, Nra, Self-Defense, Politics News

NRA Launches Ad Backing Kelly Ayotte

2013-05-08T14:20:32Z

The National Rifle Association is running a new television spot in support of Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), who recently voted against bipartisan legisl...

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Pearl Korn: Max Baucus, the Senator from K Street -- A Poster Boy for Campaign Finance Reform

2013-05-08T12:52:14Z

He has served his paymasters year in and year out in his long Senate career, leaving little doubt in anyone's mind as to whom he really represents -- his nickname is the "Senator from K Street," and he alone carries that distinction.

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Bill Lichtenstein: Pen vs. Gun: I'll Absolutely Take the First Amendment Over the Second

2013-05-08T10:35:52Z

If the NRA is not going to give an inch on the Second Amendment, then let's invoke our absolute First Amendment rights to speak and assemble without restrictions.

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Yes. Let's Point Fingers At Gun Owners

2013-05-09T09:33:26Z

Giving a rifle to a five year old might be a quaint tradition, but with it comes a grave responsibility. That same responsibility should extend to every gun owner.

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Jonathan Backer: Why Big Money Still Won in 2012

2013-05-08T10:51:27Z

“We got way too excited over money in the 2012 elections,” Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein argued at a conference on money in politic...

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Sen. Tom Coburn Pushes Gun Amendments On Water Resources Bill

2013-05-07T15:01:18Z

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is attempting to attach two pro-gun amendments to a water resources bill that the Senate is scheduled to take ...

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Nash Riggins: Walmart Is Above Selling Candy Cigarettes -- So Why Does It Sell Children's Firearms?

2013-05-07T14:26:49Z

Perhaps the next time America's biggest retailer campaigns to ban the sale of certain products in order to keep kids safe, it should look to its own sporting goods section.

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WATCH: Colbert Mocks Right Over Nutty Conspiracy Theory

2013-05-07T11:59:13Z

Have you heard that the government is buying up billions of bullets in bulk so that when the feds inevitably go to war with the American citizenry, we...

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Gun Enthusiasts Urge Governor To Veto State's Only Gun Control Bill

2013-05-07T09:33:24Z

They don't call Florida "The Gunshine State" for nothing.

Not only did a lawmaker make gun-loading noises on the House floor to celebrate when Cong...

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