Tag: gun control
‘End the filibuster and pass gun safety laws. Now’: Colorado massacre...
“You’re going to see another round of ‘we can’t do anything yet, there was a tragedy’ hand-wringing, but we must end gun violence now.”
Mass shootings in the US have risen sharply in 2020—why?
There have been 578 mass shootings so far this year, this is already significantly above the 417 mass shootings recorded in the whole of 2019.
The social impact of the Second Amendment
The state should be permitted to disarm its citizens to the extent it judges necessary to protect its own strength to protect its society.
Canadian prime minister bans assault weapons 7 days after series of...
"There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada."
Gun makers and sellers on list of ‘essential businesses’ amid coronavirus...
"Gun retailers are not essential businesses and should not remain open during this pandemic."
Gun violence research matters. Here’s why
Private and individual donors—and recently a few states—have been stepping into a federal funding void to finance gun violence research.
Twisting, distorting the meaning of the Second Amendment
Will the American people allow these un-American entities to twist and bend the meaning of the Second Amendment so that it outweighs the critical need to significantly reduce the incidence of mass shootings?
Meet the Parkland father keeping his son’s message alive through art
Since the murder of his son Joaquin in the Parkland shooting, Manuel Oliver has been tackling the gun violence epidemic through “nonviolent creative confrontation.”
Is America crazy?
Mass shootings, economic inequality, a racist president: have we grown dangerously accustomed to a country gone mad?
Thoughts and prayers are not enough
Because it will take more than a shrug and a smile to keep white nationalists with unlimited access to firearms from taking more lives.
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The persecution of Steven Donziger
“Why am I the one being locked up? I helped hold [Chevron] accountable.”
The big lie in Rahm Emanuel’s Senate testimony
Now all eyes will be on Merkley – and other Democratic senators who profess that “Black lives mater” and that police need to be held accountable – to see whether they vote to confirm this tainted mayor and elevate him to a prestigious ambassadorship.
Greta Thunberg on climate promises versus actions
Thunberg sat down in her Stockholm kitchen to talk about what she expects—and hopes—will come from the global event.
What is the Peace Dividend strategy?
Tell the truth about our endless wars and bloated DOD budgets!
Louisiana deputy who slammed a Black woman on the pavement was named in multiple...
Julio Alvarado has been named in nine federal civil rights lawsuits, all involving the use of excessive force.