Tag: gun control

The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.

While young and non-White people are perceived as more dangerous, middle-aged White people have the highest rates of gun ownership and commit the most violence.

Someday, people will read about this moment in history books and wonder how we got to this level of insanity.

The list of massacre sites will continue to grow, without end, until we have the debate and enact sensible gun control.

Just as we are trying to get Congress to take action on gun control, so we must demand that Congress act to stop the US support for mass murder in Yemen.  

Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances.

Our political paralysis enables terrorists of any stripe to acquire as many weapons as they want. 

There comes a point where you feel like there’s nothing more to say about gun violence that hasn’t already been said.

Historian Pamela Haag’s The Gunning of America refocuses the gun debate on the moguls who made America into the land of guns – and mass shootings.

Lawmakers that supported the rule are worried about what this may mean for family members that take care of mentally ill individuals.