Tag: guns
Blood from Jacksonville is partially on Ron DeSantis’ hands
He should not speak, but rather listen to members of marginalized populations, who he has directly harmed with his policies and rhetoric.
Clinging bitterly to guns and religion
What will it take to convince Americans to turn their backs on empire and war before it’s too late?
President Biden signs executive order that mandates required background checks for...
"We cannot accept these facts as the enduring reality of life in America. Instead, we must together insist that we have had enough.”
Texas governor says most gun crimes involve illegally owned weapons. That’s...
According to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, the majority of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms.
‘Death sentence for women and families’: US court blocks domestic violence...
The court ruled that the law prohibiting people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns "fails to pass constitutional muster," and that the ban is an outlier "that our ancestors never would have accepted."
‘This is a national emergency’: Dems push for assault weapons ban...
"Every time you vote for a lawmaker who opposes gun safety, you’re voting for policies that make it more likely your loved one will be slaughtered."
Cowards. Betrayers. Accessories
The virtually unlimited access to firearms in the U.S. simply makes it easy for a disgruntled impulse-driven person to have a killing machine an arm's-length away when the red mist descends upon him.
How Ukrainian civilians are resisting military force
https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2022/03/01/ukraine-civilian-resistanceEven as Putin’s swift invasion of Ukraine has left a lot of shock, Ukrainians are showing what unarmed people can do to resist, too.
Why the Second Amendment protects a ‘well-regulated militia’ but not a...
The California case raises troubling questions about the meaning and proper role of “militias” under the Second Amendment.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
The US-China tech race, resource wars, and the cost of militarization
Over the past decade, a steady and well-funded campaign has convinced the general public that China is the greatest threat to the safety and security of the American people.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?