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gun violence

Seeing the faces and knowing the lives of gun violence victims

April 13, 2017 Mary Clemons Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

One hundred thirty-two Missourians lost their lives, and 164 have been injured during the first 3 months of 2017 due to gun violence. Nine

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Gun violence: We’ve abdicated our power to stop the madness

June 24, 2014 Renee Shur Activism, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

For most of us, safety is something we take for granted. We assume that, after a day at work or leisure, the people we

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Gun craziness

January 20, 2014 Susan Cunningham Cities, Crime/Violence, Guns, Missouri region, Public safety, Violence One comment

What in the world are we doing to ourselves? Another school shooting – this time in New Mexico. Where will the next one be?  Webster Groves? 

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We are the 92%: Do something about gun violence now!

September 26, 2013 Renee Shur Activism, Crime/Violence, Guns, Politics One comment

How many more senseless killings will it take before we make sure our voices are  heard?  The “we,” if you haven’t already guessed, are

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The shameful background-check vote: Is this any way to run a civilized country?

April 18, 2013 Susan Cunningham 2012 Election, Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Public safety, Republicans, Senate One comment

I watched the comments by one of the grieving parents from Newtown and the President this afternoon in response to the shameful miscarriage of

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NRA’s new iPhone app: Locked and loaded with propaganda

January 18, 2013 Bill Kesler Children, Crime/Violence, Guns, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

A month after Newtown, here comes a new shooting app—“NRA: Practice Range.” That’s right, it’s from those same tone-deaf folks who blamed video games

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FDR’s Fourth Freedom and gun control

December 31, 2012 Arthur Lieber Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, History, Public safety, Uncategorized, Violence 2 comments

As our national debate on gun control continues, we can learn a great deal from FDR and his Fourth Freedom.  This was part of

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A glimmer of hope for the common good

December 26, 2012 Susan Cunningham Children, Crime/Violence, Good government, Guns, History, Missouri region, Obama, Politics, States, Violence Leave a comment

I started this essay a few days before the massacre of school children in Connecticut.  Looking it over again this morning, I’m glad I didn’t

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Another absurd pro-gun argument

December 21, 2012 Mary Clemons Crime/Violence, Guns, Missouri region, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

Of all the arguments opposing gun control, the one that annoys me the most is that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” A

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5 gun regulations that even NRA members support

December 17, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Crime/Violence, Good government, Guns, Politics, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

Yes, Virginia, there can be a conversation about gun control. Think Progress has identified five regulations that NRA members have said they support. According

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