America’s gun laws are shot through with irony and illogic. Some would want you to believe that our national attitude regarding guns reflects a
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Greitens illustrates why the mental health diagnoses won’t work
One of the excuses de jour of why to not enact stringent gun controls is that the problems would be solved if guns were
Guns as campaign props, and the politicians who love them
Here’s one reason why we can’t have a rational discussion about guns in America, even after witnessing mass shootings like those in Sandy Hook,
Rapid fire weapons – every man’s birthright?
In 1934, following the era of Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Congress placed restrictions on the sale, purchase and ownership of
The silence of the guns: Don Trump Jr. edition
As we reel from the carnage in Las Vegas, Congress is contemplating a bill that would make it easier to purchase silencers that would
What’s the matter with Missouri: 2017 edition
The blood-red Missouri legislature, the state’s once-Democrat-now-Republican Governor, and our party-uber-alles senior Senator continue to make this state a beacon for everything that’s going
Put trigger warnings in their proper place: on actual triggers
I’m sure that the college students and mental health professionals who have been leading the effort to impose trigger warnings on textbooks and reading
Kander tries to outgun Blunt
There were rave reviews from a number of Democrats about Missouri Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Jason Kander’s new ad featuring him
Who benefits from NRA’s push for MO guns-everywhere law?
The National Rifle Association will make the override of Senate Bill 656 their top priority in the country this week as the omnibus gun
The truth about the good guys and the bad guys with guns
You know how the NRA types are always telling us that the antidote to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy?