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
Category: Crime/Violence
Gun lobby pushes silencers “to protect children’s hearing”
How many more loved ones will become victims of gun violence before we’re angry enough to turn off the television, put aside our laptops
FDR’s Fourth Freedom and gun control
As our national debate on gun control continues, we can learn a great deal from FDR and his Fourth Freedom. This was part of
It took too long to start the gun control debate
Progressives, can you imagine Rachel Maddow shying away from a story high on the liberal agenda. I couldn’t until the evening of Friday, December
A glimmer of hope for the common good
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
Another absurd pro-gun argument
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
5 gun regulations that even NRA members support
Yes, Virginia, there can be a conversation about gun control. Think Progress has identified five regulations that NRA members have said they support. According
Reflecting on Bob Costas’ comments on gun control
There has been a mini-firestorm over sportscaster Bob Costas’ remarks during halftime of a recent Sunday Night Football game. Costas said that our country
Lame duck imperative: Violence Against Women Act set to expire at end of December
Time is running out on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Set to expire at the end of December, VAWA might become the second
Clemency for prisoners: Too much control, not enough compassion
As an admitted control freak, it pains me to write these words. But the truth is: some people have too much control. You don’t