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trigger warning

Put trigger warnings in their proper place: on actual triggers

April 13, 2017 Barbara Finch Activism, Guns, Widgets: Guns One comment

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

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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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Roman circus

The Romans had it partially right about Trump

February 20, 2017 Arthur Lieber Government, Guns, Religion in Politics, Trump One comment

At the conclusion of his “Here’s my take” on his Sunday, February 19, 2017 GPS program, Fareed Zakaria referenced how Roman leaders maintained control

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Kander tries to outgun Blunt

September 18, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Violence Leave a comment

  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

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Who benefits from NRA’s push for MO guns-everywhere law?

September 14, 2016 Willy Kessler Guns, Missouri region Leave a comment

The National Rifle Association will make the override of Senate Bill 656 their top priority in the country this week as the omnibus gun

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The truth about the good guys and the bad guys with guns

August 15, 2016 Willy Kessler Crime/Violence, Guns, Missouri region Leave a comment

You know how the NRA types are always telling us that the antidote to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy?

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What about the freedoms not related to guns?

August 2, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Democracy, Guns, Human Rights, Legal issues/Law One comment

If you watch enough news, if you listen to enough talk-radio, if you even read mainstream press, you might think that the only part

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A few words about a few words about open carry

July 22, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Media One comment

I have only a few words to say about how one media outlet talked about open carry at the Republican National Convention. I was

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Do we really need babysitters for Barettas?

July 15, 2016 Barbara Finch Crime/Violence, Guns One comment

Does the image of an armored truck, outfitted with 360-degree surveillance cameras and secured by body-camera-toting security guards, parked on the lot of a

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Gun crazy: Senator Roy Blunt edition

June 27, 2016 Willy Kessler Guns, Missouri region Leave a comment

We’ve all heard the tragic stories about parents who just look away for one distracted second while disaster strikes their helpless toddler. There’s the

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