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NRA takes its “no-gun-restrictions-ever” argument to the United Nations

March 25, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, International, Politics, Public safety, War Leave a comment

Apparently, the National Rifle Association isn’t content merely to enforce its no-gun-restriction marketing strategy on Americans. [Notice that I’m not calling it an ideology.

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Gun regulation is a battle worth joining

March 21, 2013 Lise Bernstein Children, Congress, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

“It’s an uphill battle. It’ll never pass.” That’s what is being said about legislation that would ban military style assault weapons. Yet, as I

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Concealed carry: British style

March 19, 2013 Bill Kesler Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, International, Police, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

In this country we debate the right of individuals to own assault style weapons with large clips. We talk about concealed carry permits and

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You can’t have a gun culture without guns

March 13, 2013 Arthur Lieber Congress, Courts, Crime/Violence, Guns, Public safety, Violence One comment

Many supporters of guns say that our problem is not too many guns, but rather a culture of guns that emanates from mass media

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Mental health gun-control dodge misses the bigger point

February 26, 2013 Bill Kesler Civil Rights, Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Guns, Media, Missouri region, Politics, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

Ask a politician where he or she stands on gun control legislation and it’s likely you will get an answer that involves “mental health.”

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Rewriting the Second Amendment

February 21, 2013 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Guns, History, Military, Politics, Public safety, States, Violence, War 6 comments

“They’re trying to take away my Second Amendment rights,”  say many gun rights advocates. But what do they mean by that? I doubt that

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A funny thing happened on my way to the gun show

January 31, 2013 Barbara Finch Guns, Missouri region, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

On Saturday, January 26, when page three of my morning newspaper featured a story about four local homicides, and when people in cities across

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Cory Booker: It’s not easy being a political star

January 29, 2013 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Cities, Crime/Violence, Democrats, Government, Housing, Infrastructure, Media, Obama, Politics, Public safety, Senate, States, Violence Leave a comment

Several weeks ago, I  wrote about the hazard of being seen as a hero. The downfalls of General David Petraeus and Lance Armstrong demonstrate

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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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Gun lobby pushes silencers “to protect children’s hearing”

January 9, 2013 Renee Shur Children, Crime/Violence, Guns, Politics, Public safety Leave a comment

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

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