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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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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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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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MO candidate’s first TV ad is a gun-totin’ spectacle

June 8, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Guns, Missouri region, People 7 comments

Eric Greitens is blasting his way into the public eye—and not in a good way. Most candidates’ first TV ads are homey affairs, introducing

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Dispatch from the gun culture

April 13, 2016 Willy Kessler Guns, Missouri region, Violence Leave a comment

You’ve no doubt heard the refrain that good guys with guns are necessary to protect us all from bad guys with guns. This statement

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Trump’s 5th-Avenue-shootout fantasy

January 26, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Guns, Humor, Language/Words, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” said Donald Trump recently. Fasten your seat

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Infographic: A look at gun deaths and permits

December 9, 2015 Bobbi Clemons Crime/Violence, Guns, States Leave a comment

A person in New York is less likely to die by a gun (murder, suicide, or accident) than in Missouri. Are the behaviors of

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