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Missouri law would apply abortion restrictions to gun purchases

December 4, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Missouri region, Reproductive rights, States 3 comments

A Missouri state representative has pre-filed a bill that would make it as difficult to buy a gun as it is to get an

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Ban Syrian refugees from gun-lax TX, says NRA-backed TX lawmaker

November 18, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Immigration, States Leave a comment

Tony Dale, a Republican State Representative to the Texas legislature, wants to ban Syrian refugees from his state because it’s too easy for them

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Reasonable and effective ways to reduce gun violence

October 15, 2015 Susan Cunningham Guns, Politics Leave a comment

It is obvious now that the majority of Americans, in fact the majority of gun owners, support better screening of those who shop for

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NRA: Still the official pimp for the multi-billion dollar gun industry

October 11, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

We’re republishing this post from 2012, because it continues to have relevance to our ongoing debate about gun violence in America. After the recent mass shooting

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Guns around the world: Who owns them? Who has the most?

October 7, 2015 Occasional Planet Guns, International, Widgets: Guns One comment

Most of the world’s firearms are privately owned, says The Small Arms Survey. And which country has the most privately owned firearms per capita?

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How does your representative vote on gun control/gun rights?

October 7, 2015 Renee Shur Congress, Guns Leave a comment

After the most recent mass shooting–at Umpqua Community College in Oregon–President Obama urged Americans to look into where their Congressional representatives stand on gun-control

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I’ve lost my handgun virginity

May 21, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Police 2 comments

Last week, I fired a handgun for the first time in my life. And for those of you hoping to learn that my experience

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I wanted the NRA “no-working-guns-at the convention” rumor to be true ..but it’s not

April 12, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns Leave a comment

In advance of the National Rifle Association’s 2015 convention, the widely circulated rumor that the NRA was banning “operational” guns from the conventional hall

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“Guns ‘n’ Hoses” needs a name change

January 25, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Ferguson, Missouri region Leave a comment

At the risk of being labeled a wet blanket, I’d like to lodge a complaint against Gun ‘n’ Hoses. The event is an evening

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Ad says rifles are a girl’s best friend

January 23, 2015 Barbara Finch Guns, Media Leave a comment

Where is Don Draper when we need him? Draper, of course, is the iconic 1960s advertising executive who stars in the hit TV series,

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