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Rapid fire weapons – every man’s birthright?

October 4, 2017 Bill Kesler Guns, Terrorism, Violence Leave a comment

In 1934, following the era of Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Congress placed restrictions on the sale, purchase and ownership of

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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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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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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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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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Two ways to regulate guns

March 19, 2014 Joanna Sandsmark Guns, Humor, Widgets: Guns 2 comments

There are two ways to solve the gun crisis in America that have yet to be discussed. First, there is one group above all

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5 terrifying takeaways from the NRA’s 2013 national convention

May 7, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Children, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

While there may be some people who have some reasonable arguments for owning a hunting rifle, it doesn’t help their cause to have the

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The shameful background-check vote: Is this any way to run a civilized country?

April 18, 2013 Susan Cunningham 2012 Election, Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Public safety, Republicans, Senate One comment

I watched the comments by one of the grieving parents from Newtown and the President this afternoon in response to the shameful miscarriage of

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