April 7, 2013
Dannel Malloy: The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Is A Circus Clown
“Wayne [LaPierre] reminds me of the clowns at the circus – they get the most attention. That’s what he’s paid to do.”
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April 2, 2013
Gun Laws: Nelson, Georgia to Newtown, Connecticut
The small city of Nelson, GA, population 1300, has passed a new ordinance requiring all residents to own a gun. Yes, you read that correctly. I speculate that at least one of the people responsible for this new law opposed the Affordable Care Act’s “individual mandate,” on the grounds of freedom of choice and individual liberty. But when it comes to guns? You’ll buy one and you’ll like it, or else…
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January 5, 2013
Hey Gun Advocates, Spare Me Your Righteous Indignation
Nearly 500 people have been murdered by a gun in the United States of America since the horrible mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Those are the victims. The children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School are the victims. — Gun advocates are not the victims. Card-carrying NRA members are not the victims. People who talk tough but need a gun to be tough are not the victims. People who justify the need for violent assault weapons for protection or sport are not the victims. — So yeah, gun advocates, you can spare me your righteous indignation.
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December 22, 2012
America’s Gun Culture: It’s Not Naive To Think We Can Change Minds
I know many gun owners and gun enthusiasts think liberals like myself are simply naive. — That we lack experience with guns. — That we lack the proper knowledge to talk about guns. — That we are silly to think we can change America’s obsession with guns. — But it is these same gun advocates who hold the naive belief that the “bad guys” will always have access to guns so we need to arm the “good guys.”
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December 21, 2012
My Response To The Highly Anticipated Wayne LaPierre, NRA Press Conference
Today was the day of the highly anticipated National Rifle Association (NRA) press conference in response to the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, CT. The NRA went silent for days after last Friday’s mass shooting, finally issuing a statement this past Tuesday that read:
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December 19, 2012
Gun Violence: There Is A “Newtown” Every Day In America, And We Ignore It
It seems we Americans only take notice to gun violence when a sufficient number of fellow Americans are gunned down in one place. And if that location is not the inner-city, then we pay even closer attention. And if the victims are children, well, that’s what it takes to even start a conversation in this country. That’s what it takes to start talking about proposing new gun safety legislation.
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May 5, 2012
Connecticut Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Legislation
Early Saturday the Connecticut Senate passed a bill that would allow the use of medical marijuana in the state. The measure already passed the state House and now awaits the approval of Governor Dannel Malloy. Malloy has indicated he will sign the bill into the law. If that happens, Connecticut will join the District of Columbia and sixteen other states in the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes.
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