May 27, 2014
NRA Logic: Cars Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
Cars don’t kill people, people kill people. That means we should not regulate cars.
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May 23, 2014
Here’s The Thing, Gun Nuts And Their Supreme Court Justice Cohorts Are A Lost Cause
When we talk about gun safety, yes, even the term “gun control,” what we need to recognize is that the gun nuts are a lost cause. The people who call themselves gun rights advocates, or protectors of the Second Amendment, well, they are not the minds we are trying to change. That’s what we have to acknowledge. You cannot change a closed mind. They are dogmatic. They will not be swayed. There is no argument a gun safety proponent can articulate that will permeate the impenetrable fortress that is the mind of the ideologue.
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April 25, 2014
When Your Mind Is On The Fritz, Who Controls The Guns?
This isn’t about denying people their agency. Yes, there’s a Second Amendment. Yes, you are legally entitled to own a gun. But what happens when your mind is on the fritz? If you are not thinking clearly, should someone be allowed to take away your guns?
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April 24, 2014
New Georgia Gun Law Goes Well Beyond The Second Amendment
On Wednesday, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law an NRA-approved gun bill that allows residents with concealed carry permits to take their savage hardware into government buildings, bars, churches, even school zones.
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February 24, 2014
Guns Only Make You FEEL Safer
New Rule: Gun-lovers must admit they are servicing paranoia not safety by owning a firearm.
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September 18, 2013
When Police Bullets Hit Bystanders: Why The NRA’s ‘Arm Everyone’ Is Pure Madness
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and gun fanatics across America want the rest of us to believe we are a more civil society if we are armed to the teeth. If every citizen could model his or her life on the teachings of John Rambo, adopt a philosophy of “shoot first…second…fiftieth, ask questions later,” America would be a much safer nation.
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September 17, 2013
Throw Your Stupid, Self-Centered, Straw Man Arguments Out The Window
Another day, another mass shooting in America. Yesterday’s violence and death at the Washington Navy Yard is just the latest chapter in America’s sad obsession with guns and gun culture.
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September 15, 2013
Reports Of Gun-Control’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Over on The Atlantic, Molly Ball has announced “The Death of Gun Control.” She says that any serious efforts on gun control ended when the Senate voted down enhanced background checks back in April. And if that wasn’t the death of gun control, the recall of two pro-gun-control Democrats in Colorado on Tuesday made it official.
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July 22, 2013
NRA, ALEC, Want You To Stand Your Ground, Wild West Style
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — I just love these names — want you to stand your ground like it’s still the 19th century Wild West — unless your are black of course. I don’t see the NRA saying if Trayvon Martin had a gun he could have defended himself. What was that saying again — “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.” Was Trayvon Martin the “bad guy” because he didn’t have a gun?
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May 9, 2013
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Says ‘We Are In The Midst Of A Once-In-A-Generation Fight’
During the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual celebration of gun violence (and rights), otherwise known as their national convention, executive vice president Wayne LaPierre made it clear that he believes the NRA and gun owners are in a war. “We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation fight for everything we care about,” said LaPierre. Many of us on the left label the gun crazies as one-issue voters, and with that single statement, LaPierre has confirmed it.
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