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Think Progress Background Checks 101 Later this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will take up four gun violence prevention measures. One of them is an important bill to strengthen the background...
View ArticleWATCH: Feinstein Smacks Down Cruz Over Gun Ban: “I Am Not a 6th-Grader”
I don’t know who this McCarthy-like character, Senator Ted Cruz think he is but rest assured he picked on the wrong Senator yesterday… Mother Jones On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved...
View ArticleGun shop blocks Mark Kelly’s right to buy AR-15, citing political ‘intent’
Official NASA photo of Kelly Mark Kelly is married to former AZ Congress woman Gabby Giffords. He is an accomplished man in his own right and he is a responsible gun owner. Naval career NASA...
View ArticleObama On Gun Violence: ‘Shame On Us If We’ve Forgotten’ Newtown
The POTUS made some good points in his speech… The Huffington Post President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and “get...
View ArticleThese Women Were Murdered After Their Stalkers Acquired A Gun
Think Progress Every year, thousands of domestic abusers fall through the cracks of our current background check system, often with tragic consequences for the women they terrorize. The “gun show...
View ArticleJust The Numbers: Without Real Gun Control, We DO Have A Gun Problem
Addicting Info Sometimes, you just have to look at the raw numbers to understand the severity of a problem. In the United States: There were 12,664 murders in 2011. Of those murders, 8,583 were...
View Article5 dead after shooting in Seattle’s Federal Way suburb, police say
Our elected lawmakers are scared to death of the NRA, so sadly, this sort of thing will be happening ad infinitum… MSNBC News Five people were killed in a shooting at an apartment complex near Seattle...
View Article5-Year-Old Boy Killed Sister With Gun Made For Kids
The sad part about this is that it won’t phase gun advocates one iota… Think Progress On Wednesday, a five-year-old Kentucky boy accidentally shot and killed his two-year-old sister with a gun he’d...
View ArticleTwo-year-old gets shot and killed and, yawn, it’s just another day in America
More on the shooting of a two-year old child by her five-year old brother from Piperni… Mario Piperni America’s gun culture takes another life. Authorities in southern Kentucky say a 2-year-old girl...
View ArticleGuns in the home proving deadly for kids
USA Today While efforts at gun control are still being fought, children’s advocates are urging parents and communities to take their own steps to protect kids. He didn’t know the gun was loaded. The...
View ArticleOnce Again, a Black Person Is Shot and Killed While Looking for Help
There’s no rationale for this sort of behavior… Gawker Less than two months after Charlotte police shot and killed an unarmed man who was trying to find help after having a car accident, a woman is...
View ArticlePriest killed, another one injured in attack at Catholic church in Phoenix
(Photo: Chad Bricks/12News) CNN A shooting at a Catholic church in Phoenix left one priest dead and another one in critical condition, authorities said early Thursday. A 911 call came in about 9 p.m....
View Article9 signs America’s gun obsession is getting worse
(Credit: chinahbzyg via Shutterstock) Salon The recent news has been filled with anything but acceptable behavior by gun nuts. A Montana man sets a trap for burglars and executes a teenage intruder. A...
View ArticleFour People Shot At Kansas City Gun Store Catering To Female Gun Owners
Stock Photo TPM LiveWire Four people were shot Friday at a gun store near Kansas City, Mo. that caters to female gun owners, The Kansas City Star reported. The incident occurred during an attempted...
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