Video: “Loss”
. In recent years, several media outlets have taken to calling President Obama the ‘Mourner-in-Chief’ due to the frequency with which he addresses the nation following fatal incidents of mass … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: The American Slaughter and our Complicit Republican Congress
Omar Mateen, an American citizen, used a Sig Sauer MCX semi-automatic assault weapon to murder and maim more than 100 people in the Orlando massacre. The automatic version of this … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: Guns and Grievances
The news out of Orlando is shocking. Another mass shooting in America. Another 50+ people dead with an additional 50+ wounded. And then I saw this headline: “America has 4.4% … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Who does the NRA represent?
The other day I saw in person what we all know. Our elected representatives, especially Republicans, often represent only large corporate interests, even if those interests hurt most of the … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: We Must End the Tyranny of the American Gun Lobby
Today, US federal law allows any adult to buy guns of all kinds, including AR15-style assault weapons, magazines, and ammunition, without any ID or background checks of any kind. These … Continue reading
Joshua Dubois: What the President secretly did at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Below is an excerpt from The President’s Devotional by Joshua Dubois, the former head of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He’s recounting events that occurred Sunday, December … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Bullet Control — Toward A Compromise
[Author’s note: Some time after I published an earlier version of this proposal in 1993, I happened to teach a class at Olin-Winchester, an industrial compound on the east side of … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: On the recent assassination of two police officers
To stop future assassinations of police, we must toughen gun laws & end police brutality against minorities No sane person would condone or try to justify the execution-style killings of … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Gun Control Leads to a Civil Society
Those opposed to greater gun control don’t realize giving up rights is what civilization is all about “We give up our rights one piece at a time,” a West Virginia … Continue reading
Abby Martin: How Exceptionalism Fuels America’s Gun Massacres
We recently passed the second anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where twenty helpless children and six staff members were gunned down in cold … Continue reading →