18 Terms You Need To Know If You Want To Be Part Of The Gun Control Debate
aturally, many people have strong opinions on guns and gun control, but have little background to discuss it. So we've put together a primer on what people mean whey they talk about "assault weapons"...
View ArticleGun Control Debate Reignited As US Mourns Newtown, Connecticut School...
As the relatives of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting mourn their loss, the argument over gun control laws in the US is back in the spotlight. Anastasia Churkina went to...
View ArticleNewark Mayor Cory Booker Slams ‘False Debate’ Over Gun Control as ‘Convenient...
“This is a convenient trick to try to divide our country more. Most of us in America, including gun owners, agree on things that would stop the kind of carnage that’s going on in cities all over America.”
View ArticleRon Paul Rips NRA’s “Orwellian” Plan for Officers in Every School
"School shootings, no matter how horrific, do not justify creating an Orwellian surveillance state in America," Paul said in a written statement.
View ArticleRepublican Governor Chris Christie Denounces NRA’s Ad About Obama’s Daughters...
Christie said the ad demeaned the organization and makes it tougher for people to trust the NRA as a reliable source in the gun debate.
View ArticleReality Check: VP Biden, “No law abiding citizens fears 2nd amendment...
Hundreds of people turned out across the Tri-State this weekend for what was billed as a "Day of Resistance". These are peaceful protests in support of the second amendment. Are these people really...
View ArticleGun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware
National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research...
View ArticleMad about Guns: America’s Deadly Weapons Obsession
A shrug of the shoulders, resignation, cynicism: The latest bloodbath -- this time at the Washington Navy Yard, a historic naval base -- seems like a depressive sort of deja vu. It feels familiar to...
View ArticleChildren and Guns: The Hidden Toll
A New York Times review of hundreds of child firearm deaths found that accidental shootings occurred roughly twice as often as the records indicate, because of idiosyncrasies in how such deaths are...
View ArticleThe Vast, Unregulated Online Gun Market
The common refrain from pro-gun activists is that criminals will avoid background checks anyway—which is true. But maybe we shouldn’t make it so easy for them.
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