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Maddow challenges conventional wisdom: New gun laws possible
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow challenged the notion that Congress was unable to pass any new regulations on firearms because of the powerful gun lobby. “The biggest barrier to reforming our laws may just be the pervasive common wisdom that it is not even worth it…
Maddow: Time for U.S. to get over its ‘hysterical fear’ of gun control
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow said that in light of Friday’s senseless murders in Newtown, Connecticut, the time to talk about gun control is now, in spite of the admonishments of the Fox News Channel, the NRA and even President Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney.…
Let’s get real: Gun control is about protecting domestic violence victims like Kasandra Perkins
Kasandra Perkins was murdered on Saturday by her NFL linebacker boyfriend Jovan Belcher. Murdered. He then drove to the football stadium where he took his own life in front of his coach and general manager. While this came to a shock to many, it should have come to no surprise…
Poll: 55 percent of tea partiers support concealed guns in churches
WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of Americans, particularly whites, are adamant about the constitutional right to bear arms, a poll showed this week amid a rash of shootings across the United States. More than two thirds — 68 percent — of respondents said the Second Amendment right is as important…
The History of the NRA Is *Really* Interesting
I’m getting screeched at by a bunch of wingnuts on Twitter, god only knows who sent them, who have it in their heads that I was just making shit up when I attributed modern day gun nuttery to the reactionary movement—that they all belong to, natch—that grew up in response…
Jon Stewart mocks conservatives trying to suppress gun control debate
On Monday night, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show lampooned conservatives who claimed it was too soon after the Colorado theater massacre to talk about gun control. “It is a very complex issue, obviously. An intersection of the mental health system and cultural influences, the balance between individual freedom and…
McCain: No proof gun control prevents gun violence
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says there is no proof that gun control leads to less gun violence, but he is willing to “look at everything” following a massacre in Aurora, Colorado that left least 12 dead and 58 wounded. “I don’t know, to tell you the truth, what we can…
Philadelphia police chief on gun control: Lawmakers lack the courage to do anything
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Sunday said gun control was needed in the wake of the mass shooting in Colorado, but was pessimistic about its chances. “For me the question has been, you know, what will change as far as any gun control legislation in the wake of Aurora,…
‘Joe the Plumber’ claims gun control caused the Holocaust
Republican Ohio congressional candidate Samuel “Joe The Plumber” Wurzelbacher released a campaign video on Tuesday, in which he warns that “gun control” led to the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. “In 1911, Turkey established gun control,” Wurzelbacher points out as he places several shells in a 12-gauge shotgun. “From 1915…
The Footwear of Tyranny
Update: For a more direct take on this whole issue of gun control, check out my latest at the Guardian’s Comment Is Free. But that isn’t to say there isn’t humor. Wingnuts and their gun obsession always have a darkly comic value. Every time there’s some horrible gun violence that…
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