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Gun Madness: It's Now Safer To Be A Cop Than A Preschooler In The U.S.
More young children are murdered by guns in America than cops in the line of duty.
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Dad Leaves Gun Unattended At 'Family Outing', 11-Year-Old Shoots Brother Dead
In a tragic and easily preventable incident, a 12-year-old South Carolina boy was fatally shot by his 11-year-old brother during a family outing that involved target-shooting. Authorities have deemed the death an accident. Sheriff Dale Williams of Carroll County, Ohio, where the shooting took place, said on Monday: “The 11-year-old picked up a weapon off of…
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Harry Reid: Republican 'NRA Puppets' Are Just As Guilty As Oregon College Shooter
The Senate Minority leader has had enough of the GOP’s refusal to even begin a conversation on responsible gun control.
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Combat Veterans: NRA's 'Good Guy With A Gun' Nonsense Is A 'Dangerous Fantasy'
Many conservatives ludicrously continue to argue that the solution to gun violence is more guns. This perspective is best embodied by NRA chief Wayne LaPierre’s speech after the Sandy Hook shooting advocating arming teachers, in which he made the notorious statement, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy…
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11-Year-Old 'Bully' Shoots 8-Year Old Neighbor Dead After Argument Over Puppy
Early Saturday evening, an 11 year-old boy from Jefferson County, Tennessee, took his father’s unlocked shotgun and shot and killed, with premeditation, his 8 year-old neighbor, McKayla Dyer, from inside his house – because she wouldn’t show him her puppy. According to the local news station WKRN-TV (video below), the boy had a history of bullying…
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New Texas Study Busts NRA Myths: Concealed Carry Doesn't Reduce Crime, Guns Increase Crime
Somehow, it is legal in every state in the US to carry a concealed handgun. Up until this week, it was a commonly accepted myth that carrying a hidden gun was less harmful than carrying a visible firearm, and that the incidence of crime fell when there was no weapon in sight. A new study…
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Oregon Massacre Sheriff Called Sandy Hook A Hoax, Blasted Obama's Call For Gun Reform
While America grapples with yet another horrific mass shooting, the specter of the gun culture that perpetuates the violence reared its ugly head over the national discourse when it was revealed that the sheriff investigating yesterday’s brutal massacre, John Hanlin, has a long history of fighting gun control measures and viciously attacking any attempts to…
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Another Gun Massacre: 10 Students Dead, 20 Wounded In Oregon College Shooting
Thirteen students are dead, at least twenty wounded in Oregon college mass shooting. This story will be live-updated as information becomes available.
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Despicable NRA Ignores 9/11 Victims, Honors Lost Gun Instead
The NRA, America’s deadly consortium of militant white males, firearm fetishists, and paranoid xenophobes has reached new depths in their morbid obsession. On the 14th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the NRA has decided to publish a memorial…about a gun that survived. The officer carrying it did not. Americas1stFreedom.org, an NRA propaganda site, posted…
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Surprise! States With Tighter Gun Control Have Fewer Gun-Related Deaths And Homicides
It is a simple and logical fact that greater access to guns results in higher rates of gun-related death. Unfortunately for America, and especially for our 30,000 citizens who die annually from gun violence, conservatives, Republicans, and the NRA lobbyists who pull their strings continue to stringently deny this reality. While common sense is certainly lacking…