Guns and Gun Control

Is This What We Stand For?

Is This What We Stand For? Is This What We Stand For?

ignore this…

Oct 5, 2017 / OppArt / Stephen Kroninger

NRA: Gunning for America (1 of 10)

NRA: Gunning for America (1 of 10) NRA: Gunning for America (1 of 10)

Artists’ reactions to how the NRA holds a pistol to our country’s heart.

Oct 5, 2017 / OppArt / The Nation

Stephen Paddock Bought 33 Guns in 12 Months. That Should Be Illegal.

Stephen Paddock Bought 33 Guns in 12 Months. That Should Be Illegal. Stephen Paddock Bought 33 Guns in 12 Months. That Should Be Illegal.

How much lethal firepower should citizens be allowed to possess?

Oct 4, 2017 / George Zornick

Disarm Hate Gun Protest

Fight Against Gun Violence and Demand More Aid for Puerto Rico Fight Against Gun Violence and Demand More Aid for Puerto Rico

Check out three meaningful actions you can take this week.

Oct 3, 2017 / NationAction

Las Vegas shooting aftermath

The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us

And Trump is exactly the wrong leader for this reality.

Oct 2, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Anti-NRA Protests

A New Study Debunks the NRA’s Claim That Guns Protect Women A New Study Debunks the NRA’s Claim That Guns Protect Women

Women are 100 times more likely to be killed by a man with a gun than to use a firearm in self defense. 

Sep 22, 2017 / George Zornick

Gun Sales Are Plummeting and Trump Wants to Help

Gun Sales Are Plummeting and Trump Wants to Help Gun Sales Are Plummeting and Trump Wants to Help

The NRA’s new playbook includes guns for kids and open carry in every state.

Jun 29, 2017 / Feature / George Zornick

Charleena Lyles

Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree

The untimely death of a 30-year-old woman demonstrates the obvious need for more scrutiny of police, not less.

Jun 23, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

republicans guns

Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence? Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence?

Studies show that most people across the political spectrum abhor it. So what might explain the disparity?

Jun 23, 2017 / Joshua Holland

The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty

The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty

Even a liberal enclave like the one Castile lived in, even having a licensed gun, like Castile had, cannot bring worth to a black man’s life in the eyes of our racist jus...

Jun 16, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

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