Guns and Gun Control

Pro-gun rally

Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like

Fighting what you view as government tyranny with an AR-15 makes you a murderer, not a Minuteman.

Jul 11, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Dallas Police Officer

Black Lives Still Must Matter, Even After Dallas Black Lives Still Must Matter, Even After Dallas

But the attack is a reminder that no life will be safe and truly valued until we also confront the broader American culture of violence.

Jul 8, 2016 / Kai Wright

Police Kill Nearly 25 Dogs Each Day

Police Kill Nearly 25 Dogs Each Day Police Kill Nearly 25 Dogs Each Day

Law enforcement’s treatment of dogs is just a symptom of the militarized policing so many of our neighborhoods are subjected to.

Jul 5, 2016 / Andrea B. Scott

Gun Show in Florida

What I Learned at an Orlando Gun Show What I Learned at an Orlando Gun Show

The queer fight against guns must be broader than background checks and no-fly lists. We need a culture war on violence.

Jun 24, 2016 / Kung Li

House Democrats

Alan Grayson Says the House Sit-In for Gun Safety Is About More Than Terror Lists Alan Grayson Says the House Sit-In for Gun Safety Is About More Than Terror Lists

Reached on the floor of the House, Grayson disputed civil libertarians’ concerns about preventing people on the no-fly list from buying guns.

Jun 23, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Demanding Votes on Gun-Control Bills, John Lewis Leads a Sit-in of the House

Demanding Votes on Gun-Control Bills, John Lewis Leads a Sit-in of the House Demanding Votes on Gun-Control Bills, John Lewis Leads a Sit-in of the House

Lewis, Donna Edwards, Elizabeth Esty, and other Democrats promise to keep demanding action on gun violence.

Jun 22, 2016 / John Nichols

A woman points a handgun with a laser sight on a wall display of other guns during the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis.

Why Is a Major Gun Manufacturer Trying to Seal Documents in the Sandy Hook Lawsuit? Why Is a Major Gun Manufacturer Trying to Seal Documents in the Sandy Hook Lawsuit?

Looming depositions might shine bright new line into how assault weapons are sold.

Jun 22, 2016 / George Zornick

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Talking Guns With a Glib Sociopath Talking Guns With a Glib Sociopath

Stop ignorantly scapegoating innocent guns.

Jun 21, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Chris Murphy Senate Filibuster

These Senators Want to Stop Terrorists From Buying Guns (Unless They Use Craigslist) These Senators Want to Stop Terrorists From Buying Guns (Unless They Use Craigslist)

What’s the point of adding suspected terrorists to no-buy lists if background checks are still easily avoided?

Jun 20, 2016 / George Zornick

Jo Cox memorial

An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America

It is time to recognize that “divisive hate-mongering is seeping into the mainstream,” and that a toxic politics threatens not just civility but democracy.

Jun 17, 2016 / John Nichols

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