Guns and Gun Control

‘Torture Them’ ‘Torture Them’

Do we want a Vice President who endorses illegal detention and torture of Palestinians? Anthony Cordesman, a national security type frequently deployed as a television pundit, re...

Nov 27, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Moms to NRA: Grow Up! Moms to NRA: Grow Up!

In the end, after months of waffling, I violated my principles and went to the Million Mom March for gun control--make that "common-sense gun control." I've never liked maternali...

May 25, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The NRA Wants You The NRA Wants You

Research assistance was provided by the Elections 2000 Fund of the Nation Institute.

May 11, 2000 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Capitol Crimes Capitol Crimes

If only Columbine High School had posted the Ten Commandments next to its football trophies, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would never have killed anyone.

Jun 24, 1999 / The Editors

Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate

When guns became the issue of the day, Republicans, as is their custom, put Their party right behind the NRA, And shot themselves quite badly in the foot.

May 27, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Guns of Littleton The Guns of Littleton

Dylan Klebold "is intelligent enough to make any dream a reality," a juvenile court counselor wrote last year.

Apr 29, 1999 / Bruce Shapiro

Going for the Gunmakers Going for the Gunmakers

A short walk from my home in New Haven stands the farm of that prototypical Connecticut Yankee, Eli Whitney. In 1798 Whitney hit on a bold new scheme: interchangeable parts for...

Feb 4, 1999 / Bruce Shapiro

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