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2019-02-282019-02-28

N.R.A. Magazine Draws Criticism for ‘Target Practice’ Headline With Photo of Pelosi and Giffords

“The photo, taken last month at an announcement about proposed legislation to expand background checks for firearms purchases, carried the headline in large letters: “Target Practice.””

They are about killing people, not defending the Constitution. They want guns to go after liberals and kill them. They keep telling us that. Stop taking them at their word when they claim they want guns for defending themselves from the state. They want those guns to short-circuit the constitution when they personally disagree with a law, a party or a legitimately elected representative.

From: nytimes.com

2018-07-10

Can school design help prevent school shootings?

“IT IS called a lockdown drill,” says Max, a nine-year-old pupil at a private school on the North side. “One teacher pretends to be an intruder. We have to hide in classroom, turn over our desks and hide behind them.

via Can school design help prevent school shootings?

Guns are creating the tyranny their advocates claim guns prevent.

2018-06-02

Dick’s Sporting Goods took a public stand against assault weapons and sales went up

That was the statement the National Rifle Association released in April after retail giant Dick’s Sporting Goods announced they would destroy their existing inventory of guns and ammunition.

via Dick’s Sporting Goods took a public stand against assault weapons and sales went up

2018-05-12

A pregnant black woman is in prison for defending herself. Mainstream gun groups are silent.

Last summer, a black woman in Michigan defended herself, her mother, and her 2-year-old daughter with a registered (and unloaded) gun against a woman who she and her attorneys say tried to hit them with a car.

via A pregnant black woman is in prison for defending herself. Mainstream gun groups are silent.

This should have been a bigger story.

2016-01-07

To Keep and Bear Arms

Only fantasts can think the self-styled militias of our day are acting under the mandate of, or even in accord with, the Second Amendment. Only madmen, one would think, can suppose that militias have a constitutional right to levy war against the United States, which is treason by constitutional definition (Article III, Section 3, Clause 1). Yet the body of writers who proclaim themselves at the scholarly center of the Second Amendment’s interpretation say that a well-regulated body authorized by the government is intended to train itself for action against the government.

From 1995.

2016-01-05

Counterfactual Identity Swap – MattBruenig | Politics

we actually have historical examples of nonwhite groups doing this that are directly on point. For example, in 1971, the American Indian Movement took over Alcatraz Island and held it for 19 months. The occupation ended after the government laid siege to the island and the thing more or less collapsed.

Way too many people asking “what if they were black?” or comparing the armed group in Oregon to the unarmed Occupy movement. Neither BlackLivesMatter nor Occupy showed up armed. They showed up to protest and only their own lives were at risk.

The real question should be on wether or not we are ok with armed protestors, not skin tone or what they might be protesting.

2015-12-12

‘Daily Show’ Debunks ‘Good Guy With A Gun’ Theory About Mass Shootings (VIDEO)

Correspondent Jordan Klepper went across the river to New Jersey to train for his concealed carry permit. After finishing his training, he went to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training in Texas to learn how to respond to an active shooter.

In a nutshell, it’s the training not the weapon that matters in an active shooter situation.

2015-12-04

Paul Ryan Throws Support Behind Mental Health Reform Bill

Ryan called mental health issues the “common theme” you see in mass shootings, along with attackers who are “terrorist-inspired.”

And good for him for noticing and taking some action on it. Let’s see how the rest of his party acts.

The speaker also said he opposed using the No-Fly List as a measure for restricting gun purchases, saying many people are put on the list arbitrarily or by “mistake.”

Maybe the no-fly list can be fixed then? Do we really want people fresh from jihad training walking off the aircraft and stopping at the nearest gun shop on the way to the commit a terrorist attack?

2015-11-23

To families of mass-shooting victims in U.S., Paris attacks sadly familiar

She has become painfully familiar with mass shootings since a gunman killed her daughter in a crowded suburban Denver movie theater, and she’s frustrated when pundits wonder if similar attacks on “soft targets” could happen in America.

“What ‘soft-target’ are you talking about? A school? Oh, gee, it’s already happened, several times. A movie theater? Oh, gee, it’s already happened,” Phillips said. “Who are we fooling? We’ve been living under terrorist attacks since Columbine. They’re just being done by our own people.”

2015-11-06

Here are the guns the NRA doesn’t want you to get

In the 1990s, Colt’s Manufacturing Co. built a prototype smart gun that could be fired only if the user wore a special ring. In 2000, rival Smith & Wesson promised to make all of its guns available with high-tech safety features. But both companies dropped the efforts after facing devastating boycotts led by gun-rights activists. Smith & Wesson was forced to lay off 15 percent of its staff. Ever since, the mainstream gun industry has steadfastly refused to pursue the technologies.

Gun rights activists are anti-gun?