"What happened?" (Virginia Tech, Carolyn McCarthy, and gun control)
From the Amendment II Democrats blog:One question that I'd like to ask the Brady Campaign is, quite simply, "What happened?"Back in December 2005, Brady Campaign communications director Peter Hamm was...
View ArticleAmendment II Democrats: An open Mother's Day message to Sarah Brady
From the Amendment II Democrats blog:First of all, my best wishes to everyone for a happy and peaceful Mother's Day.Sarah Brady, Chair of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, has used the...
View ArticleCharlton Heston: A Mixed Legacy
Charlton Heston passed away this weekend leaving behind a mixed legacy when it comes to political agendas and activism.While not from Nebraska, he was a mid-westerner who grew up in Illinois which no...
View Article[Amendment II Democrats] 3 cops killed, one injured in state with "nation's...
Back on February 4, officials from the Brady Campaign as well as Women Against Gun Violence announced that California had the toughest gun laws in the nation. Ellen Boneparth, President of the...
View ArticleThirty-one thousand dead.
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Guns Don't Kill People; Pooties With Guns Do.
After this diary, which sparked a rather intense discussion today between pro- and anti-gun control advocates on DKos, I thought I should set the record straight about guns. Period. Point blank.Let...
View ArticleControlling for gun violence
Gun control is a touchy subject to say the least; you could almost say people have a hair trigger when it comes to talking about guns. Unfortunately there have been a few high profile incidents...
View ArticleControlling for gun violence (re-visited)
This diary is a repost from 11 April. I am reposting it now as a semi-response to a diary that has gotten some peoples dander up and to hopefully temper the conversation. The only changes I have made...
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Check Out These Oklahoma Guns!
The next time you hear some local Second Amendment distorter talk about the government’s efforts to put more restrictions on guns, remember this: Oklahoma has some of the least restrictive weapon laws...
View ArticleMore on the Way Gun Flow Works
The Brady Campaign published a report about the numbers of guns that go missing directly from the manufacturers. From 2009 to the middle of 2011, at least 16,485 firearms left gun manufacturer’s...
View ArticleRecent handgun survey doesn’t ask most important question
The Gallup poll found a new low of 26 percent of Americans who favor banning handguns in the U.S. other than law enforcement and other authorized users. This is compared to 60 percent back in 1959....
View ArticleGun control newspeak: "assault clip"
The 1994-2004 law on so-called "assault weapons" prevented the manufacture of new detachable magazines for firearms with a capacity of more than ten cartridges. This forced the redesign of magazines...
View ArticleNew York’s strong gun laws make state safer than weaker states of Arizona and...
The gun nuts, especially in Arizona, will argue with you until they are blue in the face that because the state’s gun laws allow just about anyone to own a gun and carry it around concealed to just...
View ArticleStarbucks position on open gun carry laws creates nightmare
If you are a Starbuck’s fan, and I am, and if you are an advocate of sane gun control, which I am, you might be looking for a place other than your local Starbuck’s store to get your daily coffee fix....
View ArticleVictory for the Second Amendment in Maryland
Maryland's firearm ownership laws laws are among the most oppressive in the United States, after California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. In fact, a Maryland residend must provide a "good and...
View ArticleThank you, Dan Gross
On Mar 27, 2012, the Brady Campaign President Dan Gross testified at a briefing held by House Judiciary Committee Democrats, “Protecting a “Suspect” Community: Forum on Racial Profiling, Federal Hate...
View ArticleThe George Zimmerman Armed Vigilante Act
A new low for the Brady Campaign. Authoritarians, conservatives especially, have a time honored tactic of renaming legislation they don't like for people they don't like. Whether it be Hillarycare,...
View ArticleThe NRA claims 4.3 million members. The Brady Campaign might have under 29,000.
Although the NRA reportedly inflates its membership by giving away free or complimentary memberships, the organization claims around 4.3 million members.A couple of years ago, the Brady Campaign to...
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The Daily Show/The Colbert Report (The Unauthorized Edition)
Ms Tia Rachel continues to enjoy her summer holiday so it is my pleasure to provide a safe harbor away from the trials of thinking and tribulations from having your dKos diaries earn nothing but...
View ArticleGuns. Lots of Guns!
I'll admit it. I don't get America's obsession with guns. Not outside of the Matrix, anyway, which is still totally awesome. Where I grew up the only people who had guns were criminals and the police;...
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