No sane human being would think to regard something normal as awful, except when a common occurrence founded on a group’s twisted values and behaviors is exposed for all the world to see; then it is prudent to label “normal” as awful.
For the record, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, like many Democrats, voted against the PLCAA which protects gun and ammo sellers from liability
Mr. Charles Cotton wrote in a concealed handgun forum that Clementa Pinckney bears blame because he “voted against concealed-carry.”
Everyone from President Obama to the mayor of Charleston has made a specific point of saying the aftermath of a racially-motivated gun massacre of nine innocent and unarmed African Americans is a time for healing. Although they said the right thing, everyone is certainly sincere and they mean well, and they truly hope to comfort the victims’ families, survivors, and distressed Americans suffering the same pain, disgust, outrage, and sadness they feel after every other senseless gun slaughter. However, there is no healing for this sick, violent, and racist nation, and everyone knows it.
Now, another white man is walking free after shooting a Black police chief in Oklahoma investigating a possible bomb plot against a Head Start school in the presence of four other law enforcement officers.
It’s the end of an eventful year and the beginning of a new one. I had visions of a fresh start as I sat down to write my final political words of 2014. I’ve had a lot to say about American gun culture over the past 12 months and figured it might be refreshing to…
One might wonder what kind of malcontent opposes a worldwide treaty that limits the transfer of conventional arms and battlefield components to evil dictators who promote and commit genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and attack civilians or civilian buildings such as schools and hospitals. In America, it is Republicans indebted to, and serving, the National Rifle Association.
In a video posted to his YouTube page earlier this week, a male open carry enthusiast went on a profanity-laced tirade against the gun control advocacy group Moms Demand Action regarding their efforts to convince supermarket chain Kroger to ban customers from openly carrying firearms in their stores.
In a post on his Facebook page Tuesday, has-been rocker Ted Nugent wrote that if those who supported the NRA and the 2nd Amendment didn’t get their freedom that they’d demand the “evil carcasses” of President Obama and other notable Democrats.
The President nominated Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, an extremely qualified candidate to replace ‘acting’ Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin. However, the National Rifle Association blocked Murthy’s confirmation because he does not recognize that the NRA is “fourth and all-powerful branch of the federal government” and called for sane gun restrictions to prevent more Americans from dying unnecessarily from the gun violence epidemic.
After a thorough examination of America’s pathetic record of disparate treatment of minorities, a United Nations watchdog reported what people of color, particularly African Americans, have known first hand and all too well for decades. “Racial and ethnic discrimination remains a serious and persistent problem in all areas of life from de facto school segregation, access to health care, and housing.”
Every day the headlines contain a few stories about gun related deaths.
The notion of so-called Christians exposing themselves as the anti-Christs they really are is being played out in the drive to put more guns in the hands of more Americans, especially conservative Christian Americans; it is no surprise it is being advanced by right-wing Christian churches.
By apologizing, and acquiescing to the lunatic OCT demand for a retraction and mia culpa, the NRA made a bold statement that they support gun fanatics terrorizing the public to make a point that, one way or another, gun zealots will not rest until their 2nd Amendment rights to frighten the public into staying safely ensconced in the homes are fully secured.
Political pundits are wont to claim Republicans obstruct governance and oppose policies and agendas that benefit the entire nation because they are clueless and lack issues, policies, and agendas, but that is not the case.
It is a common occurrence after a mass shooting for gun zealots to rise up and defend the shooter’s right to own and use firearms, including publicly displaying guns to show their solidarity with the mass murderer’s 2nd Amendment right to end life.
The NRA, the GOP, and Fox News rant about the “fundamental” right to bear arms while ignoring the fundamental right of Americans to life
There is a troubling new justification for the right to keep and bear arms the NRA supports and it is entrapping suspected burglars and gunning them down in cold blood with impunity as part of the NRA-written and ALEC proposed “stand your ground” or “Castle Doctrine” laws.
The latest sheriff to threaten America with armed rebellion is Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr who addressed the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting last week and drew praise from right-wing media including patriotic gun cheerleaders at Fox News.
The law defining Georgia as an uncivilized society takes effect on July 1, and among other absurdities legalizes silencers for hunting (human beings).
Although it is tragic that racial animus is not a prosecutable crime, there are instances when the result of racism can be prosecuted. Yesterday a Florida jury convicted a man for expressing racial animus with a firearm.
This is the seventh edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House. The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go ‘Blue.’
The House’s SNAP vote was cold, callous, and calculated by a Republican Party that hopes to ruin Barack Obama’s presidency by any means necessary.
The real point of the recall elections of two Democratic Colorado state senators is to scare legislators into never supporting even the most common sense gun laws.
According to the NRA, keeping like machine guns and short-barreled shotguns out of convicted felons hands = focusing on “law-abiding gun owners”.
Fox News’ coverage of the events in Duncan and Decatur showcased what it has become: A network determined to appeal to its racist, bigoted base.
There has been a shift among evangelical Christians of late to openly oppose everything Jesus taught and trade in Christ for the NRA.
Truth be told, the real trial and victor in the Trayvon Martin killing was not George Zimmerman, but the NRA authored and ALEC legislated the “Castle Doctrine Act” that has been acquitted.
Finally law enforcement has acted and arrested an American citizen who faces felony charges for making terrorist threats, but the suspect is a wannabe teenage rapper, not Ted Nugent.
Today was a shameful day for America because 8% of the population, Ted Nugent and Wayne La Pierre, ALEC, and gun-crazed Republicans thumbed their noses at the great majority of Americans.
Ted Nugent’s opposition is not necessarily about guns, the Second Amendment, or government oppression, but about an African American sitting in the Oval Office.
The fact that polls show the vast majority of Americans want stronger gun laws means absolutely nothing to Republicans, because citizens don’t affect their cash reserves.
While opposing fictional provisions in the Arms Trade Treaty, the NRA becomes a schill for War Criminals and Terrorists.
The NRA has decided that it is great strategy to claim that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy whose husband and son were mass shooting victims doesn’t know what she is talking about on the gun violence issue.
the NRA, Republicans, and so-called patriots are driving gun fanatics and racists into frenzy by asserting President Obama is on a mission to confiscate guns, and invalidate the 2nd Amendment.
President Obama issued benign executive orders to quell the bloodshed from military-grade weapons, and Republicans responded with threats of civil war.
‘What’s wrong with these people, Mika? What’s wrong with these people?’ Joe asks Mika on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after showing the NRA’s new ad aimed at Obama’s kids.
There is a contingent of wealthy libertarians who are actively promoting gun proliferation to transform America into a nation where domestic tranquility is figment of one’s imagination.
The reaction from gun-proliferation addicts over the past week have revealed a deep-seated belief among firearm fanatics that simply talking about gun control is a cardinal sin worthy of civil war.
The idea that an armed good guy can stop a bad guy is not borne out by reality. Law enforcement officers go through extensive firearm training, and yet they do not always stop bad guys with guns.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s presser today sounded more like a marketing strategy for the manufacturers on the board of the NRA than a sane policy position.
One of the world’s largest hospitality companies is Wyndham Hotels. When you stay at one of their hotels, you’re funding the NRA.
If one quarter of the 70 percent who feel the NRA is, on some level, making unreasonable demands can be convinced to drop their membership it would be over $24 million less in NRA coffers every year.
The Florida man who shot a teenager because he felt threatened by the teen’s play of loud music is changing his story so that it will fit a stand your ground defense.
It is not a coincidence that many of the recent wave of shootings, including the one near Texas A&M, were done in States with less-than-stringent regulation.
Many victims of the Colorado shootings are facing ruinous financial debt due to expensive surgeries and rehabilitation for their wounds.
Why is it easier to buy ammunition for my rifle than it is for U.S. citizens to vote?
Congressman Ed Perlmutter, who represents Aurora, was on Face the Nation this morning where he argued that Congress must address the expired assault weapons ban.
This article is not a call to disarm; it is a call to sanity and reason, because without discourse on the conditions driving people to support the proliferation of guns, there will be more massacres.
The AFA says people died because we’ve lost our fear of God; more accurately, they died because we insist on misreading the Second Amendment
Waking up to the news of the shooting in Aurora, made my stomach churn. Why? I am a firearm owner. What will I read today on Facebook? Not necessarily on the left but from right.
Ed Rendell used the Colorado shootings to speak out about the real problem plaguing America, cowardly politicians who are afraid to stand up to the NRA.
An examination of the ‘death threats’ against Scott Walker hints at their likely source being an illiterate tea partier.
Dick Lugar lost to his Tea Party opponent in Indiana’s GOP primary. Is this a victory for Tea Party extremism or is it an opportunity for Hoosier Democrats?
The Governor of the Wild West state where you don’t need a permit to carry a concealed weapon vetoes a gun expansion bill for the second time.
Mitt Romney’s lie your ass off to get elected tour took the stage at the NRA’s annual meeting and uttered a barrage of falsehoods about President Obama and guns, so extreme that most of them had no relationship to any facts.
There is no reason for ALEC to promote the Castle Doctrine in 24 states except to allow racists to kill people of color.
Rachel Maddow pointed out that no matter what the people want, we can’t even have a dialogue about gun laws because the gun lobby always gets its way.
After the killing of Trayvon Martin will we realize that after having success against Komen and Rush, we can stand up and take on the NRA?