February 19, 2013
Gun Crazy USA — Vice reporting on gun culture in Florida (somewhat generalizable to the U.S. as a whole).

Gun Crazy USA — Vice reporting on gun culture in Florida (somewhat generalizable to the U.S. as a whole).

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Filed under: gun control gun violence florida vice 
January 16, 2013
More than 900 people have been killed by gun violence since Newtown. Awful.

More than 900 people have been killed by gun violence since Newtown. Awful.

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Filed under: gun violence gun control dumbness 
December 18, 2012
motherjones: The bullet-proof backpack industry is a real thing—and it’s booming, post-Newtown. Kid-friendly, portable body armor is the only reasonable solution to the problem of gun violence in America.

motherjones:

Kid-friendly, portable body armor is the only reasonable solution to the problem of gun violence in America.

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Filed under: gun control safety newtown dumbness 
December 17, 2012
"The Second Amendment reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Thus, the point of the Second Amendment is to ensure “security,” not undermine it."

— While there are militias, their authority and aims are illegitimate because the state of domestic security is much better established now than at the time the Constitution was written. And a rampage by a man with a muzzle loader is not in the same category as one perpetrated with a modern semiautomatic.

(Source: truth-out.org)

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Filed under: truthout 2nd amendment gun control founding fathers 
July 30, 2012
"If you live in America, you are four times more likely to be murdered than if you live in Britain, almost six times more likely than in Germany, and 13 times more likely than in Japan."

— Guns don’t kill crowds of innocent people, explain our leader writers. Maniacs with easy access to military-grade weapons do. (via theeconomist)

(via theeconomist)

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Filed under: gun control common sense 
July 26, 2012
motherjones: How do America’s mass murderers get their weapons? LEGALLY. So limiting access to guns could have helped prevent these shootings. (In addition to better mental health services.)

motherjones:

How do America’s mass murderers get their weapons?

LEGALLY.

So limiting access to guns could have helped prevent these shootings.
(In addition to better mental health services.)

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Filed under: gun control makes sense 
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