In stark contrast to recent Presidential elections, the issue of gun violence has taken center stage in this year’s race. Five years ago, in May 2011, The Washington Post ran an article titled, “NRA tries to keep gun issues alive in 2012 presidential race.” “On the...
All of you worshipers of the Holy Second Amendment preach that you need unbridled access to military style guns because of some nebulous future in which your arsenal will protect you from a tyrant who has the full backing of the world’s largest military. Wake...
Here’s an idea that a lot of vocal (2nd Amendment) people would hate. But considering the latest movie theater shooting, the latest military base shooting, and the fact that we can refer to any mass shooting as “the latest,” here goes. New gun...
Just a few stories of Gun Nuts Gone Wild in the past two weeks: A slow moving, overweight older man is caught on surveillance camera at a restaurant in North Carolina at the cashier’s counter when his gun fell out of his pocket and on to the floor. He picked it up...
The four issues I care most about, and devote a considerable amount of time and energy to, are affordable health care, gun violence, public education, and arts education. As of late, I have been thinking about the underlying, common variables that run through the...
