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The True Cost of Gun Violence in America
By Mark Follman, Julia Lurie, Jaeah Lee, James West, based on research by Ted Miller It was a mild, crystal clear desert evening on November 15, 2004, when Jennifer Longdon and her fiance, David Rueckert, closed up his martial-arts studio … Continue reading
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Tagged business, economy, gun violence, guns, society, United States
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How America’s Police Became an Army: The 1033 Program
By Taylor Wofford As many have noted, Ferguson, Missouri, currently looks like a war zone. And its police—kitted out with Marine-issue camouflage and military-grade body armor, toting short-barreled assault rifles, and rolling around in armored vehicles—are indistinguishable from soldiers. America … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferguson, guns, Mike Brown, Missouri, police, police state, St. Louis, U.S. Army, United States, weapons
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Missouri Governor Vetoes Bill Allowing Teachers To Carry Concealed Weapons At School
By Shannon Greenwood Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a bill Monday which would have allowed teachers and administrators to carry concealed weapons in schools. The bill would have designated certain school officials as “school protection offers” who would have to … Continue reading
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Tagged gun laws, guns, Jay Nixon, Missouri, Missouri legislature, schools, teachers
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I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its premise as flawed
By William Powell Forty-four years ago this month, in December 1969, I quit my job as a manager of a bookstore in New York City’s Greenwich Village and began to write the Anarchist Cookbook. My motivation at the time was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchist Cookbook, crime, guns, New York City, United States, Vietnam, violence, William Powell
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George Zimmerman Gets Back 5 Guns Confiscated During Domestic-Assault Case
By Breanna Edwards George Zimmerman is back—personal arsenal and all. After being cleared of all charges in a domestic-assault incident, in which his girlfriend insisted that she was misinterpreted by the police, Zimmerman was free to pick up his confiscated … Continue reading
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Tagged AR-15, domestic violence, George Zimmerman, Glock, guns, Kel-Tec, Shooting of Trayvon Martin
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Inside a School Where Teachers Pack Heat
By Nicholas Kusnetz It wasn’t quite cold enough to need a vest on a recent Texas morning, but Matt Dossey was wearing one anyway. Made of heavy canvas, the vest might have concealed a pistol. There was no way to … Continue reading
The Most Likely Place a Child Will Be Killed by a Gun? Home.
By Mark Follman In testimony given a few weeks after the mass shooting in Newtown, gun rights lobbyist Gayle Trotter emphasized to US senators that the best way for women to keep themselves and their children safe was to be … Continue reading
The School Shootings You Didn’t Hear About—One Every Two Weeks Since Newtown
By Brandy Zadrozny In the year since Newtown, at least 24 school shootings have claimed at least 17 lives, according to a Daily Beast investigation. Has anything really changed? In the year since 20 first-graders were shot and killed at … Continue reading
Why Its Easier To Buy An Assault Weapon Than To Vote, In One Graphic
By Igor Volsky & Adam Peck On Wednesday, in a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, President Bill Clinton connected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I have a dream” speech to the struggles still facing … Continue reading
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A Silent Bulletproof Prayer For Our Nation
by Michael Skolnik This morning I was awoken by sounds of a nine month baby boy trying to learn how to talk. Before the sun shed her glory upon this great nation and through my bedroom windows, I could … Continue reading →