Will the GOP Block Background Checks?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 4, 2013 Is Congress on the verge of turning away from the lessons of the slaughter in Newtown even as Connecticut enacts sweeping laws to curb gun violence? Is the gun lobby hell-bent on aligning our country with such great friends of liberty as Iran, North Korea and Syria by opposing efforts to condition international gun sales on the human rights records of buyers? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Death Wish Recognized: A Case for Long-Term Treatment

Mark O'Connell / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 Who creates a massacre? Can we identify those people? Can they be stopped? Congress hopes to address these questions, but where will these answers come from? Enter the Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety, the Connecticut legislators who will draft a bill, informed in part by public hearings related to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How the NRA Undermined Congress’ Last Push for Gun Control

By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica Jan 25, 2013 The NRA has already begun to lobby on Capitol Hill to counter the Obama administration's sweeping gun control proposals. To get a sense of what the the gun lobby group might do, it's helpful to look at how it scored a victory during the last major federal initiative to tighten gun control. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Congress Should Do About Gun Control

Derek Lazzaro / Truthdig Jan 15, 2013 Recent mass shootings have rightly sparked a national debate about gun control. Unfortunately, like so many political debates, this one has been loud, divisive and lacking in substantive analysis or reasoned compromise.Recent shootings have rightly sparked a debate about gun control. Unfortunately, it's been loud, divisive and lacking in substantive analysis or reasoned compromise. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Record Heat

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Congress Rights a Wrong, Ann Coulter’s Epic Rant, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 5, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including President Obama's reported pick for secretary of defense and why Joe Biden could be America's next reality TV star (or not). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mass Shootings Do Little to Change State Gun Laws

By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica Jan 5, 2013 Following the mass shooting in Connecticut, the Obama administration and lawmakers around the country have promised to re-examine gun control in America. Here's a look at what's happened legislatively in states where some of the worst shootings in recent U.S. history have occurred to see what effect, if any, those events had on gun laws. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Firefighters Shot Dead at N.Y. Blaze

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 24, 2012 Yet another mass shooting has taken place, this time claiming the lives of two firefighters who were responding to a blaze at a house in a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., early Monday morning. (UPDATED) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservative Writer Blames Sandy Hook Shooting on ‘Feminized Setting’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 20, 2012 According to anti-feminist and backward-thinking author Charlotte Allen, the killing spree in Newtown, Conn., could have been avoided if only another man had been there and the setting hadn't been so "feminized." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is This the Most Inappropriate Reaction to Sandy Hook School Shooting?

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 Oregon state Rep. Dennis Richardson sent an email the day of the Connecticut massacre explaining how most of the kids who were killed that day "would still be alive" if he had been a principal or a teacher at the school. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Lawmaker’s Solution to Preventing Mass Shootings: More Guns

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 Some Democrats have publicly advocated for tighter gun control laws in the aftermath of Friday’s shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and eight adults dead. But according to Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, the way to prevent such massacres from happening is to have more Americans carry firearms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

20 Children Shot Dead at Elementary School in Connecticut

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 15, 2012 Sources involved in a developing investigation say a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, on Friday morning at a grade school in Newtown, Conn., roughly 60 miles northeast of New York City. Sources say a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, at a grade school in Newtown, Conn., on Friday morning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )