Who Will Face Down the Gun Lobby?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 20, 2009 Ten years after the Columbine massacre, our president stood in Mexico, where assault rifles from the U.S. are used to murder police officers, and said the American gun lobby is just too strong for him push a rational gun regulation through Congress. How sad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Columbine Questions We Still Don’t Ponder

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 17, 2009 As Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's posthumous infamy turns 10 on April 20, I wish I were surprised that Columbine-like shootings are still happening, or even that our national discussion about violence hasn't yet matured past gun control and video games. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The War at Home

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Apr 16, 2009 Dig deeper

Gun Violence 2009

Mike Keefe, The Denver Post Apr 14, 2009 Dig deeper

NRA Stays on Message

Cameron Cardow / Truthdig Apr 9, 2009 Dig deeper

NRA Discipline

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune Apr 8, 2009 Dig deeper

Fun With John and Sarah

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Sep 15, 2008 Dig deeper

The NRA’s Activist Plant

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2008 An investigation by Mother Jones has turned up an interesting life -- one Mary McFate, aka Mary Lou Sapone, who for years worked as a national figure in the gun-control movement and as a paid spy for the NRA. According to the mag, McFate held board positions in numerous activist groups while her alter ego has been known to infiltrate such organizations for a fee. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ready, Aim, Backfire

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jul 1, 2008 There's a silver lining in the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Second Amendment: Even Antonin Scalia recognizes that gun control is not the same thing as gun confiscation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top 10 Films in Favor of Gun Control

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2008 When someone points a gun in a movie, that's usually the audience's cue that adrenaline-cranking good times are about to be had. Not so in this lineup of films, compiled by Participant Media's TakePart.com with the aim of countering the overplayed guns=fun equation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Huckabee’s Major Misfire

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2008 Good thing Mike Huckabee isn't in the running for the presidency anymore -- he'd be hard-pressed to spin his way out of the truly horrific crack he made Friday at an NRA event in Louisville, Ky. That's hardly important, considering the troubling implications of his failed joke, which called up the image of Democratic candidate Barack Obama being targeted by a gun-wielding assailant. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NRA Targets New Orleans

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2007 The National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation are suing the mayor and police superintendent of New Orleans because, they say, the city unconstitutionally seized some 1,000 guns during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Police say they took only stolen or abandoned weapons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )