Mark Fiore / TruthdigOct 8, 2015
Now that the United States is nearing the point of one mass shooting incident per day and there are enough firearms to give every single person in the country a gun, let’s look a little deeper into the gun lobby’s bumper-sticker solutions. Better yet, let’s apply NRA-style solutions to everything! Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigOct 8, 2015
After the recent shooting in Oregon, the Republican presidential candidate suggested some interesting ways we could tackle mass shootings in the U.S. And by interesting, we mean insensitive and insane, of course. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 5, 2015
"If we're going to constantly use mentally ill people to dodge conversations about gun control," comedian John Oliver said angrily on Sunday's episode of "Last Week Tonight," "then the very least we owe them is a fucking plan." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 5, 2015
The National Rifle Association and other anti-gun-control groups are formidable, but political trends may be loosening their grip on lawmakers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 4, 2015
The U.S. is downright weird compared with many other countries: We continue to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to almost anyone who wants them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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