Staff / TruthdigJan 5, 2016
President Obama is well aware that he faces one of the biggest battles of his White House tenure in taking up the gun control issue, but on Tuesday, he exercised his executive authority and moved to restrict sales of certain kinds of firearms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Pamela Alma Weymouth / TruthdigDec 15, 2015
What worked so well for Australia—firearm confiscation—unfortunately seems out of reach for the US Even so, there are common-sense approaches in some foreign countries that could work here Pictured right, California Lt Gov Gavin Newsom, who is proposing a 2016 ballot initiative to strengthen the state's gun laws Pictured above, California Lt. Dig deeper ( 7 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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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 30, 2015
Wait until you see how many people were killed by white supremacist terrorist acts, as opposed to attacks by others. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 17, 2015
With lone wolf terrorists among us, the threat posed by ordinary citizens’ access to military-style weapons is no longer just a local problem but a very real national security risk. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
As long as gun control is a cause linked to ideology and party -- and as long as the National Rifle Association and its allies claim a monopoly on individual rights arguments -- reasonable steps will be ground to death by the Washington Obstruction Machine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 10, 2014
A decade after the ban expired, gun control groups say that focusing on other policies will save more American lives. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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