GOP Lawmaker’s Solution to Preventing Mass Shootings: More Guns
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.
The Future of Gun Control in the Aftermath of Sandy Hook
Dec 16, 2012 As a result of a grotesque confluence of cultural iconography celebrating the virtues of an armed citizenry, political cowardice in the face of pro-gun lobbies like the NRA, and a judiciary that has redefined the meaning of the Second Amendment, we have become a nation bereft of effective gun control, reduced to waiting for the next firearm fueled massacre.The question arises with renewed urgency: When and how will the madness stop?
Questions I Ask Myself About the Connecticut School Shooting
Dec 16, 2012 Why do U.S. cable news networks intensively cover these mass shootings, making it the only story for a day or two and prying into every detail of them, when they aren’t interested in preventing them from happening again through banning semiautomatic weapons?
Dear God! When Will It Stop?
Dec 16, 2012 Once again we are faced with unspeakable horror from gun violence and once again we are reminded that there is no safe harbor for our children. How young do the victims have to be and how many children need to die before we stop the proliferation of guns in our nation and the killing of innocents?
‘Left, Right & Center:’ School Shooting, Susan Rice Withdraws, and More
Dec 15, 2012 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the "Left, Right & Center" crew discuss the horrific school shooting in Connecticut, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s withdrawal from consideration for the top slot in the State Department, Michigan’s new status as a right-to-work state and more.Mike Huckabee Blames Connecticut Shooting on Separation of Church and State
Dec 15, 2012 How does one explain the massacre of 20 children at a school in Connecticut? Madness? A society that values gun rights ahead of human life? No. The answer, according to former Arkansas governor and Fox News commentator Mike Huckabee, is the secularization of schools.
