Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 27, 2012
The Journal News, a newspaper that serves New York's lower Hudson Valley, is taking heat for its decision to post a map with the names and addresses of local gun permit holders on its website over the weekend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 24, 2012
A petition seeking to deport the CNN host for speaking out in favor of gun control has garnered enough signatures to elicit an official response from the Obama administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigDec 20, 2012
The gun lobby and the weapons merchants are counting on our notoriously short national attention span. They are counting on confusion, obfuscation and the quiet mobilization of allies to create one delay after another. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 19, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including a serious female contender to become the next defense secretary and Nate Silver's analysis of gun ownership in America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 17, 2012
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, Truthdig's editor-in-chief weighed in on gun control laws, the powerful weapons lobby and the possible renewal of the assault weapons ban during an extended interview on "The Sunday Show with Philip Maldari." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigDec 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? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 30, 2012
Say what? Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia raised some eyebrows when he suggested on Fox News Sunday that hand-held rocket launchers that can bring down airplanes might be protected under the Second Amendment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 26, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including the controversy over an alleged Romney campaign remark and Herman Cain comes to Mitt's defense on tax returns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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