Tag Archives: gun control

State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

By Mark | March 5, 2013

The following was sent out this evening by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. I thought that I’d pass it along for those of you who don’t happen to be on his mailing list. (A PDF version, which includes relevant links and accompanying graphs, can be found here.) For the most part, I think Mayor Schreiber does [...]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, Administrative Hearings Bureau, city income tax, Climate Action Plan, Corner brewery, Cross Street, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Facade Improvement Program, Family Dollar, Ford, Growing Hope, guns, Hamilton Crossing, historic district, historic preservation, Hope Clinic, Jon Ichesco, Krampus Ball, LED street lights, manufacturing, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michigan House Bill 5225, Mittenfest, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, porn, public safety, public transportation, Ralph Lange, Recreation Department, Reimagine Washtenaw, Rutherford Pool, Shadow Art Fair, Shape Ypsilanti, Smith Furniture, State of the City, street lights, Sweetwaters, tax incentives, Ted's Campus Drugs, VIsteon, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Welch Hall, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, zoning | 47 Comments

Celebrating the National Day of Service, and the legacy of Martin Luther King, by brandishing assault rifles at the Capitol

By Mark | January 20, 2013

While thousands of good Americans turned out yesterday, at the President’s request, to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King by volunteering their time as part of our National Day of Service, devout gun lovers across the country decided to express their patriotic love for this country a bit differently. Instead of volunteering to help [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Media, Michigan | Also tagged 2nd amendment, assassination, assault rifles, Bonnie Bucqueroux, CCW, concealed weapons, freedom hole, Gun Appreciation Day, gun rights, guns, Lansing, Lansing Online News, Martin Luther King Jr., National Day of Service, racism | 12 Comments

More than just calling for a ban on assault weapons, Obama moves to reinstate federal research on gun violence over the NRA’s objections

By Mark | January 16, 2013

The gun control debate in the United States went into overdrive today, as the President, surrounded by children who had written letters to the White House about gun violence, called on Congress “to renew a prohibition on assault weapons sales that expired in 2004, require criminal background checks on all gun purchases, including closing a [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other | Also tagged arming kids, Art Kellermann, ATF, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conspiracy theories, crisis actors, data, David Barton, FEMA, gun violence, guns, guns in schools, knowledge, National Rifle Association, National Violent Death Reporting System, NRA, Obama, research, research findings, research funding, Sandy Hook, Todd Tiahrt | 14 Comments

Alex Jones and James Yeager present common sense solutions to the epidemic of gun violence in America

By Mark | January 12, 2013

You all know what I think about gun control. I’ve written about it here before. As some of you have pointed out, however, I haven’t done a very good job of being objective. While I’ve told you what I believe, I’ve admittedly done an insufficient job of presenting the well-reasoned arguments of my fellow Americans [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged Agenda 21, Alex Jones, conspiracy theories, gun violence, James Yeager, Piers Morgan, revolution, sarcasm, Tactical Response Gear, threats of violence, violence on the extreme right | 35 Comments

The problem, according to the NRA: Not enough “good” guns in schools

By Mark | December 22, 2012

A few days ago, after almost a full week of silence, the National Rifle Association (NRA) issued a press release addressing the December 14 mass murder in Connecticut, in which 26 lives were lost, including those of 20 six- and seven-year-olds. In their press release, the NRA promised that they were, “prepared to offer meaningful [...]