Tag Archives: National Rifle Association

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 control, gun violence, guns, guns in schools, knowledge, National Violent Death Reporting System, NRA, Obama, research, research findings, research funding, Sandy Hook, Todd Tiahrt | 15 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 […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, American Federation of Teachers, Asa Hutchinson, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Columbine, Connecticut, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun violence, guns in schools, mass murder, murdertainment, National School Shield Emergency Response Program, National School Shield Program, Neil Gardner, NRA, Randi Weingarten, Sandy Hook, school shooting, Trayvon Martin, violent video games, Wayne LaPierre | 38 Comments

I know we say that “bad guys will get guns anyway,” if gun control laws are enacted, but do we know that to be a fact?

By Mark | July 24, 2012

A few days ago, after a man in body armor fatally shot a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater, I caught a snippet of someone official-looking being interviewed on television. (My sense was that he was with law enforcement, but he very well could have been an official with the National Rifle Association.) As […]

Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, NRA, student aid, student loans | 23 Comments

Somewhere, tonight, right wing tough guy, Ted Nugent, shits his pants in fear of the Secret Service

By Mark | April 17, 2012

While I’m busy working on something else, I thought that you might want to check out this footage of Michigan’s hardest rocking serial pedophile, the gleefully masochistic, draft dodging, Ted Nugent, getting himself into a shit-load of trouble with the Secret Service… Apparently, you see, they don’t like it so much when you suggest in […]