I'm sure this story about an Oklahoma gun range that wants a liquor license doesn't reinforce what the world thinks about Americans: From movie theaters to bowling alleys to golf clubs, consumers are accustomed to destinations that come with a full restaurant and bar. But...
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Sadly today, as you have probably heard, a high school kid went ballistic with a knife in a Pennsylvania high school. Gun nuts are joyous--guns don't kill people, people kill.
In a world where we are all going to be armed, Boise State biology professor Greg Hampikian asks a key question in the face of an Idaho bill to allow.
In the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, Lisa Wade discussed some data which contrasted justifiable homicide rates in stand-your-ground states to those without. Not terribly shocking, "In SYG states, 13.6% of homicides were ruled justifiable; in non-SYG states, only 7.2% were deemed such." With the...
Don't seem to be making much of a difference. In the year since Newton, CT, the states have been busy with gun legislation. On balance, they've relaxed restrictions, rather than.
Well, duh. Unfortunately, that's not what happened last week in northwestern Georgia, where a 72 year-old, with Alzheimer’s, Deanne Westbrook, wandered into a stranger's yard three miles from home. He.
Since the Newtown killings last December, at least 9900 Americans have died from guns. The total mass political movement from this has been the recall of two Colorado legislators who voted for gun-control legislation. Update [PC]: The 9,900 figure is, as Slate notes, a massive...
We know of the Red Scare. On campus, anticommunism during World War I and after World War II led to fired faculty and silenced opposition. Today we live in the.
A solid rule is that the more one advocate guns in the public sphere, the less one should trust them with a gun: A Republican state senator from Arkansas who.
I found Alec MacGillis' discussion of the new gun politics quite interesting. I'm not sure that we are seeing the death of the NRA here, but there's no question that continued support of background checks at gun shows is positive. From a political perspective, what's...
If there's one thing this country needs, it's "smart" rifles that almost never miss no matter how inexperienced the shooter. I know that the first time some crazy person takes.
If there's one thing this country needs, it is more guns in our schools. Nothing bad will ever happen!! According to KMGH-TV, a school employee who also has a second.