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• Obama Speaks About Gun Control

  

  Yahoo News In his broadest remarks on gun control yet in the aftermath of the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, President Barack Obama called late... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 DEBATE

• Todd Canady-"I Am the NRA"

  Standing his ground at WalMart: "Police said that Todd Canady, 23, was in the checkout line when he fired the pistol he was carrying inside his pants. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DEBATE

• Accidental Shooting of Indiana Dad by His 3-Year-old Son - He's Dead

  via Ohh Shoot 33-year-old Michael Bayless, of Martinsville, Indiana was watching television with two of his children when his other child, a three-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DEBATE

• Dan Gross on the Shooting

  Common Gunsense posted a wonderful article about the shooting which included this video: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DEBATE

• President Obama's Gun Baloney

  

  Roger Simon on Politico Bill Clinton took it on and won. Clinton urged Congress to pass the Brady Bill, which required background checks for gun buyers, and... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DEBATE

• Background Checks Skyrocket in Colorado

  

  Reuters The number of people in Colorado applying for background checks to purchase firearms has surged in the aftermath of the movie theater shootings in... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DEBATE

• A Gun-Control Debate, Forty Years Ago

  Out of curiousity, I thought I would see how different the results from a search on the terms "gun control debate" would be when done from outside the US. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• Sally Ride

  We take it more for granted than we used to do that women could do whatever they wanted; there was a time when there were very few women in the sciences. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• The Aurora, Colorado Irony of Batman and Guns

  

  The Batman comic has historically been anti-gun.In the origin story, Bruce Wayne is horrified and traumatized to see his parents, the physician Dr. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• If Not Now, When?

  Those who want to delay any discussion of gun control are simply hoping we have a short attention span and no effective memory for events like this. I hope... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• Second Aurora Copycat -- Sort of

  

  Who could think this was a good idea? This guy wasn't the first, or the second, or the third problem movie goer to this film so far. Does this guy own a gun tha... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• Observations of the US

  I recently returned from a one-month visit to the United States. My family and I slept in five different states and visited a couple of others. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• Oh Look, an Aurora, Colorado Copycat Killer Wannabe

  I thought the machine gun ownership was fascinating. More crazy gun guys demonstrating the gun culture failure. From MSNBC.com: Police: Man was driving 112 mph... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DEBATE

• WaPo: Six Facts About Guns, Violence and Gun Control

  Good piece in the WaPo. The only part I'd quibble with is the last claiming gun control isn't popular. My beef is why "keeping gun laws the same" goes on the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 DEBATE

• Colorado Shooter (alleged) Has Facebook Fans

  

  Do some people think that you get some kind of pass or do-over, after killing (allegedly) a dozen people, and shooting up more than 50 others, not to mention... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 DEBATE

• This is Not Being Safer, and It Certainly is Not Being More Free

  Our gun culture is a massive failure. We are neither more free nor more safe from tyranny or violence or crime. We are simply more exposed to danger and to... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 DEBATE

• Accidental Shooting Death of Illinois 10-Year-old by His Little Sister - No...

  local news reports A ten-year-old Granite City boy is dead following an accidental shooting in rural Dix involving his seven-year-old sister. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 DEBATE

• No One Would Ever Accuse Madonna of Good Taste Or Good Judgment

  It wouldn't bother me in the slightest if the police in the UK gave Madonna a free jail cell sleepover for ignoring their requests regarding guns, real or... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 DEBATE

• Norway Remembers

  

  from MSNBC.com and Reuters: Norway marking the massacre anniversary Norway massacre: Nation remembers victims one year later Survivor: 'Very few people can go... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 DEBATE

• Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting - Update 5

  

  The gunman's fancy drum-style magazine apparently jammed; had it not, it is likely the numbers of dead and wounded would be much higher. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 DEBATE