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• Scott Beason (R-AL) is the NRA

  

  A complaint from gunloons is often along the lines of "hey, I'm not a racist." Or, "hey, I'm no kook." Ladies and Gents--meet Scott Beason (R-AL). Beason, like... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 DEBATE

• Triumph of the Will

  

  I was going to merely post a comment in response to DogGone's outstanding article on Chicks with Guns. But, hey, I'm vain (albeit always correct) and I want to... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Now Here This!

  A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile(s) at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant.A blank pistol, which is incapable of... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Chicks with Guns Book

  

  From Today / MSNBC.com: Lindsay McCrum This photograph of Alexandra Knight with her son, Truett, appears in the book “Chicks with Guns.” “I’m so eager to teach... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Insanity

  I gave the television a standing ovation for this one; I think Stewart encapsulated the right wing circus of debates and gaffes and insanity perfectly. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Chaz Jazz, Part Deux

  I delight in the humor and satire of Jon Stewart. And I have to add here, that the potential for intolerant people, hyped day after day by crap like this from... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Right Wing, Wrong Again: More Wasteful Spending on Religious Right Culture Wars...

  World Contraception Day was September 26, 2011 this year. Organizations, like USAID, provide contraceptive assistance and education to 54 developing countries,... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Obama the Anti-Christ

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  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Opposition to the Myrtle Beach Gun Buy Back

  SC Now reports The police say it's a big success, but "a lot of researchers seem to disagree." "According to The National Research Council, there is no... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Florida 96-Year-Old Commits Murder

  

  The St. Augustine Record reports Stevenson is accused of killing Rice, 53, while he lay in bed. Police discovered Rice’s body about 9 p.m. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• Update on the Shooting Outside the Schoo in Washington State

  From MSNBC.com: Gunman outside high school football game identified Motive for shooting rampage in which nobody else was hit is still uncertain NBC News and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DEBATE

• More Cars and Guns

  Firearms were used in 12,632 homicides while cars were used in 30 homicides during 2007. Firearms were used in 17,352 suicides and cars were used in 131 suicide... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• The Old Car-Gun Analogy.

  

  Every so often, the pro-gun side likes to pull out the fact that people die from things other than guns. That's sort of obvious since life is the major cause... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• Class War--You Lose!

  

  Elizabeth Warren, candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, made the following statement to the blathering right-wingers at a recent political event.“I hear... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• The Civic Right Interpretation--Alive and Kicking

  From Justice Stevens' Heller Dissent (and you don't have to read too far to find it!): The Seconhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• Oregon 2-Year-Old Shot in Stomach

  

  via Baldr The 2-year-old boy named Payton survived the shooting, which happened in Dallas on Friday night. He was released from the hospital on Saturday... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• Busy Night in South Philadelphia - 6 Shootings

  Philly.com reports The mayhem began around 9 p.m. Police said a 22-year-old man was shot in the left thigh. Six blocks away, a 16-year-old girl suffered a... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• Farago is Wrong Again

  

  Strange Logic ala Farago And water is wet. And grifters like Farago gotta grift. Apparently, Robert Farago takes exception to the term "gun violence. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 DEBATE

• What Gun? Where? Is This a Homicide, Or.... Maybe a Suicide?

  

  And shall we speculate on the legal / illegal source of the supposed gun that wasn't there? Presumably if his family was reporting to authorities that he was... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 DEBATE

• Update on One of the Many, Many Shootings in Gun-happy, Gun-Wacky Florida

  

  Since this was lax gun regulation state Florida, I'm betting that this was one of those licensed legal gun owners who should never have been approved for a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 DEBATE