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William Rivers Pitt | An Open Letter to Lovers of the Gun
William Rivers Pitt: "I am puking sick of reading every single day about how your baby, your toddler, your brother, your sister, your cousin, your niece, your nephew, blew …
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When Martin Luther King Gave Up His Guns
King became an icon of pacifism, but he also believed in confrontational direct action.
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William Rivers Pitt | A Good Week for Hard Drinking
"Any week that starts with a guy getting shot to death in Florida by a retired police captain for the crime of texting his daughter's babysitter during the previews …
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Judge: Second Amendment Includes the Right to Purchase Guns
In a ruling earlier this month, a US District judge pointed out once again it is impossible to ban guns in the United States.
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It’s Time for Shooter’s Insurance
Anyone who owns a gun should be required to have liability insurance, so if they injure or kill somebody, the victim or the victim's family will receive monetary damages.
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The Year of the Gun
You may love guns, and hate the president. But working to keep living children from becoming dead children is something every sane American should be able to get behind.
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Gunpowder and Blood on Their Cold, Dead Hands
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: "'Thou Shalt Not Kill,' but if you do, hide behind the Second Amendment - made holier and more sacrosanct by the NRA than God's …
Richard Slotkin on Guns and Violence
Bill speaks with cultural historian and scholar Richard Slotkin about the role of guns in America's national psyche.
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More Trouble for Bulletproof Securities in Wisconsin: Did It Break the Law Again?
Private security firm Bulletproof Securities may have broken the law by misleading regulators when it finally got around to applying for its license.
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Bill Moyers on the NRA: “The Armed Bully of American Politics”
Bill Moyers turns his attention to America's staunchest defender of gun rights, the National Rifle Association, which he describes as “the armed bully of American politics.”