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Guns
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Trayvon Martin’s Mother Goes to Washington
Trayvon Martin's mother testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee reviewing the ‘public safety implications’ of the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law.
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School Killings Put US Culture in Spotlight
The increase in violence on a national scale, especially the recent spate of shootings on school grounds, has many Americans, even the u201cexpertsu201d on mass killings, asking one another; …
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With Great Concern: A Plea for Marissa Alexander and All New Afrikan Women
An inmate at California's Pelican Bay State Prison makes an impassioned plea for Marissa Alexendar:
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Since Sandy Hook, Guns Have Killed 10,000 More People in the US, and More
It hasn't even been a year since the tragic mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. But since then almost 10,000 more people have been killed by guns in our nation, …
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Boys, Toys, and Guns — A Fatal Mix
Officers sworn to serve, protect, and keep the peace should not show off their guns to children and put them in their eager hands.
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The Powerful Pornography of the Gun Fetish
Two gun rights groups scheduled an event called “Guns Save Lives Day” for the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre.
The “Merchant of Death” Lobby
The U.S. gun industry doesnu2019t want any restrictions on its profit-making role as a global u201cmerchant of death,u201d so its lobby has whipped half the Senate into line opposing …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Many States Don’t Require a Background Check to Buy a Gun, and More
In many states around our nation, you don't need a background check to buy a gun, and more.
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Freeing Marissa Alexander
In 2012, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a gun at the ceiling to prevent her estranged husband from attacking her.
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Guns and Domestic Violence: A Lethal Mix
The Supreme Court has now agreed to hear a case involving whether persons convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors should be prohibited from possessing guns.