The World of Ghost Guns
It is fairly easy, as the New York Times reports, to buy the parts needed to assemble your own weapon and bypass the reporting laws that…
Why I do not agree with a ban on naming mass shooters in news coverage
Many well-intentioned people are pushing journalists not to publish or broadcast the names of mass killers. The notion is that not naming them reduces the notoriety…
Practical and useful ways to improve news reporting about gun violence
A recent conference in Philadelphia had a singular goal to help journalists find more effective ways to report on gun violence. This is a summary of…
Dicks Sporting Goods destroys $5m in guns
Slate reports: In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack revealed that his company had destroyed about $5 million worth of the…
The NRA issues lower grades to Members of Congress
The NRA has many fewer friends that it would award an “A” grade to than it did a decade ago. Year after year, the number of…
SCOTUS may take up significant 2nd Amendment case
The Supreme Court session that begins today will include a significant case having to do with gun rights. The major issue in the case is “whether…
Congresswoman claims AR-15s that she wants to regulate fire .50cal rounds: wrong
The NRA and other pro-gun voices are shaking their heads at a Congresswoman who says she held an AR-15 in her hands and says it weighed…
The Summer fo 2019: 26 mass shootings in 19 states
The summer of 2019 has been especially bloody, even by American standards, which are unlike anyplace else. The New York Times tracks the incidents behind the…
Beto may have given GOP exactly what it wanted in his statement that the government should “take your guns”
In the Democratic debate this week, candidate Beto O’Rourke said, “We’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We’re not going to allow it to be…
