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Thousands of students protest gun violence
California students carried signs like, ‘I should be writing my term paper instead of my will.’ By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | March 15, 2018 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Driving through small-town Sebastopol on March 14 toward the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Laws, High School Walk-Outs, Rag Bloggers, School Shootings, Shepherd Bliss, Student Activism
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The devil went down to Georgia
After Georgia’s new gun law, euphemistically called the ‘Safe Carry Protection Act,’ takes effect July 1, all bets are off. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | May 7, 2014 “Some say the world will end in fire, some … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Georgia Gun Law, Gun Culture, Gun Laws, James McEnteer, Rag Bloggers
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Lamar W. Hankins : Talking Guns with Wayne
Cartoon by Steve Breen / San Diego Union Tribune. Image from The English Blog. The liberty to live:Talking guns with Wayne Wayne seemed to be growing frustrated with our discussion. ‘I don’t want kids killed,’ he said, ‘but I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Control, Gun Laws, Lamar W. Hankins, Liberty, Mass Murder, Newtown Killings, NRA, Public Schools, Ted Cruz
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Lamar W. Hankins : Fear and the NRA
Political cartoon by Mike Luckovich / Atlanta Journal-Constitution / SECFanatics.com. The NRA:Perpetrator of ‘fear itself’ McClatchy reports that for the last 40 years the NRA has succeeded in limiting and now even preventing research into the effects of gun use, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Control, Gun Laws, Lamar W. Hankins, NRA, Public Opinion
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Lamar W. Hankins : Gun Control and the Ethics of Self-Defense
Political cartoon by J.D. Crow / AL.com.The ethics of self-defense: Reconsidering gun control Much of this will seem counterintuitive, especially to those who are brought up with a macho mentality, whose inclination will be to fight, get revenge, teach the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethics, Gun Control, Gun Laws, Lamar W. Hankins, Self-Defense, Violence
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Marilyn Katz : Guns? Don’t Wait for Congress
Image from WorldMeets.US.Or Godot: Guns? Don’t wait for Congress With gun enthusiasts stockpiling weapons in light of impending federal regulations, what is a concerned citizen to do? By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | January 21, 2013 With 300 … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Gun Laws, Gun Violence, Marilyn Katz, Popular Culture, Social Change
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Jack A. Smith : What’s Behind America’s Gun Violence?
Image from Black Youth Project.Remember the children…What’s behind America’s gun violence? In recent decades — despite the fact that last year there were over 11,000 murders by firearms in the U.S. and another 20,000 gun deaths from accidents and suicide … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Gun Control, Gun Laws, Gun Violence, Jack A. Smith, Mass Murder, Newtown Killings, Vietnam
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Lamar W. Hankins : A Humanist Response to the Newtown Killings
Photo by Whitney Curtis / Getty / The Guardian.A humanist respondsto the deaths at Newtown As a matter of public policy, there is no justification for allowing the widespread dispersal of semi-automatic weapons in the United States. They have done … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Control, Gun Culture, Gun Laws, Humanism, Lamar W. Hankins, Mass Murder, Newtown Killings, Semi-Automatic Weapons
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Jay D. Jurie : Gotham and the Real World
Aurora, Colorado:Gotham and the real world Particularly when the economy is in decline and the political environment is in disarray, these suburbs lend themselves to what Thoreau called ‘lives of quiet desperation.’ By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Aurora Shootings, Gun Laws, Jay D. Jurie, Sociology, Suburbs, Urban Culture, Violence
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Ted McLaughlin : States Flouting Gun Buyer Background Checks
Still image from KETK NBC.Gun purchase background checks:Many states are dodging the law By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 21, 2011 Back in 2007, the massacre at Virginia Tech by a mentally ill student caused many in … Continue reading
Lauren Kelley : Packing Heat on Texas Campuses
Texas Governor Rick Perry fires a six shooter at an event in Fort Worth. Photo by Rodger Mallison / AP.Pretty scary: Texas about to make it legalto carry guns on college campuses By Lauren Kelley / AlterNet / February 21, … Continue reading
Judy Gumbo Albert : Gun Show After Tucson
Checking it out at Crossroads of the West Gun Show. Image from Spirit of the Sportsman.Tactically armed citizens:Gun show after Tucson By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / January 25, 2011 Like most Americans, I’ve been wrestling — … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Panthers, Gun Laws, Guns, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, Tucson, Yippies
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