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March 30, 2023
Tori Otten
Thousands of Protesters Demand Gun Control at Tennessee State Capitol After Nashville Shooting
Chants of “protect our kids” broke out at the Capitol, as lawmakers refuse to take action.
March 28, 2023
Prem Thakker
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds Tells People to Stop Being Emotional After Nashville Mass Shooting
The Florida representative apparently does not think the aftermath of a mass shooting is the proper time to talk about gun control.
March 28, 2023
Tori Otten
Tennessee Shut Down a Red Flag Law That Could Have Stopped the Nashville School Shooting
Law enforcement said there are no laws in the state that would’ve allowed police to take weapons away from the shooter.
March 28, 2023
Prem Thakker
Josh Hawley, Only Senator to Vote Against Anti-Hate Crimes Bill, Wants to Call Nashville Shooting Hate Crime
Stunning hypocrisy from the Missouri senator.
March 28, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans Push Dangerous Anti-Trans Rhetoric After Nashville School Shooting
This is vile.
November 16, 2022
Tori Otten
After Deadly UVA Shooting, Republicans Are Really Worried About … the Pride Flag in Schools
The far-right account Libs of TikTok is at it again.
June 13, 2022
Matt Ford
The American Political System Is Designed to Thwart Gun Control
Built-in dysfunction is the only reason the vast majority of Americans cannot exert their will to limit the everyday carnage of mass shootings.
June 7, 2022
Alex Thomas
Gun Companies Are More Vulnerable to Lawsuits Than You Think
Firearm manufacturers enjoy many legal protections from civil litigation, but gun-control advocates have found weaknesses that can be exploited.
June 3, 2022
Grace Segers
“It’s the Floor, It’s Not the Ceiling”: What Gun Safety Advocates Think of the Bipartisan Proposals on Capitol Hill
Advocates say there is more momentum than ever before. But nothing is guaranteed.
May 31, 2022
Michael Tomasky
The Main Mental Health Issue in This Country Is in the Republican Party
Now Republicans swear they’re going to address mental health. How dumb do they think the American people are?
May 28, 2022
Jason Linkins
Too Many Guns = Too Many Deaths
It’s not a mystery why the United States has a unique problem with mass shootings.
May 27, 2022
Matt Ford
Taking Cues From Texas, California Proposes Its Own Bounty Law—Against Guns
If it passes, the Golden State would set up a confrontation with the Supreme Court, which blessed the Lone Star State’s anti-abortion law.
May 26, 2022
Grace Segers
Republicans Return to “Hardening” Schools as Their Solution to Shootings
What’s the answer to gun violence? More guns, naturally.
May 25, 2022
Grace Segers
“We Are Caught in the Most Perverse Version of
Groundhog Day
”
Democrats are sick over the Uvalde massacre, but no one has a plan to get a bipartisan gun reform bill past the Senate filibuster.
May 25, 2022
Timothy Noah
My Letter to the Victims of the Next School Shooting
I’d like to save your lives, whoever you are, but I can’t. A reactionary electoral minority is blocking the way.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Americans Aren’t Numb to Mass Shootings
We’ve just become fatalistic about the possibility of politicians doing anything to stop them.
October 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
Private companies want to militarize American schools.
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