Tag Archives: gun violence
How inner city gun violence is a gendered issue
Tweet 2013, following the trend set in the latter half of last year, has been the year of the glock. Everybody, and their mama, is talking about gun violence and gun control laws. Guns, guns, guns. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve been hearing about gun violence in two extremely different contexts. On [...]
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Tuesday troll alert: Boy, I sure hope Todd Kincannon is single!
TweetI can sort of see why this dude wouldn’t get the invite to the GOP retreat at the totes awesome plantation in Virginia back in January. I mean, perhaps some folks in the GOP were thinking about what it would mean to empower someone like that who displays such sensitivity, really in touch with the [...]
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People who say more good guys with guns is the solution lack firing neurons
TweetThe NRA’s argument that more guns is necessary to prevent mass shootings, or any shootings was always nonsense. The ridiculousness of this argument is on display yet again, with the recent news out of Georgia where a man shot and killed a young Latino man who accidentally pulled into his driveway. Via NBC Latino: Rodrigo [...]
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NRA attacks Sasha and Malia Obama
TweetHere’s hoping that the gun violence prevention proposals coming out of Vice President Joe Biden’s task force are substantial. The American people deserve serious solutions on the issue of gun safety and it’s becoming more and more clear that now is the time to do it. Since the NRA has completely lost their minds. Not [...]
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Melissa Harris-Perry discusses single mothers, gun violence, and Obama’s “daddy issues”