How the NRA Killed the Coffee
We went to gallows humor when my employer made that minor change. We knew it meant the company was certainly going downhill.
Court Rules Second Amendment Doesn’t Protect AR-15s
A federal court ruled on Friday that AR-15 rifles, the high-powered rifle used in the Parkland mass shooting, as well as similar military-style rifles and...
Bottom Feeder Ted Nugent Says the Parkland Survivors ‘Have No Soul’
National Rifle Association board member and rock musician Ted Nugent believes the survivors of the Parkland school shooting "have no soul." In a radio interview...
NRA’s Despicable Dana Loesch Calls Parkland Survivors ‘Bigots’ Who Don’t Take ‘Action’
NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch on Thursday berated the survivors of a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida for taking part in an anti-gun rally in Washington,...
March For Our Lives Emma Gonzalez Viciously Targeted by Trump Loving Gun Nutters
A doctored picture of Parkland shooting survivor and gun control activist Emma Gonzalez circulated on social media this weekend appears to be the latest attempt to discredit the March For Our Lives organizers. Gonzalez was one of the young activists that appeared in a photoshoot for the publication Teen Vogue this month. Photographer Tyler Mitchell proudly…
Florida GOP Candidate Slides in Polls After Siding With NRA
A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Florida lost ground in polling after he took up the National Rifle Association’s opposition to raise the age of purchasing a rifle to 21.
March For Our Lives: Best Signs from the Rally
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting in February are leading hundreds of thousands in the March For Our Lives demonstration Saturday in Washington, D.C. Sibling marches are additionally scheduled to occur in various cities across the United States. The protest is being held in an effort to spread awareness to gun…
Students ‘March for Our Lives’ in the Wake of Parkland
When the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, massacre began channeling their grief into a call for change, 18-year-old Sean Jenkins, a student at a Pennsylvania high school, knew this school shooting would be different. The Pennridge High S chool senior and his classmates are among a new generation of student activists making their voices heard in…
Host for NRA Network Says CNN Wants “Dead Children”
National Rifle Association TV, the video arm of the massive gun lobbying group, has never been a fan of CNN, but host Grant Stinchfield took...
Students Paddled For Taking Part in School Walkout
Students who walked out of their high school in Arkansas to join a nationwide protest by children against gun violence in schools were allegedly beaten with a wooden paddle by their teacher as punishment.
More Than 200 Students Given Detention for Walkout
More than 200 students at Pennridge High School in Pennsylvania received detention after participating in Wednesday’s national student walkout calling for an end to gun violence. Superintendent Dr. Jaqueline A. Rattigan announced the students would serve the detentions on Saturday.
Gun Control Protests Aren’t Going Away This Time
The ebb and flow of gun debates following high-profile shootings has seemingly become rote in the United States: Vocal outrage, offers of thoughts and prayers, public attention fizzles, no federal legislation passes. Then the next mass shooting and the cycle repeats. But the sustained activism following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…
How A Simple License Could Help Solve America’s Gun Problem
America has a gun problem, and politicians, at least those willing to admit it, are scratching their heads wondering what to do about it and still manage to keep NRA money flowing into their re-election coffers.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Leads Charge As Retail Activism Initiates Gun Control
For as long as I can remember, gun control has always been a hot-button issue, guaranteed to stir emotions from one coast to another. Advocates of common sense gun regulations continue to express sad desperation in the wake of one mass shooting after another, many of which involve the slaughter of children.