The headline of a Slate article about a “Good woman with a gun” caught my eye this afternoon: Good woman with a gun shoots up Home Depot parking lot trying to take down suspected shoplifters The 47-year-old woman had a concealed…
Surprise! Not. George Zimmerman, once again, is back in the news for a story involving the (mis)use of firearms. This time, it was Mr. Zimmerman on the wrong end of the gun. And with an ironic twist normally reserved for soap operas or…
Yes, The Gun Delusion is an intentional play on Richard Dawkins’ best selling title, The God Delusion. I don’t mean to suggest the writing here is even a tenth as eloquent or compelling as that of the professor. But I do…
I just stumbled across a story in the New York Times about a shooting yesterday at a Mother’s Day parade in a New Orleans neighborhood. There was a time when such a story would be been BIG news. But not…
The Daily Show’s John Oliver did a brilliant three-part series on gun control in Australia and what we, here in the U. S., can do to ignore their results. John Oliver Investigates Gun Control in Australia—Part 1 John Oliver…