Computer-Operated Autonomous Automatic Weapons
2015-08-11 – As of 2013 (latest available data), the number of firearm deaths in the United States nearly equaled the number of motor vehicle deaths: 33,636 for guns and 33,804 […]
Tag Archives: guns
What Do Shooters Have in Common?
2015-08-04 – A lot has been said, justifiably, about the race of people who have been disproportionately killed by gun violence, but not much has been said about the common […]
If Politicians Are For We the People . . .
2015-05-17 – We’re not as dumb as we look! By “we,” I mean “We, the People.” Politicians, left and right, love to talk about We the People, from libertarians to […]
Unarmed White Man Shot by Police
2014-11-30 – I found the following posted by my favorite right-wing Facebook friend AND by an African-American friend: Unarmed White Man Shot By Police: No Riots, Al Sharpton Silent, Obama […]
Legally Accidental
2013-07-14 – Not guilty. The George Zimmerman verdict is being ballyhooed as vindication of Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. But that’s not how the law works when a defendant wins. Defendants […]
Extreme Negotiations
2013-02-22 – Oscar Pistorius says that he fired his gun through a closed door, “accidentally” killing his girlfriend, because he feared an intruder on the other side. I’m a little […]
First or Second
2012-12-17 – The massacre in the Sandy Hook elementary school has people clamoring for action. Ban guns! Change the way stories are covered! And there is merit in both. But […]
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