After each mass shooting by an obviously disturbed American who indiscriminately mows down innocent civilians, the National Rifle Association’s Wayne LaPierre can always be counted on to put the problem in perspective. For LaPierre, the fact that Aaron Alexis shot and killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard on September 16 is yet another…
By now most of us have heard the big numbers involved in gun violence in this country. Given the anguished cries of protest following the acquittal of George Zimmerman, it’s time we started paying attention to some of the smaller numbers. In 2010 there were 31,672 deaths from firearms in the United States, according to…
Frank Lautenberg had not cast a vote in nearly two months when aides pushed his wheelchair onto the floor of the U.S. Senate in mid-April. Lautenberg, then 89, was clearly in ill health. On Capitol Hill that day, Democrats were fighting to save gun control bills drafted after last December’s elementary school shooting in Newtown,…
In an effort to push forward stalled gun control legislation, Vice President Joe Biden met on Monday at the White House with faith leaders, including three representatives of the Jewish community. In the meeting, which lasted two and a half hours, Biden discussed at length the current status of the background check legislation which failed…
Startling fact: Number of persons killed on American soil so far this year by terrorists: 3. Number of persons killed on American soil so far this year by toddlers: 5. Note that three of the toddler killings occurred on the same day, April 9, six days before the Boston Marathon bombing. The most recent took…
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, asking the U.S. Congress to act more courageously on the issue of gun control. “We all have courage inside,” Giffords, who herself survived being shot in 2011, said at the Kennedy Library in Boston. “I wish there was more…
Heavy-handed gun laws and a culture disapproving of gun ownership put citizens in a vulnerable position during the door-to-door search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last month, NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre said on Saturday. “How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?” LaPierre asked in a speech at the…
One of the fundamental roles of a national government is to protect its citizens. The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution reflects that obligation when it describes power coming from “we the people” to a central authority that would “insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of…
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