To me the problem with coming together for a meaningful national dialogue regarding guns and violence is really pretty simple. On the one hand we have a segment of the population who want to discuss meaningful change in hopes of preventing further deaths (at least on such as grand scale). On the other hand, we […]
By William Boardman [email protected] Judging by their behavior, Vermont’s highest elected officials don’t much care if a thousand or more Vermonters lose their homes to the world’s most expensive weapons system. That level of residential destruction is what the U.S. Air Force anticipates in its own environmental impact statement: basing the F-35 nuclear capable fighter-bomber […]
The U.S. has experienced sixty-two mass shootings in the last 30 years at the average rate of two per year since 1982. However, twenty-five of those shootings occurred in the last six years and seven mass shootings in 2012 alone. The problem is escalating and there are clear reasons why and an objective understanding of those reasons will […]
UPDATE, 15JULY15: “Though concealed carry crusaders and NRA flag-waivers would have you believe otherwise – a new study from The Journal of Preventative Medicine finds no advantages to using a firearm for self defense.” read more… The controlled study documented in these videos show that concealed carry permit holders are fooling themselves if they think […]
Last week in an unfortunate moment of clairvoyance, I wrote a column that talked about the gun culture in America. Since that writing, there was a shooting in an Oregon mall that left 3 people (including the gunman) dead and then a mass killing in Newtown, Connecticut that claimed the lives of 27 people, including […]