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 […]
True to form, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter responded to the Connecticut shooting by calling for more concealed weapons permits. Coulter told Hannity, “It’s a fact that there is only one policy that has been shown to reduce the incidence of multiple shootings. There’s always going to be crazy people in a country of 300 million […]
In the aftermath of the Newtown, CT school shooting, Piers Morgan leads a heated debate regarding gun control with his guests who included: Congressman Gerald Nadler (D-NY); John Richard Lott Jr., gun advocate, economist and political commentator; Dan Gross, the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; and Steve Dulan, head of the […]