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 […]
Aurora shooting survivor Stephen Barton and Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at Media Matters for America, join “Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer to discuss the need for gun control. In a wide-ranging conversation, they consider whether President Obama will address gun control during his second term, assess media response to Bob Costas’ recent commentary in reaction to […]
Reporter Ginny Simone NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre attack Bob Costas for calling for gun control during the halftime show of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Bob Costas spoke out in favor of gun control after Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins before committing suicide […]