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The NRA wants to start kids young, but parents can resist gun culture.
Aug 1, 2016 / Frida Berrigan
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“Gun control” was a dirty word at the DNC just four years ago.
Jul 26, 2016 / George Zornick
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More guns in America means more women will be murdered.
Jul 19, 2016 / George Zornick
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Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like
Fighting what you view as government tyranny with an AR-15 makes you a murderer, not a Minuteman.
Jul 11, 2016 / Joshua Holland
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Why base gun-control legislation on the wildly dysfunctional terrorism watch list?
Jun 29, 2016 / Chase Madar
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Donald Trump Really Could Ban Muslims From Entering the Country Donald Trump Really Could Ban Muslims From Entering the Country
RoseAnn DeMoro on the People’s Summit, David Cole on lessons from the NRA, and Sasha Abramsky on Trump and Muslims.
Jun 23, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener