Tag Archives: gun control

Talking Points Memo has the startling result: Three in 10 registered American voters believe an armed rebellion might be necessary in the next few years, according to the results of a staggering poll released Wednesday by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. The survey, aimed at measuring public attitudes toward gun issues, found that 29 percent of Americans agree with the statement, …

A two year-old Kentucky girl has been shot and killed by her five year-old brother, who was playing with a gun sold as “My First Rifle.” Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told the Lexington Herald-Leader the family had not realized a shell was left inside the gun. The boy picked up the gun from where it was kept in the …

The guy behind Tennessee’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is at it again. A Tennessee state senator is being slammed for insensitivity to the Boston Marathon bombing victims after posting an illustration of a pressure cooker – like the ones used in last week’s deadly attack – to mock gun control advocates. Republican Stacey Campfield posted an illustrated image of an …

Nate Silver examines last week’s failed gun control bill: Among the 26 incumbent senators who will face elections next year (this definition excludes those senators who have announced their retirements), there was a near perfect relationship between the states’ rates of gun ownership and their votes. Among the 12 senators running for re-election in states where the gun ownership rate …

The above image from Moms Demand Action (formerly One Million Moms For Gun Control) has been shared on Facebook over 150,000 times in three days.

Just in via press release: Dear Joe, Aurora and Sandy Hook: False Flag Operations? Journey to a Brave New World, by author Dave Watts, looks at hidden evidence that suggest the two tragic shootings could be behind a government gun grab. “We find numerous reasons to believe that these were staged and deliberate events to create a reaction of hate …

Whoa. One of the best gun control ads you’ll see.

Details. Over on Michelle Malkin’s Twitchy, commenters are claiming that the dead man was “planted” by “gun-grabbing leftists.”  Seriously.  A sample: “No way was this guy an NRA member or NASCAR fan. He was a plant by the gun grabbers. Do you know how easy it is to find a liberal so miserable that they want to end their life?”  …

Salon reports that Rick Perry appointee Barry Smitherman, who runs the panel which regulates the oil industry in Texas, today tweeted an image which apparently calls for hanging the GOP Senators that helped advance the gun control bill. Smitherman is reportedly planning to run for Texas Attorney General in 2014. “Barry Smitherman’s reprehensible action is disturbing, disgusting, and has absolutely …

Ann Coulter may have finally gone too far. In a column published on Thursday, conservative pundit Ann Coulter joked that the killing of politicians’ children should “start with Meghan McCain.” Earlier this week, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MA) told MSNBC host Martin Bashir that he was sensitive to the need for more gun control because his nephew had been shot and …

Speaking before a Connecticut audience that included Newtown families, yesterday President Obama denounced the members of Congress who have said they won’t even allow a vote on gun control.

To air this week in Connecticut.

Two days in a row now.

Virgin Atlantic billionaire Richard Branson appears to be echoing the Vietnam War era chant used against President Lyndon Johnson: “LBJ LBJ how many kids did you kill today?”  Predictably, the wingnuts are already calling for a boycott of his companies.

According to Gun Owners of America president Larry Pratt and some crackpot teabagger radio host.

Lesson learned. Never store ammo in the oven.