gun violence

Alonniea Fantasia Ford, the manager of a Jack in the Box restaurant in Houston, allegedly shot a handgun at a family in a vehicle in the drive-thru after they complained that the curly fries that they ordered were missing and an argument ensued.

Lowkey talks to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz about the roots of the Uvalde shooting and America's centuries-old history of mass killing.
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Phil Rockstroh muses on how the impulse to possess an unlimited number of firearms fits into the late-imperium scheme of things.  By Phil Rockstroh  The U.S.  is less of a nation than a collective, psychotic episode. Within day-to-day life in…Read more →

Robert Parry, founder of this site, exposed in this Jan. 2013 article the dangerous & false idea that the Constitution Framers wrote the 2nd Amendment so an armed population could fight the government the Framers had just created. By Robert…Read more →

The fifth episode of CN Live! discussed the latest on Julian Assange and the problem of guns in America.  John Pilger saw Assange at Belmarsh prison on Tuesday and reports a troubling deterioration in his health. We discussed Assange and governments’…Read more →

From Ochelli.com Mike Swanson is off this week and next, despite the odd behavior in the markets and the need for his insights. We got two hours of frustrated rants from your humble host and his hostages. As Tuesday Night kicked off Chuck was in a bad mood. The constant coverage and ridiculous treatment of […]

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The gun lobby has hijacked the Second Amendment, which was intended for citizen militias to provide domestic “security” without a standing army. The amendment is a dangerous relic, never clearer than  after El Paso and Dayton, writes Joe Lauria. By…Read more →

In a nation afflicted by fads, crazes, manias and rages, mass murder is the jackpot for nihilists, writes James Howard Kunstler. By James Howard Kunstler Clusterfuck Nation In a nation afflicted by fads, crazes, manias and rages, mass murder is…Read more →

Mass shootings by white supremacists should not be exploited to further militarize the police and lose more civil liberties, says Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Two mass shootings have rocked the United States in less than 24 hours, leaving dozens…Read more →