Gun Control

by KenYesterday ThinkProgress's Judd Legum put together a smashing post called "5 Indefensible Tweets From The NRA Since The Oregon Gun Massacre." Basically here I'm passing on Judd's post with just a few notes of my own added.

The 32 year old Florida U.S. Senate candidate who sacrificed the goat to the god of the wilderness are drank the blood was neither Tea Party Republican Ron DeSantis nor corrupt New Dem Patrick Murphy.

A national poll from Quinnipiac in July came up with some startling results: 92% of respondents favor background checks for all gun purchases, and that includes 86% of Republicans. 90% of Republicans and 91% of Democrats also support Congress passing laws preventing people with mental illness from purchasing guns. I'm not even sure why I referred to those results as "startling." Two decades ago, on May 3, 1995, then-President George H.W.

"Famous Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania", an 1880 illustration of a tarred and feathered tax collector being made to ride the rail (click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusNot long ago, this excellent piece by Ken explored the real meaning of the Second Amendment.

In the aftermath of the mass-shooting at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, which claimed the lives of 10 people and wounded seven more, President Barack Obama gave an impassioned speech, in which he bemoaned the “routine” of gun massacres in the US. Naturally Obama criticized those who are against further gun control (he…

Robbie Wilson, Arkansas progressive running for CongressAs we mentioned Tuesday, Arkansas isn't going to be an easy place for Democrats to rebuild. The Democratic Party has lost touch with what it means to be progressive, and they hold only 36 of the 100 seats in the state House and only 14 of 35 seats in the state Senate.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens"The right the Court announces [in Heller] was not 'enshrined' in the Second Amendment by the Framers; it is the product of today's law-changing decision.… Until today, it has been understood that legislatures may regulate the civilian use and misuse of firearms so long as they do not interfere with the preservation of a well-regulated militia.

We've talked a lot here about how Wall Street banksters are spitting angrily about the relatively weak and avoidable rules and regulations that have come down in recent years to prevent their companies from ripping off consumers with alacrity.

92% of voters-- that's 98% of Democratic voters and 86% of Republican voters-- agree that there should be universal background checks for gun purchases. Even 92% of gun owners are on board with that. 91% of gun owners also say that there should be laws to prevent people with mental illness from buying guns.

[Click to enlarge.]by KenI don't suppose there are champagne corks popping today at NRA HQ. They're too modest. But even though today's incident notched only two more casualties, the fact that it happened on live TV was a big win for gun nuttery.