At least 12 are dead in Aurora, Colorado, gunned down by a mad man at a showing of the new Batman movie filled with make-believe violence. One of the guns the shooter used was an AK-47 type, assault weapon that was banned in 1994. The National Rifle Association saw to it that the ban expired in 2004. The NRA is the best friend a killer’s instinct ever had. See Video
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By Martha Rosenberg
If Jared Lee Loughner’s Tucson rampage last year that killed six people, including a US district court judge, and almost killed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) didn’t give lawmakers the resolve to check the gun lobby, Friday’s movie theater massacre certainly won’t. Already gun extremists are saying the real reason 70 plus people were shot was that no one shot back. Did they think they were going out for a night at the movies? We need more guns not less! Read More
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By Russ Baker
We live in a country where firepower, both that held by individuals and by the state, is, frankly, pretty deranged. No other country on earth so bristles with means of killing–and no other country thinks it is quite so healthy an entertainment for us and our children to sit at a console for hours and try to “kill” other people–including civilians. Read More
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