Guns
Here Is a Much Better “Joe Biden Is Pro-Shotgun” Clip
A new clip, in which Vice President Joe Biden is “delighted to answer” a gun-control question from a reader of Parents magazine and urges her […]
If You Were John Boehner, Your Ass Would Be Fired
All hail Presidents Day, known for automobile sales and bearable traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway. It’s not really a day for thinking about politics. Yet […]
Comcast Won’t Take Gun Ads on its Cable Network
The Washington Times reports: “Comcast Spotlight, the advertising and sales division for Comcast Cable, has halted all ads having to do with guns on its […]
Chris Dorner Exposes Cracks in the NRA’s “Good Guys With Guns” Theory
Now that alleged cop-killer Chris Dorner’s week-long rampage has come to an end, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief, maybe, finally, we […]
Killer Christopher Dorner’s Mom Was Watching Manhunt Coverage in a Bar, Eating Chips
While the LAPD is still trying to identify whether rampage killer Christopher Dorner was or was not killed in a cabin in the San Bernardino […]
Ban Ted Nugent From the State of the Union
A lot of you have probably wondered in the last few weeks: What the fuck is wrong with Ted Nugent? The overrated, bombastic guitarist—best known […]
Shooting at Wilmington Courthouse Kills 3
68-year-old gunman Thomas Matusiewicz killed three people, including himself, at the New Castle County courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware around 8 a.m. this morning. Two members of […]
Joe Biden to Roll into Girard College Today Shirtless in a Camaro to Talk Gun Control
Joe Biden will lead a roundtable today at Girard College, featuring Senator Bob Casey, and Reps Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah, and Allyson Schwartz. The topic: […]
Kathleen Kane Closes “Florida Loophole,” Unilaterally Disarms 4,000 Gun-Owning Pennsylvanians
Today, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced the state would be closing the so-called “Florida loophole” that has allowed Pennsylvanians to carry concealed weapons using Sunshine […]
NYT Examines Temple’s “Cradle To Grave” Violence Prevention Program
Today’s New York Times takes a look at a Scared Straight-type program at Temple University Hospital, a violence prevention program called “Cradle to Grave” that […]
Local Pultizer-Prize-Winning Cartoonist Lands on NRA’s “Enemies List”
What are we, in the McCarthy era? The National Rifle Association apparently keeps an enemies list featuring hundreds upon hundreds of people and organizations that […]
Sandy Hook Students to Sing “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl
26 children from Sandy Hook Elementary School–the number is symbolic–will sing “America the Beautiful” at this year’s Super Bowl, just before Alicia Keys performs the […]
Honor Student Who Marched in Inauguration Shot and Killed in Chicago
A week after a 15 year-old honor student marched in inauguration ceremonies with her band and drill team in Washington, she was fatally shot on […]
It’s Gabby Giffords vs. Wayne LaPierre Today in the U.S. Senate
In one large, carpeted, wood-panelled room today, two of the most visible figureheads in the debate on gun control will sit just feet away from […]
After Gun Buyback, Trenton Now Officially Possesses a Rocket Launcher
Think there’s not much going on in Trenton? Well, you’re wrong. During this week’s gun buyback, which by all accounts went smashingly, one person turned […]