On AlterNet: gun rights

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Starbucks' Cop-Out to Gun Nuts: Customers Served Coffee While Strapped

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. February 9, 2010.

Starbucks has become a popular gathering spot for some Second Amendment crusaders, but the company is pretending it doesn't have the power to keep them out.

Gun Lobby's Absurd New Claim: Healthcare Reform Will Take Away Your Guns

ThinkProgress AlterNet: Health and WellnessNovember 23, 2009.

Gun Owners of America is sending action alerts warning that the Senate health care bill could "jeopardize their ability to obtain a firearms license."

After These Deadly Hate Attacks, Why Aren't We Talking About Guns?

Bill Moyers, AlterNet. June 13, 2009.

We talk about violence committed in the name of bigotry or religion. But what about the deadly firepower available to the killers?

Packing Heat in Our National Parks: How Did We Let the Gun Fanatics Get Their Way?

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. May 26, 2009.

Our national parks are among the safest places in America. So against what, exactly, are the proponents of the new gun law defending themselves?

NRA Launches Terribly Thought Out Attack on Obama

Paco Fabian, AmericasVoiceOnline AlterNet: PEEK. October 2, 2008.

How do you say backfire en Espanol?

The Supreme Court's Distressing Ruling on Gun Rights

Sanford Levinson, Huffington Post. June 27, 2008.

The Court's decision played into the unhelpful stereotypes of "gun rights" and "gun control."