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On AlterNet: guns

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "guns"

Right-Wing Pundits Now Lecturing the Military: Bases Need More Guns

Right-Wing Pundits Now Lecturing the Military: Bases Need More Guns

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2009.
Logically more guns would mean less shootings, right? Wait ...

New York Orchestrates Video Sting ... Reveals Gun Dealers Shady Business

New York Orchestrates Video Sting ... Reveals Gun Dealers Shady Business

David Neiwert, Orcinus AlterNet: PEEK. October 9, 2009.
Gun shows represent a bus-sized loophole in the law.

Inside Gun Shows: Frightening New Investigation Into Illegal Guns Sales

Inside Gun Shows: Frightening New Investigation Into Illegal Guns Sales

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 7, 2009.
New York City is releasing the results of a multi-state investigation into gun shows.

Guns Kill People ... Who Own Guns

Guns Kill People ... Who Own Guns

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 6, 2009.
A new study puts the more macho pro-gun arguments in a different light.

Video: Ensign on Why Gun Deaths Shouldn't Be Factored Into Survival Rates:

Video: Ensign on Why Gun Deaths Shouldn't Be Factored Into Survival Rates: "We Like Our Guns Here in the U.S."

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 30, 2009.
You can chalk pretty much anything up to "cultural factors" -- as long as you're a complete idiot.

Scary: Bullet Makers Can't Keep Up With Demand

Scary: Bullet Makers Can't Keep Up With Demand

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 28, 2009.
"I call it the Obama effect," says one Louisiana gun dealer.

Rachel Maddow: The Growing Threat Posed by Gun-Strapped Right-Wingers at Obama's Townhalls

Rachel Maddow: The Growing Threat Posed by Gun-Strapped Right-Wingers at Obama's Townhalls

Rachel Maddow, Frank Rich, MSNBC. August 24, 2009.
Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich discuss the use of intimidation as a political tactic.

12 Bring Guns to Obama Event in Arizona -- Including At Least One Assault Rifle

12 Bring Guns to Obama Event in Arizona -- Including At Least One Assault Rifle

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 17, 2009.
Chilling.

Conservatives Packing Heat at Town Hall Meetings

Conservatives Packing Heat at Town Hall Meetings

Mark Ristaino, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. August 11, 2009.
Two separate incidents of armed Tea Baggers infiltrating town hall meetings have occurred this week. Should we be worried for our lives?

Missouri Car Dealer Offers Free AK-47 With Purchase of New Truck

Missouri Car Dealer Offers Free AK-47 With Purchase of New Truck

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 20, 2009.
The president of Max Motors (slogan: "God, Guns, Guts, and American Pick-Up Trucks") says the response has been very strong.

'A Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List

'A Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 27, 2009.
A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.

Kentucky Pastor Tells Followers to Bring Guns to Church

Kentucky Pastor Tells Followers to Bring Guns to Church

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2009.
"Guns and God were part of the foundation of this country," said Ken Pagano . "I don't see any contradiction in this."

GOP Senate Candidate: What Iran Needs Is More Guns

GOP Senate Candidate: What Iran Needs Is More Guns

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: World. June 22, 2009.
Marco Rubio: "I have a feeling the situation in Iran would be a little different if they had a 2nd amendment like ours."

Terror Watch List: Easier to Buy a Gun than to Board a Plane

Terror Watch List: Easier to Buy a Gun than to Board a Plane

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 20, 2009.
The feds cleared 9 out of 10 gun purchases by those on the secretive 'watch list.' Oh, and explosives too!

In Iraq, Journalists Who Cover Corruption Are Buying Guns to Protect Themselves

In Iraq, Journalists Who Cover Corruption Are Buying Guns to Protect Themselves

Uthman al-Mukhtar, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. June 15, 2009.
Journalists in Anbar no longer fear al-Qaeda and its affiliates but instead believe they are being targeted by political factions.

Michael Steele + NRA = Hilarity.

Michael Steele + NRA = Hilarity.

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. May 15, 2009.
Steele: we need guns to defend ourselves against 'terrorists' coming to 'our communities.'

What's Behind the Epidemic of Family-Killings? Could it Be Anti-Depressants?

What's Behind the Epidemic of Family-Killings? Could it Be Anti-Depressants?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. May 1, 2009.
Economic stress is usually blamed, but a bunch of government-approved psychoactive drugs have proven homicidal and suicidal side effects.

Fox News' Unhinged, Irrational Obama Attacks Stir up Violent Right-Wing Militants

Fox News' Unhinged, Irrational Obama Attacks Stir up Violent Right-Wing Militants

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. April 22, 2009.
Paranoid anti-government radicals used to have to rely on crude, inefficient methods of communication. Now they have Fox News.

When Will We Reach the Tipping Point on Guns?

When Will We Reach the Tipping Point on Guns?

Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. April 6, 2009.
How many shootings does there have to be in the news before we wonder about the wisdom of allowing just about anyone to get a gun in America?

The Gun Lobby Asks You to Please Lay Off the Mass Killings While It's Trying to Influence Legislation

The Gun Lobby Asks You to Please Lay Off the Mass Killings While It's Trying to Influence Legislation

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. March 26, 2009.
In a month filled with tragic shootings, lawmakers are not thinking of gun owners as an oppressed minority. But the NRA is hoping to change that.

Mexico's Drug War Bloodbath: Guns from the U.S. Are Destabilizing the Country

Mexico's Drug War Bloodbath: Guns from the U.S. Are Destabilizing the Country

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.
Mexican drug cartels have easy access to thousands of American gun dealers just on the other side of the border.

It's Bring Your Gun to Church Day

It's Bring Your Gun to Church Day

Bill Berkowitz, Smirking Chimp. March 2, 2009.
Arkansas takes the lead in bringing America's obsession with firepower to the pews.

Two Truly Great Things That Happened Today

Two Truly Great Things That Happened Today

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. February 26, 2009.
Senate approves a bill that will give Washington, D.C., a vote in the House, and the Pentagon lifts the media ban on coffin photos.

Bush Administration Taken to Task for Allowing Loaded Guns into National Parks

Bush Administration Taken to Task for Allowing Loaded Guns into National Parks

Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 31, 2008.
The suit charges that the Interior Department violated several federal laws in its rush to implement the rule before President Bush leaves office.

Tasers Are Sold as 'Non-Lethal' -- But They've Killed 400 So Far

Tasers Are Sold as 'Non-Lethal' -- But They've Killed 400 So Far

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 13, 2008.
Taser's marketing coup has convinced consumers that there is such a thing as a gun that won't kill. Taser deaths prove otherwise.