On AlterNet: second amendment

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "second amendment"

Suspicious? Department of Justice Denies Guns to Medical Marijuana Patients, and the NRA is Silent

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 28, 2011.

The DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms are teaming up to deny medical marijuana users the the 2nd Amendment. For once, the NRA is nowhere to be found.

Only Days After Giffords Shooting, Packed Gun Show Puts Deadly Firepower on Display

David Holthouse, Media Matters for America. January 25, 2011.

"The second amendment ain't about duck hunting," says attendant of the 2011 SHOT Show.

"We Are at War": How Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party

David Neiwert, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. November 21, 2010.

In places like rural Montana, the Tea Party is working hand-in-glove with Patriot movement radicals -- including some with close ties to white supremacists and armed militias.

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

ThinkProgressNovember 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."

Gun Crazy: Firearms Proponents Want a World Where College Kids Carry Concealed Weapons

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 9, 2008.

The NRA and Co. have pushed campaigns to allow concealed-weapons permits on college campuses in 15 states this year and failed in all of them.

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."

Gun Rights and Our National Identity Crisis

Daniel Lazare, The Nation. April 22, 2008.

When it comes to the Second Amendment, Americans are largely at the mercy of 18th-century attitudes they don't know how to escape.

The Coming Showdown on Gun Control

Rhonda Brownstein, Southern Poverty Law Center. March 13, 2008.

The Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller may be the most important decision on gun control in U.S. history.

Guns in Your Workplace Parking Lot? Thanks, NRA!

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. January 16, 2008.

The NRA is reviving its campaign to prohibit businesses from forbidding employees from keeping firearms in their cars.

Gun Love in America Is Strong as Ever

Paul Harris, The Observer UK. October 16, 2007.

Despite the spiraling rise in the daily number of shootings in the US, gun culture has only become stronger.