Tag Archives: Guns

Picture of the Day for April 22, 2015: On the Subject of Americans’ Access to Doctors and Weapons

Posted by Elaine Magliaro

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Sometimes You Gotta Have Sympathy for the Police: Open Carry Gun Nut Triggers Lockdown at Michigan High School…Taunts Cops (VIDEOS)

By Elaine Magliaro Last week, a gun advocate triggered a brief school lockdown while he was demonstrating his open carry rights near Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. According to Travis Gettys (Raw Story), police said that they had … Continue reading

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File This Under “You Gotta Be Kidding Me”: Backyard Gun Ranges Are Legal in Florida

By Elaine Magliaro Last February, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board wrote an op-ed about backyard gun ranges being legal in Florida. That’s right–you can build a gun range in your own yard in the state of Florida and nobody can … Continue reading

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Remembering 2014: Mark Fiore Presents “The Year in Crazy”

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore says that 2014 “saw everything from a mooching rancher and his well-armed militia buddies fighting off the federal government to the killing of an unarmed black man sparking a nationwide conversation on … Continue reading

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The Thirteenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Two “Open Carry” Advocates in Michigan Publish a Pro-Gun Book for Young Children

By Elaine Magliaro Brian Jeffs and Nathan Nephew are the two co-founders of Michigan Open Carry. They are also the authors of a new children’s book titled My Parents Open Carry, which tells the tale of a young girl and … Continue reading

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The NRA, School Advancement, and the Four Rs: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic…and Rifles???

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Recently, the NRA posted a video titled Everyone Gets a Gun on YouTube. In the video, Billy Johnson, one of the gun organization’s commentators, said that “competency with a gun should be a ‘necessary skill’ for children … Continue reading

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Wayne LaPierre and the NRA’s Mission to Terrify America (With a Mark Fiore Video)

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Ana Marie Cox wrote a couple of articles about the NRA for The Guardian in late April—at the time of the organization’s annual convention in Indianapolis. Cox said that the NRA “doesn’t spend a lot of time … Continue reading

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The Eleventh Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Sarah Palin Talks about Mama Grizzlies Totin’ Guns and Baptism by Waterboarding at the NRA’s Annual Association Meeting

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Just when you may have thought that Caribou Barbie was back in the wilds of Alaska for good… hunting elk or moose or bear or wolves from helicopters, she emerges from the tundra to spark headlines in … Continue reading

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