In a twist of irony, President Obama revealed in an exclusive BBC interview just hours before a gunman opened fire in a Louisiana movie theater that…
We have all gotten to know Marissa Alexander as a Black mother of two from Florida who fired a warning shot at her abusive husband…
In this country, how many times have we sat in horror as places that we visit daily have been tormented with the sound of gunfire?…
A Spalding County, Ga., preschooler reportedly brought a loaded gun to Jordan Hill Elementary School that was hidden in his backpack. Thanks to the efforts of…
On Saturday, April 27th, I attended the funeral of 17-year-old Alphonza Bryant III who was gunned down on April 22nd in a case of mistaken identity,…
How many more people have to die before our increasingly useless Congress does the bare minimum to assure its constituents “we do occasionally give a…
 Hours before leading the U.S. Senate on a critical vote on gun safety, Vice President Joe Biden (pictured) had a Google Plus hangout with…
Gun control. It’s on everyone’s mind these days, and why shouldn’t it be? If we don’t know someone personally who was shot, killed, or injured…
 Today in Chicago, Illinois, President Barack Obama will travel to Hyde Park Academy to discuss proposals unveiled in his State of the Union address (SOTU)…
Two alleged Chicago gang members have been arrested in the shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and are scheduled to appear in Cook County Criminal Court today for a bond hearing. As we previously reported, Pendleton was shot and killed in South Side Chicago one week after participating in President Obama’s Inauguration festivities in Washington, […]
People protesting the gun industry gathered for a rally outside Glock’s North American headquarters in Smyrna Thursday evening (February 7). The purpose of the protest was to focus attention on the number of handguns on American streets as Washington debates an assault weapons ban. They pointed to recent shootings at Price Middle School and Morehouse […]
In a newly published column, author Thom Hartmann uses historical records to make the argument that the real reason the Founding Fathers ratified the Second Amendment was to preserve slavery. Read the full story here. RELATED: Gun Rights Activist Says Gun Appreciation Day Honors MLK: If Blacks Were Armed Slavery Wouldn’t Have Existed [VIDEO] Should […]
