Overwhelming public support for tighter gun laws is failing to spur action in Washington, where lawmakers are struggling to pass a “watered down”gun control bill that pro-gun groups have stuffed with measures actually loosening many restrictions on gun purchases. Five months after the Newtown tragedy that briefly united the public and their politicians into a [...]
Tough gun control is dead in Congress as the assault weapons ban dies on the political vine despite strong public support. Senate Democrats have pulled the plug on the most sweeping reforms proposed following the Newtown tragedy, a little more than three months after one of the worst mass shootings in American history had seemingly [...]
THE HISTORIC FAILURE OF THE BLACK POLITICAL MISLEADERSHIP CLASS. Bruce A. Dixon thus describes the spectacular failure of these leaders to stem the tide of privatization of schools and other public institutions—or the massive gentrification of black neighborhoods—or the criminalization and incarceration of huge portions of the black population. Dixon spares not even Martin [...]
A month of national grieving coupled with public debate over changes to federal gun regulations since December’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was capped on Wednesday when President Obama announced his intentions to champion gun control legislation and enact immediate reforms through executive order. Speaking at the conclusion of a review of gun laws led [...]
At last count, there are at least 310 million privately owned guns in the United States – almost one for every man, woman and child in the country. Three of those guns, used to horrific effect at a school in Connecticut, have a chance to instigate significant changes to the nation’s gun regulations in a [...]
HAS THE ALEC/NRA POLITICAL GIANT BORNE BITTER FRUIT ONCE AGAIN IN CONNECTICUT? As President Obama pledges “meaningful action” to avert yet another mass killing at a U.S. school using an assault weapon, the most “meaningful” (effective) action seems to be the political muscle of ALEC which, in tandem with the NRA, has pushed through [...]
President Obama is the target of puzzling and misguided opposition from pro-gun groups determined to prevent his reelection despite a first term that has been a “heyday” for the gun industry. While powerful lobbying groups like the National Rifle Organization warn that a second Obama term will be “dangerous” for gun owners despite record gun [...]
The nation was stunned late last week when a young man in full body armor and carrying semi-automatic guns opened fire in a crowded Colorado move theater, killing 12 people and wounding 70 in the largest mass shooting in American history. The outpouring of grief was overwhelming, and even President Obama visited the victims’ families [...]
“I’M AGAINST VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO OR INFLUENCING ELECTIONS”: SHELDON ADELSON, CONSERVATIVE BILLIONAIRE WHO JUST PLEDGED “LIMITLESS” FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MITT ROMNEY’S CAMPAIGN The “poster billionaire” for those warning about the perils of unlimited political contributions from a small pool of super-rich businessmen determining the outcome of elections may very well be [...]
TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS IN THE COUNTRIES AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN?—NOT SO MUCH. (IPS News) Countries including some island nations along the continents of Australia, Asia and Africa are mostly ill-prepared to protect their people from recurring tsumanis in the Ocean. In some places, governments do not bother to warn people in certain areas of impending disaster, [...]
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