Category Archives: gun control

A Couple Of Thoughts From Last Week

What is a conservative? What about shooting victims that survive? We have gone through an absolute convulsion of media micro coverage on the Charlie Kirk shooting. One of the most interesting offshoots was the firing of Jimmy Kimmel for making … Continue reading

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Itโ€™s The GUNS!

The Much Misunderstood Second Amendment (13 minutes): Heather Cox Richardson Guy Zapoleon Posted on Facebook ย By Heather Cox Richardson ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ. by John Pavlovitz Sadly, this sentence is evergreen at this point, … Continue reading

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A Note On The Death Of Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman

The violent death of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman last week was a real shocker in Minnesota. It certainly reverberated in Iowa. The similarities of our cultures in the upper midwest has long been a source of friendly … Continue reading

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12 Years Ago Today: Sandy Hook

Video of Sandy Hook survivors as they prepare to graduate high school last summer(9:10) I am sitting here trying to come up with some meaningful phrase to try to capture the continuing enormity of what happened 12 years ago today. … Continue reading

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ENOUGH!!!

David Hogg from Thursday (3 minutes): The school shooting in Georgia Tuesday was the 416th such shooting since the attack on Columbine on April 24th, 1999 some 25+ years ago. Four hundred sixteen shootings. Over 370,000 students have been exposed … Continue reading

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Biden’s Oval Office Address July 14, 2024

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What Does The Pennsylvania Shooting Mean?

Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Responding to Shooting at Campaign Event for Former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. โ€” Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, … Continue reading

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Sandy Hook Was 11 Years Ago Last Thursday

1 minute: ย  It is so incredible that in the eleven years since that horrible day MAGA Republicans and the National Rifle Association (NRA) have been able to totally stop any real action on the top killer in the country. … Continue reading

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Disconnected Thoughts On A Holiday Weekend

For some reason I just canโ€™t concentrate this week on a single subject. As I start to think deeply on a subject, suddenly I am distracted and my mind starts to consider the new subject. That may be a pattern … Continue reading

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Graduation 2023 In Iowa And Other Red States

A story that got a little bit of notice a couple of weeks ago had to do with young college graduate Iowans leaving the state to go elsewhere for employment. This is hardly a new trend. As we have noted … Continue reading

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