Category Archives: gun control

A Couple Of Thoughts From Last Week

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Dave Bradley

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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It’s The GUNS!

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Dave Bradley

The Much Misunderstood Second Amendment (13 minutes): Heather Cox Richardson Guy Zapoleon Posted on Facebook  By Heather Cox Richardson 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮. 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

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Dave Bradley

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

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Dave Bradley

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!!!

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Dave Bradley

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

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Paul Deaton
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What Does The Pennsylvania Shooting Mean?

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Paul Deaton

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. — 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

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Dave Bradley

1 minute:   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

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Dave Bradley

For some reason I just can’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

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Dave Bradley

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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