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Category Archives: gun control
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
Thank You, March For Our Lives And Iowa WTF
1 minute: We here at blogforiowa would like to extend our thanks and admiration for the young people that stood up to the Republican controlled legislature after Republicans passed yet another insane bill that puts more guns into wider circulation. … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, Iowa legislature 2023
Tagged Iowa WTF, March for our Lives Iowa, mass murders, mass shootings, protest, school shootings
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A Rant From Twitter:
(5:38) Why Youth Will Not Vote For Republicans: Andrew Wortman lets loose in a rant on why youth in America will no longer vote for Republicans. We are just beginning to see this rebellion taking place. Young voters have long … Continue reading
Are The Walls Closing In?
Somehow you can just feel it. I don’t want to get too optimistic, but as we see the extreme radical right continuing to overstep the bounds of democracy we are also seeing a backlash especially among the young folks who … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, economic inequality, Economy, gun control, Republican Policy
Tagged autocracy, Elections
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Sick Of The Murders Of Children? Do Something!
Rep Jamaal Bowman calls out Republicans as cowards (2 minutes): Do you remember a little over a month ago when far right Republicans were displaying pins depicting assault weapons as if they are some kind of fun toy? I do … Continue reading
Posted in Children, gun control, gun safety
Tagged contact your representative, mass shootings, school shootings, thoughts and prayers
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Tuesday Is The 5th Anniversary Of Parkland Mass Murder
(2:30) February 14th was once most noted in the US as Valentine’s Day, a day for love. Unfortunately now for many in this country February will be forever be associated with one of the most senseless of all the senseless … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged Antonin Scalia, Feb. 14 2018, guns, Parkland mass murder, weapons of war in society
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Marketing Death Machines To Children
Got this email the other day from Everytown For Gun Safety. This on the heals of one 6 year old child shooting his teacher in Virginia and a video showing a 4 year old child in diapers wandering around his … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged every town for gun safety, marketing guns to kids
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Domestic Terrorism: Electric Substations Under Attack
Last Monday, Rachel Maddow did a 12 minute segment on attacks on America’s electric infrastructure. Attacks on our electric system is not new. They are sure vulnerable. Folks may remember that there have been cyber attacks on our electric systems … Continue reading
Posted in gun control
Tagged Domestic terrorism, electric substations, North Carolina
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“America Is A Gun”
Another day, another mass murder in America. No other country has this problem. In a country that blathers on and on about “freedom” there can can be no real freedom until we overthrow the tyranny of the gun. In his … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged Domestic terrorism, Sandy Hook murders, terrorism
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Thanks, Kids
As I write this we still don’t know who will be in power in Congress. Will Democrats retain control of the US House? Will they retain leadership in the US Senate? Or will the extremist Republican Party take control of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Climate Change, firearms, gun control, Health Care & Medicare, Republican Policy, womens rights
Tagged abortion, race, younger voters skew democratic
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