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Category Archives: gun control
Thought On The March For Our Lives
Like many in Iowa we were snowed out of attending a local rally. Our hats off to those who were able to attend. We thank you. Like so many others the senseless gun violence perpetrated on our country in the … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control
Tagged #resistance, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-changin', youth movement
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March For Our Lives Day Is Here!
Stand up for our kids! Stand up for your families! Stand up for yourselves! Looks like the weather will be quite uncooperative today, but this is one time we will all just have to put that aside and take one … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control
Tagged March for our Lives
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Reminder: March For Our Lives Next Saturday!
Make your position known! We will not stand for the wholesale slaughter of our children or fellow citizens as gun makers profit from their deaths. It is time to let politicians who are in the pocket of the gun lobby … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, gun control
Tagged March for our Lives
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The Quiet Room
A story of a child’s gun death in America “At the end of an inconspicuous hallway and strategically placed far from the controlled chaos of the trauma room lies a dimly lit waiting area that we in the medical field … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, Republican Policy
Tagged Gun lobby, NRA
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America’s War On Kids
video 4 minutes, not safe for work Seems like there has always been a war on kids in this country. However, since Nixon’s brilliant strategy of getting back at the hippies and blacks for their part in the civil rights … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
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Teacher At MSD Teaches Students To Challenge Special Interests
Much of the nation has been overwhelmed by the composure and courage of the students from Marjory Steadman Douglas High School. The courage they have shown in the face of the usual intimidating practices of NRA politicians and … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
Tagged critical thinking, MSD High School, MSD massacre, teachers
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Iowa Policy Project Analyzes Senate Budget Bill
As I have said so many times before, when it comes to thorough analysis on things fiscal in Iowa, no one comes close to the Iowa Policy Project and its partner Iowa Fiscal Partnership. So when the Iowa state senate began … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Budget, gun control, Iowa legislature 2018, Iowa Policy Project
Tagged Legislative forums
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Controlled Experiment Shows Good Guy With Gun Doesn’t Fare Well
From the blurb on youtube.com for this video: Published on Apr 21, 2010 The controlled study documented in these videos show that concealed carry permit holders are fooling themselves if they think they will be able to react effectively to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
Tagged school shootings
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Americans Can’t Afford Republicans Anymore
Of all the myths surrounding politics, one of that is totally false and yet one of the hardest to kill is that Republican economies are good for the economy. Like many myths of the realm, it was probably created by … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Climate Change, economic inequality, Economic Justice, gun control
Tagged cost of policies
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Grassley Scapegoats The Mentally Ill
Chuck Grassley is having a few town halls this week and once again he is avoiding most of the population of Iowa by going to rural venues where he will be expecting friendly crowds. The list of his town halls … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Charles Grassley, gun control, gun safety
Tagged town halls
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