Category Archives: gun control

What President Obama Did (Hint: The Second Amendment Is Safe)

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Background checks, enforcement of current laws, improving gun safety technology, better mental health treatment and reporting. Read this and see if you still think President Obama is coming after your guns. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/04/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence Gun violence has taken a heartbreaking toll on … Continue reading →

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Moms Demand Action: Orange Walk In Iowa City

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Yet another mass shooting has devastated an American community — this time in San Bernardino, California. We don’t just need another moment of silence. We also need a moment of action. Right before the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook … Continue reading →

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Prayer Doesn’t Cut It Anymore

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Dave Bradley

To hear members of Congress call for prayer for the victims of yet another mass shooting in America should make every American who has a family and a vote mad enough to use their vote to put some people in … Continue reading →

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Shootings Are Personal

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Any useful discussion of guns in society is personal. Frequent shootings have been reported in nearby Cedar Rapids, often in the neighborhood where we lived when our daughter was born. We heard gunshots while we were there. Most times a … Continue reading →

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Real Scares For Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Who could pass up the opportunity to post a column on things to be truly scared of Halloween? Not me for sure! Earth’s survival We are crapping badly in the only nest we have and refuse to clean it up! … Continue reading →

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Will Grassley And Ernst Dig In Against Sensible Gun Control Measures?

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Trish Nelson

ACTION ALERT from Iowans for Gun Safety. The Gun Violence Prevention Package introduced in the US Senate on October 8 seeks to close background check loopholes, make background checks better, and shut down the pipeline of illegal guns. You can … Continue reading →

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Kaul On America’s Gun Problem

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Otherwords.org “The chances that you, an untrained shooting range wizard, can prevail against an insane guy with an assault weapon are less than nil.” Will the Carnage Ever Cease? By Donald Kaul I’ve written at least 75 columns on gun … Continue reading →

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Bobby Kennedy Spoke About Gun Control In Roseburg, Oregon

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Trish Nelson

 

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It’s The Guns

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Trish Nelson

There is a Facebook post currently being circulated that offers an illuminating analogy.  It is posted below. Also, I would like to pose the question, why is it only gun owners that seem to have NO IDEA that we have … Continue reading →

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I’ll Just Leave This Here

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Dave Bradley

For everyone to think about:

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