Category Archives: gun safety

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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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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Sick Of The Murders Of Children? Do Something!

Rep Jamaal Bowman calls out Republicans as cowards (2 minutes): ย 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

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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 Valentineโ€™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

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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

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New Year, Mass Shootings On Pace

Well, this should came as no surprise. The changing of the calendar had no effect on Americaโ€™s bloody lifestyle. Five days into the New Year and we have 10 mass shootings in the country. I canโ€™t seem to copy the … Continue reading

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“America Is A Gun”

Another day, another mass murder in America. No other country has this problem.ย  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

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Reminder: Victims Of Gun Violence Scarred For Life

Cooper Roberts, 8 year old victim of the July 4th Highland Park shooting, has a long haul ahead of him (35 seconds) It has been what? around 50 days since the mass shooting by a teenager during a July 4th … Continue reading

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