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Category Archives: gun safety
Statement In Response To Santa Fe High School Shooting
For Immediate Release: May 18, 2018 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 Progress Iowa Issues Statement In Response To Santa Fe High School Shooting Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in reaction to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Children, Education, gun control, gun safety, Progress Iowa
Lockdown!
From Progress Iowa: Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa today released a new video highlighting the need to enact common sense gun laws in Iowa. The advertisement, entitled Lockdown, shows a text message conversation between a parent and student during … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety, Progress Iowa
Tagged gun resistance, lockdown, student walkout
Activism Picking Up Next Week
Columbine Anniversary Believe it or not, this Friday, April 20th, is the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre. In our now upside down world the horror of the events at Columbine didn’t drive our country to a sober assessment of … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, gun control, gun safety
Tagged activism, Columbine, Earth Day, Mueller
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
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
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
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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It’s Not The Women, It’s The Men
Some of my friends and acquaintances are women who carry handguns. I’m not worried about getting shot by my lunch partner. I also don’t feel more secure knowing she has a handgun in her purse. It used to be a … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, gun safety
Tagged gun control, gun culture, men and guns, social responsibility, women and guns
Iowa Must Change New Open Carry Law
wcfcourier.com/news/opinion/columnists/iowa-must-change-new-open-carry-law By Washington, D.C., standards it was cold that first day of March 1954. The sky was overcast with rain, a relatively strong southerly wind and the temperatures hung in the low to mid-50s. The four arrived around noon at … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, gun safety
Tagged Iowa gun laws, Iowa legislative session 2017, Iowa open carry law
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What, Me Worry?
The following is a letter to the editor from Larry Hodgden of Tipton. Larry is an Army veteran and former chair of the Cedar County Democrats. A recent Gazette letter reminded me of this warning to all of us. Reverend … Continue reading
Posted in gun safety, Immigration, Republicn Policy, Trump, union busting, womens rights
Tagged demagogue, propaganda
