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Tag Archives: gun culture
Iowa Republicans Want No Background Checks For Abusers
Action alert from Iowa Senate Democrats: Should domestic abusers be able to buy guns without a background check in Iowa? That’s been approved by the Iowa House and will be up for a vote in the Iowa Senate. The Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged background checks, common sense gun laws, domestic violence, gun culture, Iowa gun laws, Iowa Republicans
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Public Health Approach To Gun Violence
On page A5 of Tuesday’s Cedar Rapids Gazette was the headline “75 shot in Chicago last weekend.” From 3 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Monday 12 people were killed and 63 wounded, mostly on the south and west sides of … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, Public Health
Tagged gun control, gun culture, gun violence, public health
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The Second Amendment And The Gun Culture
by Ralph Scharnau The gun-control debate has emerged as one of the most contentious in American politics, pitting proponents of regulation against gun-rights advocates. Behind all of this is the Second Amendment. Ten years ago, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged gun culture, gun violence in America, guns and suicide, second amendment
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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
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Shootings Are Personal
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
Posted in gun control
Tagged gun control, gun culture, gun safety, gun violence
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Kaul On America’s Gun Problem
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
Posted in 2008 Flooding, gun control
Tagged 2nd amendment, gun control, gun culture, gun proliferation, gun violence in America
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Iowa Republicans Hide Extremism
Labor Day is the official kickoff of the fall election campaign, but there seems to be a lot of campaign stuff going on now. The biggest news was the video of Rep. Bruce Braley commenting about the kind of chair … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Bruce Braley, Progressive Community
Tagged abortion rights in Iowa, Bruce Braley, gun culture, Iowa legislative session 2014, marriage equality
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The Obstructed View: Gun Proliferation Is The Problem
A few people have such a religious-like fixation on guns as all powerful and inerrant instruments of do-and-undo violence that they would even press them into the hands of a blind person, blame places that for safety are to be … Continue reading
Posted in gun control
Tagged gun culture, gun idiocy, gun proliferation, gun violence
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