The winds of political change are blowing strongly in the direction of gun safety. The NH House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 12 – 6 to recommend (HB 135) to the full House the repeal of the infamous Stand Your Ground law. This law allows people to use deadly force to defend themselves [...]
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Guns Create a Bloody Week for Kids
The column Sunday Shooting Review briefly lists some (but by no means all) of the children age 16 and younger who have been injured or killed by guns during the previous week. The present blog expands this information for the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 by consulting the primary sources reporting these incidents. [...]
Gun Safety Laws Versus Increased Gun Access
By Gary Patton on January 29, 2013 in
Tags: gun control, gun control statehouse, gun laws, gun safety
The shootings at Newtown may be history, but the deaths created by guns continue. On Jan. 20, in Albuquerque, NM, a 15-year old teenager shot and killed five members of his own family. According to an AP story appearing in the Boston Globe (1/22/13), “The teen allegedly told the detective that he took a .22 [...]
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
I was impressed. My conservative Republican friend Crawford Notch was dressed to the nines wearing a freshly-pressed suit, a conservative (naturally) tie and well-shined shoes. “Crawford,” I shouted to him, “you’re looking mighty fine. What’s up? You getting married or buried?” Crawford was pleased that I asked him. It gave him a chance to say, [...]
On Tucson
By Gary Patton on January 17, 2011 in
Tags: Gabrielle Gifford, gun safety, gun-free zone, Jared Lee Loughner
Yet another tragic story of mass murder carried out with guns dominates the media. It happens so often, yet, for some reason, we act surprised each time. Jared Lee Loughner is accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford, in Tucson, Arizona. Rachael Maddow provides below a somber chronology of [...]
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