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Look: NY Newspaper Covers NRA ‘Youth Day’

by David Badash ● 11:44 AM May 6, 2013
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The New York Daily News covered Sunday’s NRA “Youth Day” event and published this front page cover for their story, “YOU’RE KIDDING! NRA pushes guns on kids as young as Newtown victims in sick ‘Youth Day.’”

Guns

2 Year Old Girl Shot By 5 Year Old Brother Survived ‘More Than An Hour’ Before Dying

by David Badash ● 8:10 PM May 4, 2013
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The two-year old Kentucky girl who was accidentally shot by her five-year old brother with a Crickett brand “My First Rifle” survived for “more than an hour” as paramedics worked to save her life,

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Anyone Surprised ‘My First Rifle’ Used By A 5 Year Old In Accidental Killing Of 2 Year Old Sister?

by David Badash ● 11:16 AM May 2, 2013
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Is anyone surprised that a rifle marketed to young children is the weapon used by a five-year old boy in the tragic accidental shooting death of his two year old sister?

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44 Percent Of Republicans Think Armed Revolution May Be Necessary To Protect Liberties

by David Badash ● 9:04 AM May 2, 2013
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Forty-four percent of Republicans believe “an armed revolution might be necessary in order to protect our liberties,” according to a new poll just released by Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Bigotry Watch

Right On Cue, Westboro Baptist Church To Picket NBA’s Jason Collins Tonight

by David Badash ● 9:50 AM May 1, 2013
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Right on cue, the Westboro Baptist Church has announced they will picket the NBA’s Jason Collins at tonight’s Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder game five at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Guns

Tony Perkins: Christians Must Buy Guns Because Democrats Won’t Force Americans To Pray

by David Badash ● 5:51 PM April 19, 2013
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Tony Perkins believes that the only thing that will stop a bad man from getting a gun is a prayer, and think it’s the Democrats fault that more people aren’t praying.

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‘Childish’ Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords Must Stop Her ‘Emotional Bullying’ Say Right Wing Pundits

by David Badash ● 1:27 PM April 19, 2013
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Gabby Giffords, “a practitioner of incivility and unreason,” must stop her “childish” and “emotional bullying” which “is an embarrassment,” say several right wing pundits.

Bigotry Watch

Free Speech? A High School’s Day Of Silence, Anti-Gay T-Shirts, Guns, And The ACLU

by Chivas Sandage ● 12:20 PM April 19, 2013
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Are a high school student’s pro-gun, anti-gay activities creating a hostile environment for the students and staff of a Connecticut school the ACLU threatened to sue?

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Read: President Obama’s Entire Speech On Failure Of Background Checks Bill

by David Badash ● 6:48 PM April 17, 2013
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President Obama and Mark Barden, a member of the Sandy Hook Promise, addressed the American people on the failure of Senate to pass the bipartisan background checks gun control bill.

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List: Did Your Senator Just Vote To Let Criminals Own Guns?

by David Badash ● 5:29 PM April 17, 2013
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The Senate, in partnership with the NRA, just voted against a bipartisan expanded background checks bill that 91 percent of all Americans support. The bill failed, with 54 yes votes.

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Ann Coulter: ‘Let’s Start With Killing Meghan McCain!’

by David Badash ● 9:08 AM April 11, 2013
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Ann Coulter, in her latest column, which focuses on gun violence and gun control, “jokes” about killing Meghan McCain, daughter of famous Republican Senator john McCain.

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GOP Sen. Inhofe: Gun Control Debate Has Nothing To Do With Newtown Families

by David Badash ● 12:25 PM April 10, 2013
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GOP Senator James Inhofe says that the gun control debate going on in the nation has nothing to do with the families of the 26 slain Newtown, CT children and adults.

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Gun Control: Obama Tells Connecticut Audience They Must ‘Stand Up’ To Make America Safer

by David Badash ● 6:23 PM April 8, 2013
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Saying it’s time to “stand up” for their nation, their children, and their safety, President Obama spoke on commonsense gun control and background checks for 18 minutes in Connecticut.

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Watch: Obama Speaks On ‘Common-Sense Measures To Reduce Gun Violence’ In CT

by David Badash ● 5:24 PM April 8, 2013
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President Barack Obama today spoke on “common-sense measures to reduce gun violence.” Full video.