In a New York Times' Op-Ed entitled "A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip", Gabby Giffords' joins Obama in unleashing hell on the Republicans (and four Democrats) who filibustered the bipartisan gun background-check proposal earlier today: "Senators say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be…
Even the staunchest NRA defender wouldn't argue that a man has the right to shoot himself in the penis. (Or would he?) But that's what one man did in Trinidad and Tobago.
When most of us think of Pinterest we think of gorgeous photos of food and flowers, inspirational cityscapes, ideas for paper crafts, kids clothes, and jewelry. Generally, guns are not the first thing that come to mind, unless you are an NRA member, of course, in which case guns are the only thing that comes to mind.…
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Sadly, shootings at high schools and colleges have come to seem all too common, but in a disturbing development, yesterday there was one at an elementary school near Seattle. A boy apparently brought a gun in his backpack to his third grade class, and it accidentally went off and wounded an 8-year-old girl. The…
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In the beginning frames of Rihanna's new video, she lurks in the shadows at a train station, spots a man in the crowd, raises a gun, and blows his brains out. The lyrics: "I didn't mean to end his life / I know it wasn't right/ I can't even sleep at night / Can't get it off my mind / I need to get out of sight /…
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[West Hollywood, February 22. Image via Getty.]
