Christie moves right on gun issues with veto
The New Jersey governor’s veto of new gun control legislation backtracked on his previous record that included his embrace of then-President Barack Obama.
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Al Sharpton Targeted by Zombie Gun Product?
/in The Progressive/by Frank Smyth“Poor Al he was a Sharp guy,” begins the description of a gun target firm’s newest “Life-Sized Tactical Mannequin Target.” With a dark skin tone and features that seem to resemble the civil rights figure the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Was that gun used in a crime? Now you can find out
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythSince the first inauguration of President George W. Bush–the ATF provided no national data on “crime guns.” But that changed after the Sandy Hook tragedy and the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Six months after Sandy Hook, grassroot groups and the gun debate
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythAfter the horror of the Newtown shooting, gun reform advocates expected to finally see a change. Yet six months later nothing had changed.
Will Justice Be Possible In Guatemala?
/in The Nation/by Frank SmythThese three presidents have stories that are interwoven. Much like the threads of an olive green military dress uniform, pulling too hard, now, at any one loose string, could start unraveling the fabric to bare what lies beneath.
Glenn Beck returns to the NRA as group strengthens ties with gun manufacturers
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythAnydoubt about where the gun lobby may be headed after the Sandy Hook school shooting ended fast, after NRA leaders endorsed the CEO of the firm that made the gun used to kill children.
For NRA’s new president, not his father’s gun club
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythThe National Rifle Association’s new president is James W. Porter II from Alabama. I watched him ten years before behind the closed door of an NRA board meeting. He said, “When you open my veins, NRA blood runs out.”