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Gun Control and Genocide

Here’s why the NRA is dead wrong about gun control causing genocide. But at least even their paid scholars agree with human rights groups about the horrors of the military dictatorship in Guatemala.

Our Guys in Guatemala

The women wore white gúipils embroidered with pastel flowers and a thin brown trim. The men’s pants were of a matching design, cut off below the knee. The people of Santiago de Atitlán –more than 5,000 of them– marched the half mile out of town to the site of the former army garrison. “Here,” said one, “we are planting the peace.”