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Our Hateful Gun Debate

And the Oscar for best killer goes to … That’s how it’s starting to feel in America. Our real-life, mass shootings with the dramatic cell phone videos and gripping narratives by survivors resemble violent movies. American popular culture long ago made violence cool. The proliferation of high-capacity weapons, far beyond what is needed for hunting […]

The War on Guns

If you are one of those people who secretly enjoys each new high-profile shooting, believing it’s going to bring the U.S. closer to banning firearms, don’t get your hopes up. America will always have guns. It cannot control guns any more successfully than it has controlled drugs or illegal immigrants. It has been estimated that […]