There will be no gun control, not only because of the gun lobby and a corrupt political class, but because for many white Americans the idea of the gun is the only power they have left.
Tag: Gun Violence
ROBERT PARRY: More Second Amendment Madness
Hijacking the Second Amendment
School Shooters and Drones
At War With Ourselves: The Domestic Consequences of Foreign Policies
The Role of Youth in a Hoped-for Transformation
The massive turnout for the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington on March 24 has given rise to hope that a new youth movement can spur a social transformation in the United States, write Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers.
Gun Rights and ‘Freedom’s’ Perversities
The concept of personal freedoms is relatively new to human history but has often, ironically, been exploited by people in power to achieve or maintain a sociopolitical goal, posits Lawrence Davidson in this analysis.
The Right’s Second Amendment Lies
Vietnam’s Lessons and the U.S. Culture of Violence
Political Fig Leaf After Las Vegas Slaughter
The Las Vegas massacre, like all the other massacres, won’t change the easy accessibility of guns in America, but politicians are scrambling to enact a fig-leaf bill against a rapid-fire device used by this one shooter, JP Sottile explains.