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The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: David Thibodeau [Part 2]

*Part one of this interview is located here. David Thibodeau is a survivor of the 1993 siege against Mount Carmel, the Branch Davidian...

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May 5, 20208 min read

The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: Gary Noesner [Part 2]

*Part one of this interview is located here. Gary Noesner was Chief Hostage Negotiator for the first half of the siege on the Branch...

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May 5, 20209 min read

Police Brutality: A Global Incentive Analysis of Killer Cops

In a given year, 4,224 people are killed by police brutality in Brazil (2016), 1,147 in the U.S. (2017), and 11 in Germany (2016). In...

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Jun 25, 20185 min read

When Companies Support Gun Control, but Politicians Do Not

Mass shootings and school shootings have become horrifically commonplace in 2018. Yet the February 14th Parkland, Florida school shooting...

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Apr 9, 20186 min read

Annie, Forget Your Gun: Reducing 30,000 Deaths to 0

Gun violence takes 30,000 American lives a year, while our nation’s political progress on the issue remains in a troubling state of...

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Mar 16, 20169 min read

Holding Pattern: The Story of Jailed Guns

Eleven states have laws that require police departments to sell all confiscated weapons. Some sell to licensed dealers, others put them...

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Dec 3, 20154 min read

Gunning for Democrats: Progressives in the Second Amendment Debate

When Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, threw his hat into the presidential race, he was widely expected to be to the...

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Nov 4, 20155 min read

“Stuff Happens”: Partisan Roadblocks to Gun Control

Slain five-year-olds, lethal movie premiers, massacred students: American citizens have become numb to these tragedies as they experience...

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Oct 19, 20156 min read

Aiming Elsewhere: The Role of Suicide In Our National Gun Conversation

There are more gun-inflicted suicides than gun-inflicted homicides in the United States and have been since the Center for Disease...

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Mar 16, 20144 min read

Ebony and Ivory (and Terrorists and Guns)

At the center of the many conflicts in Africa is another war. This battle deals not with state borders, but with the items transported...

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Sep 24, 20136 min read

Cody Wilson’s War [+ Interview]

On YouTube, Defense Distributed (DD) can seem like a troop of disgruntled teenagers. Their first uploaded video features the heavy,...

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Sep 9, 20136 min read

BPR Interview: Cody Wilson

Cody Wilson is a 25-year old law student and entrepreneur. Founder of Defense Distributed, he has successfully developed the digital...

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Sep 8, 201335 min read

Craig R. Whitney: Gun Control Bullying Mentally Ill?

Former New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Craig R. Whitney speaks to BPR about his new book, “Living with Guns: A Liberal’s Case...

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Jun 3, 20131 min read

BPR Asks Craig R. Whitney: Gun Violence vs. Terrorism?

Former New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Craig R. Whitney speaks to BPR about his new book, “Living with Guns: A Liberal’s Case...

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May 31, 20131 min read

BPR Asks Craig R. Whitney: After Newtown

Former New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Craig R. Whitney speaks to BPR about his new book, “Living with Guns: A Liberal’s Case...

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May 27, 20131 min read

A Call for Gun Control from Connecticut

99 days. That’s how long it’s been since the Newtown massacre. We know the gruesome numbers: twenty young children and seven teachers...

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Mar 23, 20134 min read

Under the Radar Lies the Deadliest Gun Loophole

Before I say anything about guns, or politics, or the NRA, or anything, I have to ask you to take a moment and think about what happened...

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Dec 16, 20126 min read