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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


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


Sticking To Our Guns: Why Congress Won’t Budge on Gun Control
The shooting at Umpqua Community College is not going to lead to gun regulations. Neither will the shootings of the five people killed in...
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Oct 24, 20154 min read


How One Brown Student Took Down the NRA
One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest...
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Feb 9, 20149 min read


The Divided State(s) of Gun Control
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors...
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Sep 27, 20133 min read


Vigilante Injustice
If recent memory is any testament, helplessness, rather than mere evil, seems to be at the heart of modern tragedy. Grief breeds an...
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Jul 17, 20133 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


Do We All Have a Mental Illness?
What does mental illness have to do with guns? This piece examines the gun control debate in response to the Janus Forum ongoing...
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Apr 8, 20135 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
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