So I’m now considering boycotting a whole buncha states

This idea is not original with me but I believe I will start spending my money in places where I agree more with the politics surrounding gun legislation. Actually, states that don’t agree with my views on gun safety are often the same ones that don’t agree with my views on reproductive rights and other issues …

Up yours, NRA

Open Carry guy kills woman who filed sexual harassment complaints against him

What war on women, you ask? In Iowa, a mall cop who is a big fan of open carry, shot (three times, in the back, with a Glock) and killed a young woman who’d earlier filed sexual harassment complaints against him. These stories have a sad sameness to them. I mean no disrespect. Every death …

In light of the Charleston church shooting:

  As we grieve the loss at Charleston, South Carolina’s Emanuel AME Church,  a new report out from Violence Policy Center retires the Blood-Gargling NRA’s® canard that the only thing to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Instead, the report says guns are rarely used for self …

NRA Blood Garglers® strike again.

The National Rifle Association reached a new low [NSFW illustration with that last link] when it successfully campaigned against a Louisiana bill that would have made gun ownership difficult for people who commit domestic violence against an intimate partner with whom they do not share an address. Because who needs protection more than a person …