Media Matters wrote up the complete history of assault rifles. It’s worth checking out. It’s especially worth noting that assault rifles were developed as weapons of war — designed...
The History of Assault Rifles
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Author - Bob Cesca
Michigan Republicans Pushing Transvaginal Ultrasounds
The Republican Outreach effort continues. In Michigan: HB 4187 of 2013 would “effectively require a transvaginal probe” for any woman who wants to end a pregnancy, according to OBGYN Dr...
There’s Evidently No Room for Nuance on Drones
My Thursday column: They say if you move far enough to the left, you end up on the right. As such, throughout the last four or five years I’ve witnessed this phenomenon on way too many...
Morning Awesome
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CNN: Ted Nugent Is Very Serious
Ugh. CNN is way off the rails. Last night, Josh Marshall reported: I don’t know if anyone else is watching CNN from about 6:05 to about 6:10 eastern. But my God, they’re covering the...
CNN: Ted Nugent Is Very Serious
Ugh. CNN is way off the rails. Last night, Josh Marshall reported: I don’t know if anyone else is watching CNN from about 6:05 to about 6:10 eastern. But my God, they’re covering the...
Another NRA Lie About Sandy Hook
First, there was the debunked conspiracy theory that Lanza didn’t use a Bushmaster AR-15 because it was found in his trunk. Now Wayne LaPierre is telling us that it took upwards of 20 minutes...
Shocker! Minorities Waited Longer to Vote Than Whites
ThinkProgress: During the November 2012 election, Black and Hispanic voters waited nearly twice as long to vote as whites, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis. New York...
It’s Time to End the War or Regulate the Drones
My Wednesday column should generate some discussion, as I attempt to add — gasp! — nuance to the drone debate: Contrary to what some readers might think, I haven’t categorically...
Morning Awesome
Of Monsters and Men – “King And Lionheart” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
The Senators Who Tried to Block the Violence Against Women Act
May their names live in infamy. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Mike Lee (R-UT) Tim Scott (R-SC) Marco Rubio (R-FL) Mike Johanns (R-NE) Rand Paul (R-KY) Pat Roberts (R-KS) James Risch (R-ID) I wonder if their wives...
Quote of the Morning
Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February...
Texas For Clinton
I’m sure the Clintons and the Democrats are taking a serious look at this early 2016 PPP poll: The results are within the margin of error, but Clinton leads Marco Rubio 46% to 45%, Chris...
The New Republican Scam to Steal Elections
The plan calls for electoral votes to be distributed based on the percentage of the popular vote statewide. So if Chris Christie gets 60 percent of the vote in Pennsylvania and Hillary Clinton gets...
Closing the Internet Gun Sales Loophole
Scott Keyes from ThinkProgress was able to purchase four AR-15 assault rifles in 20 minutes online: This was on full display last week when we visited ArmsList.com, a Craigslist-style site that deals...
Congress Lacks the Balls to Pass an Assault Weapons Ban
My Tuesday column: With each new report of a brutal firearm attack, our minds can’t help but to nearly forget the previous attack. We can only absorb so many events before they begin to blur...
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Worst Person in the World
Here's Glenn Beck discussing women in combat on his internet TV show: "This is the dumbest idea I ever heard. Women now fight on the front lines? Democrats are hailing the move as another giant leap...
Chris Christie Still Isn’t Your Best Friend
I'm still hearing from liberals who say they would vote for him for president. And I always thought we were the smart ones, but clearly too many of us are either easily duped or we're desperate to...
Skeet Shooting Truthers Doubt Skeet Shooting Photo
By now we're familiar with the story. The president said he's gone skeet shooting occasionally at Camp David. Issue closed. Ignore the Skeet Shooting Truthers who demanded that he prove it. Instead...
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