A new study published in the American Journal of Medicine found that between 1999 and 2017 almost 39,000 children in the United States between the ages of five and eighteen were killed with guns. 61% of the deaths resulted from assault, 32% suicide, 5% accidental, and 2% were undetermined. Bowdoin.edu: "In 2017 alone, 2,462 school-age children were killed by firearms—a mortality rate that far outnumbered the 144 police officers and approximately 1,000 active duty military who

3D printed guns; what could go wrong? Cnn: "Gun-rights activists have reached a settlement with the government that will allow them to post 3-D printable gun plans online starting August 1." "The settlement ends a multi-year legal battle that started when Cody Wilson, who describes himself as a post-left anarchist, posted plans for a 3-D printed handgun he called "The Liberator" in 2013...." "Do-it-yourself firearms like The Liberator have been nicknamed "Ghost Guns" because

Republican Representative Diane Black, a gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee says "porn" causes school shootings. By Martin Longman, Washington Monthly: During a meeting last week with local pastors, Black raised the issue of gun violence in schools and why it keeps happening. “Pornography,” she said.“It’s available on the shelf when you walk in the grocery store. Yeah, you have to reach up to get it, but there’s pornography there,” she continued. “All of this is available w

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Yesterday Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick blamed America's school shooting epidemic on violent video games and films, abortion, ending school prayer and divorce. The day before Oliver North, the National Rifle Association’s new president, blamed Ritalin for school shootings. But, for Republicans, a nation awash in guns is not a problem. Oddly, there is no indication that the shooter, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, takes Ritalin and his attorney Nicholas Poehl said on

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