This Chart Proves There Is Something Profoundly Wrong With How The US Handles...
The United States has the highest gun ownership rates in the world and the second highest rate of gun deaths among industrialized nations. That's not a coincidence. Looking at developed nations, the...
View ArticleSmith & Wesson's New Presentation Shows Amazing Investment Growth Opportunity...
Following Friday's horrific Connecticut elementary school shooting, the debate over control has come to the forefront of Washington politics.California Senator Dianne Feinstein said that she intended...
View Article49 States Let You Walk Around With A Gun, But That Could Change Soon
The Supreme Court could soon hear a new gun control debate — this one focusing on the right to be armed in public. The case: a federal appeals court's decision to strike down Illinois' ban on carrying...
View Article7 Shocking Ways States Have Loosened Their Gun Laws
Friday’s deadly rampage at a Connecticut elementary school marked the 13th mass shooting in the United States this year.Among the 11 deadliest shootings in U.S. history, more than half took place in...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Giant Cerberus Is Selling Gunmaker After Newtown Shooting
(Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management said on Tuesday it will immediately begin selling its investment in gunmaker Freedom Group in light of last week's school shooting in...
View ArticleThere's No Real Way To Tell How Many Guns Are Sold In America Each Year
If you want to find out exactly how many guns are sold in the US each year, then the figures are not recorded.However, if you want to know how many applications there are to buy guns each year, then...
View ArticleIn Case You Were Wondering Why So Many People Get Shot To Death In America...
Barry Ritholtz of the Big Picture posted the following chart, which measures a group of countries on guns-per-capita and homicides-by-guns.The vertical axis is guns per 100 people.The horizontal axis...
View ArticleGun Stocks Are Getting Destroyed (SWHC, RGR)
Like yesterday, the stock markets are up, while gun makers are get slammed.Smith & Wesson is down 9%.Sturm Ruger is down 6%.Private equity giant Cerberus announced that it would sell its stake in...
View ArticleHow Gun Control Became Such A Contentious Political Issue In America
Should gun control really be so controversial?"There are people who want to own guns for recreational or self-defense purposes, and on the other side, I don't think anyone wants to see someone walk...
View ArticleNATE SILVER: 56% Of Republicans Own Guns
After precisely predicting which candidate would win the Presidential election, analyst Nate Silver has branched out into other disciplines.Like gun ownership.Today, Silver prints the results of an...
View ArticleA History Of Gun Control Laws Shows US Citizens Don't Have An Absolute Right...
The Second Amendment, which was added to the Constitution in 1791, gives everyone an inalienable right to bear arms, gun enthusiasts have argued.But does that right allow people to walk around with...
View ArticleA Minnesota Gun Shop Owner Explained The Appeal Of Semiautomatic Guns
Why would anyone buy a military-style assault weapon?NPR asked a Minnesota gun shop owner that question back in 2004, right before a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons was set to expire."The guns are...
View ArticleAmerica's History With South Africa Is A Blueprint For How To Change The Gun...
Since the tragic shooting in Newtown, there have been calls to reform America's gun industry. The question is how.One of the most effective ways to do it, said former New York governor Eliot Spitzer...
View ArticleHow The NRA Became The Most Powerful Special Interest In Washington
The National Rifle Association is considered one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. The way it operates — including how it recruits and maintains an active membership — have given it outsize...
View ArticleA Murder-Suicide In Colorado Left Four Dead Today
LONGMONT, Colo. — A man shot three people before turning the gun on himself in this rural area northwest of Denver early Tuesday morning, investigators say.A 911 operator received a call at about 4...
View ArticleThe Antipsychotic Prescribed To Adam Lanza Has A Troubled History All Its Own
By now the whole country is fully embroiled in the Gun Control debate, spurred by the grisly murder of 27 people, mostly kids, at the Sandy Hook Elementary school last Friday.Guns might not be the only...
View Article6th-Grader Brought Handgun To School, Said His Parents Told Him To Carry It...
A 6th grade student brought a handgun to his elementary school, but thankfully, the gun was unloaded and nobody was hurt, FOX 13 reported.The 11-year-old boy pulled the .22 caliber pistol out of his...
View ArticleJackie Chan Investigated For Taking On Triad Gang With 'Guns And Grenades'
Hong Kong police said they will investigate comments made by action star Jackie Chan that he had used guns and grenades to confront triad gang members.The Rush Hour star told the Guangzhou-based...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Is Hoping A Geneticist Can Provide Answers About The Sandy...
As police try to piece Adam Lanza's destroyed computer back together, the state's chief medical examiner is taking another approach to uncovering clues about the gunman.Dr. H. Wayne Carver is enlisting...
View Article19 Unbelievable Facts About Guns In America
It’s hard to see a grown man cry. It’s even harder when that man is the president of the United States.Yet President Obama's emotion has been clear both times he's addressed the nation since the...
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