A Spalding County, Ga., preschooler reportedly brought a loaded gun to Jordan Hill Elementary School that was hidden in his backpack. Thanks to the efforts of another 4-year-old student who told a teacher, the weapon was confiscated before anyone got hurt, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: Honest Mistake: Men Enter Closed Store By Accident, Still […]
On Saturday, April 27th, I attended the funeral of 17-year-old Alphonza Bryant III who was gunned down on April 22nd in a case of mistaken identity, according to reports.  Alphonza’s promising young life was viciously taken just a few blocks from his home. Hundreds of kids, probably 500 or so, came to his funeral that day; […]
How many more people have to die before our increasingly useless Congress does the bare minimum to assure its constituents “we do occasionally give a smidgen of a damn about y’all?” We can all reset our clocks now and begin the count following the defeat of the bipartisan compromise (eh) known as the Manchin-Toomey amendment. The vote […]
 Hours before leading the U.S. Senate on a critical vote on gun safety, Vice President Joe Biden (pictured) had a Google Plus hangout with a group of mayors seeking to reduce street violence with new gun control laws on Wednesday. RELATED: Bring On The Gun Control Debate! Biden, a longtime champion for stronger gun regulations, […]
Gun control. It’s on everyone’s mind these days, and why shouldn’t it be? If we don’t know someone personally who was shot, killed, or injured by a bullet, then almost every single day we hear about a shooting somewhere in this country. Thanks to the efforts of President Barack Obama, the families of the victims […]
Six-year-old Brandon Holt has died from injuries sustained when his 4-year-old neighbor shot him in the head with a 22-caliber rifle Monday evening as they played between their New Jersey homes, reports the Asbury Park Press. The two boys were playing outside in Holt’s side yard when the 4-year-old, who has not been named, left […]
“If you want to get something done, stop scaring people.” That’s an important message albeit it came from the absolute worst source imaginable. Republican strategist Karl Rove (pictured) — whose political strategy can best be summed with the words “BOOGY BOOGY BOO!” — showed some damn nerve earlier this week when he told Democrats that […]
When 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 27 people — 20 school children, 6 educators and his mother, Nancy Lanza — in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012, before turning the gun on himself, politicians and gun lobbyists vowed that it was a watershed moment and swore to figuratively hold hands and come to a […]
 Today in Chicago, Illinois, President Barack Obama will travel to Hyde Park Academy to discuss proposals unveiled in his State of the Union address (SOTU) on Tuesday evening. During perhaps the most moving part of his remarks, the President highlighted the tragic death of young Hadiya Pendleton who was gunned down by a stray bullet […]
How aggressive was the first State of the Union of President Barack Obama‘s second term in office? The answer to that question lies in the frowns, sighs and other varying expressions of displeasure from Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH). As Obama spoke of greater investment in infrastructure and education, called for gun control and a […]
Rapper, actor, reality star, and rising political strategist T.I. (pictured) has had a lot to say about the issue of gun control in recent weeks. If you recall, T.I. was arrested in October 2007 and subsequently charged with two felonies — possession of three unregistered machine guns and two silencers, plus possession of firearms by […]
On Tuesday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) released an ad with the hopes of taking on the President a day before he released his plans on gun control. And much like NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre‘s foolish suggestion that the solution to school massacres is to begin arming them with police officers, the NRA’s latest ad […]
