Oklahoma Saw Three Mass Shootings in 2013

"As the new year approaches, the media is looking back on 2013, highlighting the news and culture stories that made headlines. Gawker, however, looked back at “The Year in Mass Shootings,” highlighting the horrible events that represent “a fraction of all U.S. victims of gun violence.” The term “mass shooting” is widely debated and has no set definition or criteria. According to the FBI, a “mass murder” is considered a single incident in which the perpetrator kills at least four people, not including him/herself, with no distinct period of time between the murders. Mother Jones classifies a “mass shooting” with the following criteria..."

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Steve Chapman on Demolishing Guns and Common Sense

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Steve Chapman on Demolishing Guns and Common Sense

"In the course of their duties, Chicago police come into possession of all sorts of contraband: jewelry, video games, bicycles, cars. They sell the stuff through online auctions that are open to the public. They also confiscate some 10,000 firearms each year, with an estimated value of $2 million. They sell them and put the $2 million through a shredder. Just kidding, writes Steve Chapman. It would be insane to shred large stacks of perfectly good money. What they actually do is destroy the guns. That way, there's no money to destroy. At a time when the city of Chicago has reduced the size of the police force because of budget pressures, Chapman notes, you'd think it would not lightly forgo such a handsome sum. But it does."

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Student Response to “Evil Black Guns” Presentation

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Student Response to “Evil Black Guns” Presentation

"On Thursday, the Pursuit of Just conference featured Dr. Christopher Strain and his lecture “Evil Black Guns: Hate, Instrumentality, and the Neutrality of Firearms”. Dr. Strain’s primary contention is that in the wake of mass shootings in Tucson, Aurora, and Sandy Hook, it has become increasingly difficult to view guns as neutral actors in the gun control debate. He explores the prevailing view of guns as neutral actors exemplified in the tautology “guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. This view, that technology is value-neutral, is known as instrumentalism."

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Mo. House Passes 2nd Amendment Protection Act

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Mo. House Passes 2nd Amendment Protection Act

"The Missouri House has passed the so-called Second Amendment Preservation Act, less than 24 hours after it received first-round approval from the same body.

The bill would do several things. Those include making it a misdemeanor for any federal officer to try and enforce any federal gun control laws that conflict with a Missourian’s right to, quote, “keep or bear arms.” It would also allow for armed “school protection officers,” and lower the conceal-carry age from 21 to 19."

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