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Gun Deaths in US at Record High. NRA Says Chill on Gun Control and Figure Out … IDK, Something?
If the gun-related deaths we write about started to give you broken-record vibes, it’s for a reason: recent reports indicate that gun deaths in the U.S. have reached an all-time high. From CNN: Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died by guns last year, marking the highest number of gun deaths in decades, according…
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If the NRA Seems Stressed, It’s Because She Ain’t Making Money Like She Used To
Things were looking pretty sweet for the National Rifle Association in 2016. Thanks in part to a presidential campaign in which gun owners and gun rights advocates feared that liberals (i.e. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton) would strip them of their beloved guns, the NRA boasted record-breaking contributions. What a difference a year makes. According…
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An Exclusive Interview With the President of the NRA (National Rock Association)
On Thursday, the President Trump—who often boasts about scoring a “perfect 100” on the S.A.T. (please don’t tell him)—announced bold new changes to U.S. immigration policy. Buried in his nonsensical rant about the invasion of the citizenship snatchers was an apparent policy change that showed the commander-in-chief had no idea about something called the military’s…
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Brett Kavanaugh Is a Dick and the Look He Gave Fred Guttenberg Proves It
On Tuesday, at the end of the first day of the Senate confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, a man came over to him with his hand outstretched attempting to shake the nominee’s hand. Kavanaugh looked at the man and then turned and walked away. The man was Fred…
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The Constitution Is for White People: Why White Bullets Are Worth More Than Black Lives
“It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that unfortunate race which prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted. But the public history of…
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We Knew When Trump Said His Numbers Doubled Among the Blacks That He Was Lying. Here’s Why
Why anyone would believe anything Donald Trump says is beyond me. I mean, it has been proved that the president has lied at least 3,000 times since he took office. But the spin—and the media’s consistent repeating of it—doesn’t stop. Recently, Trump bragged about his support “doubling” among African Americans, but many of us, including…
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Trump Just Thanked Kanye for Doubling His Poll Numbers; Here’s Why This Has Become Dangerous
To many, Kanye West is merely an egomaniacal rapper. To others, he’s a powerful black force with T’Challa-like abilities to rally those who worship at the altar of Yeezus. I believe the former, but it sounds like President Donald Trump believes the latter, since he just thanked “Make America great again” Ye for doubling his…
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NRA Spokeswoman Dana Loesch Says MLK Inspired Her, Has No Clue What MLK Actually Stood For
If you had to make a list of the top 10 people whose opinions on Martin Luther King Jr. you could have gone the rest of your life without hearing, I’m willing to bet that “NRA spokesman” might have made that list. And for a good portion of your life, your wish would have been…
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Why Can’t Getting a Gun Be Like Getting a Driver’s License? A Conversation With NRA TV’s Colion Noir
In the 24 hours it takes for this column to be written, edited, copy edited and uploaded to The Root and to end up on your phone, about 318 people across the United States will have been shot (in fact, the shooting at YouTube headquarters happened between writing my first and second drafts of this…
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America’s Oldest Gun-Maker Goes Bankrupt Because No One Needs Guns Now That Obama’s Gone
After more than two centuries of providing America with classics like the AR-15-style assault weapon used to mow down 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.; the pump-action shotgun used to kill 12 people in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater; and the .223 semi-automatic rifle used to kill 14 people in San Bernardino,…