'Thoughts and Prayers' Are No Longer Good Enough for Gun Violence Victims

I discuss why ‘thoughts and prayer’ from Congress are simply no longer good enough for victims of gun violence. I also discuss Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and other Senators filibustering in the Senate to raise the issue of Congress’s inaction on laws to prevent future gun violence.

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Gun Nuts, Donald Trump, and the Up-Coming Race War They Want to Start

Why are so many Southern and rural white men building arsenals in their basements?
Why are so many Southern and rural white men so afraid of blacks, gays, women, immigrants, culture, education, and science…and therefore support the Fascism of Donald Trump? Why are they trying to foment a race war? So many of them remind me of the Germans of the 1930’s. Hurting economically, ready to lash out, and blaming everyone but themselves.
Indeed they do cling to their guns and their bibles. I like the Bible (most of it at least), and I respect trained self-defense. I support the military and the police when they act lawfully. But those preparing for the up-coming race war with their arsenal, bunkers, and tinfoil hats are indeed armed and dangerous.
Yes, today’s paranoid gun nuts (still, thank God, a minority of gun owners) are extremely dangerous. They blame Democrats for Trump. They blame Israel for Hitler. They blame gay people for Matthew Shepard. They blame blacks for racism. They blame immigrants for corporate outsourcing. They blame anyone and everyone without ever looking in the mirror. Or realizing that they look and sound ridiculous. Ridiculous and pathetic but still dangerous. A lot like the KKK.
Boy, a heckuva lot of Southern and rural white men sure love bullying, violence, and war. I know. I grew up in Tennessee.
Maybe the better example is not Germany in the 1930’s but the South in the 1860’s.

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Gun Store Sues Protestors and Lawmakers [WUSA Channel 9]

GOP Cares About Gun Victims, As Long As They're Killed by Muslims

In this hour I recap the CNN GOP Debate from this past Tuesday (with audio clips) and discourse on the lack of knowledge and substantial arguments the candidates have on not only terrorism but guns in America as well. The shutdown of the LA school district (2nd largest in the country) due to electronic bomb threat occurred the morning of the debate.

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Should It Be Legal to Sell a Gun to a Terrorist?

I’m joined by callers as we discuss whether people on the ‘No Fly List’/’Terror Watch List’ should be allowed to purchase guns.

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The Psychology Of Gun Owners

Today, I discuss the 2 reactions that people always have in the aftermath of mass shootings in the US. We all feel remorse and sadness for those that loose their lives, at least I hope so. But, or course, the issues that surround these shootings is often divided among party lines.
Liberals like myself grow angry at the inactivity in Congress to do anything about the issues that lead to these killings. Over 90% of Americans and 85% of gun owner’s are in favor of universal background checks on all gun sales. Why isn’t anything being done? This is just one example.
Conservatives for some reason, don’t view tragedies like San Bernardino, Charleston, or Sandy Hook as enough to justify stricter gun laws of any kind. Why is this?
Listen in as I go over the deeply rooted and often personal psychology of gun owners.

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Another Mass Murder with Easy-to-Obtain Guns

In this hour I speak with my good friend Cliff Schecter about the aftermath of the shooting that took place at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.
The shooter had access to body armor and assault rifles (a.k.a mass murder guns) and often wrote about the glorification of the shooters in mass killings. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED! How many times will I have to come on the air and talk about these tragedies? We need common sense background checks on all gun sales and we need common sense gun owners to step forward and push for this legislation.

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Republicans don't actually believe in their own gun policy

I interview Scott Keyes, a senior reporter for ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
We discuss the GOP and their backward positions on guns. If conservatives are so convinced that gun-free zones attract killers, then why do so many conservative places and events ban guns?

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Republicans don't mean what they say about guns

I interview Scott Keyes, a senior reporter for ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
We discuss the GOP and their backward positions on guns. If conservatives are so convinced that gun-free zones attract killers, then why do so many conservative places and events ban guns?

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Trouble on Wall Street; Journalists gunned down in Virginia

In the first half of the show, I discuss why the stock market has been down recently and what the government can do about it.
In the second half of the show, I discuss the terrible story from Virginia where a man shot and killed two former co-workers of his from news station WDBJ. I also discuss why I believe America should have universal background checks for all gun purchases.

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