GOP Lawmaker’s Solution to Preventing Mass Shootings: More Guns

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 Some Democrats have publicly advocated for tighter gun control laws in the aftermath of Friday’s shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and eight adults dead. But according to Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, the way to prevent such massacres from happening is to have more Americans carry firearms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Future of Gun Control in the Aftermath of Sandy Hook

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 16, 2012 As a result of a grotesque confluence of cultural iconography celebrating the virtues of an armed citizenry, political cowardice in the face of pro-gun lobbies like the NRA, and a judiciary that has redefined the meaning of the Second Amendment, we have become a nation bereft of effective gun control, reduced to waiting for the next firearm fueled massacre.The question arises with renewed urgency: When and how will the madness stop? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Questions I Ask Myself About the Connecticut School Shooting

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 16, 2012 Why do U.S. cable news networks intensively cover these mass shootings, making it the only story for a day or two and prying into every detail of them, when they aren’t interested in preventing them from happening again through banning semiautomatic weapons? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shooting

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Dec 16, 2012 Dig deeper

Gun Machine

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Dec 16, 2012 Dig deeper

Shooting Kids

Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, www.miltpriggee.com Dec 16, 2012 Dig deeper

Newtown Shootings

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Dec 16, 2012 Dig deeper

Horror in Connecticut

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch Dec 16, 2012 Dig deeper

20 Children Shot Dead at Elementary School in Connecticut

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 15, 2012 Sources involved in a developing investigation say a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, on Friday morning at a grade school in Newtown, Conn., roughly 60 miles northeast of New York City. Sources say a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, at a grade school in Newtown, Conn., on Friday morning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )