Navy Yard Shooting
NRA's LaPierre Moves the Goalposts: Not 'Enough' Good Guys with Guns at Navy Yard
On Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory welcomed talking bumper sticker and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre for a brief one-on-one softball interview. If you've been following along with how each and every American gun massacre ...read more
Navy Yard Gunman Tried to Buy an AR-15, Passed a Federal Background Check
Yesterday morning I had to post an update on my Navy Yard article, some of which I've incorporated into today's article for the sake of emphasis. Recapping what I wrote yesterday, I had waited until the very end of the day on Monday, around midnight eastern time, before posting ...read more
Quote of the Day: Ed Schultz Waxes Idiotic on "Grand Theft Auto V"
"It’s got stealing cars, shooting people, and beating up hookers. If you’re a parent and you allow your son or daughter to watch this -- even if they’re beyond 18-years-old -- you’re a lousy parent in my opinion." -- Ed Schultz on Grand Theft Auto V, which was released today ...read more
Naming the Navy Yard Shooter: CNN Waits and Gets It Right
Back in the late 90s when I worked for the NBC owned-and-affiliated station in Miami, the general manager there was a guy name Don Browne. He was an NBC lifer whose name befit his imposing status as a kind of Godfather within the network. One of the things Don always used to ...read more
Another Gun Massacre and Another Powerful Reason for Stronger Gun Control Laws (UPDATED)
At approximately 8 a.m. eastern time on Monday, a man named Aaron Alexis, a former reservist with the U.S. Navy, entered the Naval Sea Systems Command office building at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. and opened fire, killing 12 people and wounding 10 others. The gunman used ...read more