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Could the battle over abortion in the states result in another “Bleeding Kansas?”

John Fea   |  June 28, 2022

Michael Waldman writes about the recent Supreme Court gun ruling: The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday striking down a New York gun law isn’t just the most significant ruling on the Second Amendment in a dozen years — it may be the...

Senate passes bipartisan gun bill

John Fea   |  June 24, 2022

Here is NBC News: The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill designed to prevent gun violence in decades, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all...

The GOP is in a dark place right now

John Fea   |  June 21, 2022

This letter was sent to Adam Kinzinger’s home. He is a veteran and a GOP member of the House January 6th Select Committee. The letter was addressed to his wife: This is not the first time Kinzinger has released a...

Senators agree on bipartisan gun safety

John Fea   |  June 12, 2022

A step in the right direction. Here is a Politico: A group of 20 senators struck a bipartisan gun safety framework on Sunday, marking a significant breakthrough in Congress’ attempts to address recent back-to-back mass shootings. In a Sunday morning...

Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey on guns

John Fea   |  June 9, 2022

Over at The Washington Post, the Pennsylvania senator writes about how he changed his mind about guns after Sandy Hook. Here is a taste: I’m a U.S. senator who has done something rare in today’s politics: I’ve changed my position...

Former Texas GOP congressman Will Hurd: “I want more than thoughts and prayers”

John Fea   |  June 7, 2022

Hurd represented Uvalde, Texas from 2014-2021. Here is a taste of his piece at The New York Times: We are not helpless, and if the people we elect to address our country’s tough challenges think nothing can or should be...

Gerson: The GOP spin on guns is “wrong–morally and legally”

John Fea   |  June 7, 2022

Here is Michael Gerson’s recent Washington Post column: Is the slaughter of innocents the unavoidable price of freedom? A significant group of Americans believe it is. In a recent CBS-YouGov poll, 44 percent of Republicans agreed that mass shootings are...

There were twelve people killed in mass shootings this weekend

John Fea   |  June 6, 2022

Here is Dennis Romero of NBC News: The first weekend of June marked a greater number of mass shooting deaths in the United States than the previous three-day weekend, which ended with Memorial Day. The tally for weekend violence through...

Watch Ted Cruz spin

John Fea   |  May 31, 2022

Watch: Cruz seems to be on the ropes here, but then the reporter mentions “American exceptionalism.” Ah! There it is! Cruz pounces. You can almost see the light bulb (or perhaps the trigger) go off in his head. He now...

There have been 15 mass shootings in the United States since Uvalde

John Fea   |  May 31, 2022

Yes, you read that correctly. Here is Annabelle Timsit at The Washington Post: After a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers last week, many politicians, public figures and...

Do guns have ANYTHING to do with mass shootings? No, according to Ted Cruz

John Fea   |  May 28, 2022

In Cruz’s world, gun violence happens because of “the elites who dominate our culture,” the media, corporate leaders, Hollywood, homelessness, gangs, “radical” district attorneys, “cultural sickness,” despair, isolation, “sick souls,” broken families, absent fathers, declining church attendance, social medial bullying,...

What we have said about guns and gun control over the years

John Fea   |  May 27, 2022

Despite what I have heard from a few folks in the last day or two, I think we’ve been pretty consistent over the years: May 28, 2021: When it comes to the Second Amendment, Matt Gaetz has no clue March...

On abortion, the Trump court evangelicals need the Supreme Court. On gun violence, all they have are “thoughts and prayers.”

John Fea   |  May 27, 2022

If you read my Current piece on Thursday or Dan Williams’s piece today and want another example of the inherent contradiction in the Christian pro-life movement, just read the recent e-mail Trump court evangelical Paula White-Cain’s “National Faith Advisory Board‘...

Which lawmakers get the most contributions from gun rights groups?

John Fea   |  May 27, 2022

From Axios: Sen. Ted Cruz (TX): $442,000 Rep. Steve Scalise (LA): $396,000 Sen. John Cornyn (TX): $340,000 Sen. Lindsey Grahan (SC): $284,000 Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY): $247,000 Rep. Devin Nunes (CA): $228, 000 Sen. Ron Johnson (WI): 223,000 Rep. Kevin...

What Beto did

John Fea   |  May 26, 2022

In case you missed it, yesterday Texas gubernatorial candidate (and U.S. Senate candidate and presidential candidate and former Congressman) Beto O’Rourke disrupted Texas governor Greg Abbott’s press conference on the school shooting in Ulvade: Watch: In addition to Abbott, Lieutenant...

Nicholas Kristof: Gun reform that could save 15,000 lives

John Fea   |  May 26, 2022

It’s pretty simple stuff, but don’t expect many GOP Senators to buy in. Here is a taste of Nicholas Kristof’s piece at The New York Times: Let’s just acknowledge that what we’re doing isn’t working, and we need new approaches....

“Are you going to put your own desire power ahead of our children?”

John Fea   |  May 25, 2022

Steve Kerr is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors. They are playing in the NBA Western Conference finals right now. Kerr’s father, Malcolm Kerr, was assassinated by Islamic terrorists in 1984. He was the president of the American...

On “thoughts and prayers” and “God-given rights”

John Fea   |  May 24, 2022

I know I just reposted this piece a few days ago after the Buffalo shooting, but it continues to represent my thinking about these mass shootings. Here is what I wrote at The Washington Post in August 2019: In the...

What. Are. We. Doing?

John Fea   |  May 24, 2022

At least fifteen kids dead. (Addendum: Now CNN is reporting 18 dead–mostly 2nd and 3rd graders). Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut speaks for many of us:...

It’s time for gun rights advocates to stop “looking the other way”

John Fea   |  May 17, 2022

Conservative Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen calls out his fellow conservatives in the wake of the Buffalo shooting. Here is a taste of his piece: Yes, it’s inevitable that some mass shootings will occur in any society with private gun...

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