Essay: Anger management and guns
US Catholic commentator PHYLLIS ZAGANO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says anger is clearly at the root of mass shootings in the US…
Essay: Why Australia’s gambling is a lot like America’s gun problem
JO KADLECEK says there are parallels between the lobbying efforts of Australia’s gambling industry and those of the National Rifle Association in the US…
US lawsuit: NRA’s rhetoric spurred deadly synagogue shooting
PittsburghAP The son of a couple killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 worshippers is suing the National Rifle Association, arguing the group’s inflammatory rhetoric led to the violence. Marc Simon, the son of Sylvan and Bernice Simon, filed the wrongful death lawsuit Thursday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against the NRA, […]
Trump pulling US out of UN arms treaty, heeding NRA
Indianapolis, USReuters President Donald Trump told the National Rifle Association on Friday he was pulling the United States out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups. Trump told members of the gun lobby at an annual meeting he intends to revoke […]