America’s bullet-makers are working round the clock to feed gun nuts’ appetite for ammunition, but they just can’t keep up with the increased demand since Obama took office. Wonderful.
Gun control
Is the US growing another Timothy McVeigh?
Right wing militia groups, like those responsible for Waco and the Oklahoma bombings, are growing in the US. With increasing public discontent at the government, the rise is even more alarming.
Tips and rumours: The SMH drops out of London
Regarding Monday’s commentary on The Sydney Morning Herald’s rapidly dwindling world coverage, it’s worth noting the reduced SMH presence in London in the past few weeks, says one Crikey tipster.
Lacey brothers jailed for shooting: now the post mortem
The Lacey affair has placed Queensland’s criminal justice system under a considerable strain. But somehow the Courier-Mail has taken only a passing interest.
10 years on from Columbine: the real story comes out
It’s a decade since the Columbine High School shootings, but the truth about the teen gunmen is only now coming out.
Recession inspires US citizens to bear arms
In the last four weeks alone, six mass shootings have killed 47 people in the United States.
Tax-hating gun-lovers register political party
After almost 12 months of legal wrangling, the Liberal Democratic Party has been registered with the Australian Electoral Commission, writes Alex Mitchell.
What John Howard could teach the US about gun control
Ever since John Howard’s 1996 post Port Arthur gun law reforms, our local gun lobby in Australia has been the laughing stock of its US brethren, writes Simon Chapman.
Iemma’s power push makes sweethearts of shooters
NSW Premier Iemma has sided with Liberals to get his power privatisation bill through. Next stop? Shooters Party. Alex Mitchell explains.
US08: Supreme Court embraces America’s necrocracy
The US Supreme Court’s hearing of the first major reconsideration of the constitutionally-guaranteed “right to bear arms” since 1939 has been the hottest ticket in the country this week, reports Guy Rundle.
