Where does Obama stand on gun control?Barack Obama’s approach to the gun control debate deliberately seeks to draw fire from both sides. His suggestion of a consensus strategy may actually prove successful on some fronts, writes Dennis A. Henigan.
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Switzerland turns down gun control
America will have to confront some of its own demons before its citizens will lessen their devotion to their guns.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Are the ALP forlorn in Drummoyne? In a sign of the Liberal Party’s confidence and campaigning resources, John Sidoti, the Liberal Party’s candidate for the NSW seat of Drummoyne in Sydney’s inner-west, recently distributed a glossy, neatly folded, colour A3 campaign pamphlet… This is the third mass mail out by Sidoti. He has previously distributed […]
Political snippets: Pay attention to the trend
A salutary reminder to pundits like me to pay attention to the trend figures produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for things like the employment and unemployment numbers.
Video of the Day: Keith Olbermann on gun rhetoric in America
Responding to the weekend shooting in Tuscon, Arizona, American political commentator Keith Olbermann gives an impassioned speech about gun rhetoric, calling for an apology from all those who intentionally or otherwise have used violence inciting language for sloganeering and sound bytes.
Abortion makes way for guns in Supreme Court shootout
One of the most violent countries in the first world — with almost as many guns as people — has taken another step away from gun control. Harley Dennett reports from Washington DC on the Supreme Court decision.
America’s big bullet shortage
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.
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.
