The first of an occasional series where we ask departmental staff to give a shout out on what they’ve been reading recently.
TAG: Gun Availability
100 days after Sandy Hook and guns still protect you (apparently)
Even modest gun law reform in the USA is faltering. Despite there still being plenty of outrage around, and national support for change, not enough members of Congress in areas committed to gun rights see the benefits of voting against the will of their constituents.
Do guns protect you?
Since the Newtown school shootings it’s hard to remember such an outpouring of antipathy towards guns in the United States. After Columbine maybe, but I’ve never heard a right-of-centre US politician be as forthright as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg after the killings at Sandy Hook