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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By David Sirota Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/sirota_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/sirota_guns/index.html?source=rss Bringing a weapon to a rally isn't about exercising your own rights -- it's about threatening other people's rights By Andrew Leonard Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/23/arming_for_an_ipo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/23/arming_for_an_ipo/index.html?source=rss As a big gunmaker prepares for a public offering, signs emerge suggesting the frenzy to stock up on ammo is abating By Alex Koppelman Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/30/scotus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/30/scotus/index.html?source=rss The Supreme Court takes a case on a hot-button issue: Whether the 2nd Amendment applies to the states By Gary Kamiya Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/index.html?source=rss Cop killer Richard Poplawski is an extremist. But amid the deafening din of the right wing's anti-government rhetoric, how extreme is he? By Mike Madden Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/27/scotus_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/27/scotus_guns/index.html?source=rss John McCain used the high court's decision to blast away at Barack Obama -- but it could make Obama's campaign more bulletproof. By Gabriel Winant Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/02/guns_amtrak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/02/guns_amtrak/index.html?source=rss On gun control, Democrats' long retreat means fight on home turf. By Alex Koppelman Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/26/assault/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/26/assault/index.html?source=rss The Obama administration wants to bring the law back, but the House speaker nixed the idea, and it'd be hard to get Democrats on board anyway. By Alex Koppelman Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/26/scotus_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/26/scotus_guns/index.html?source=rss The court's decision, the first it has made on the Second Amendment since 1939, says that the amendment protects an individual right to bear arms. By Michael Scherer Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/29/gopdebate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/29/gopdebate/index.html?source=rss Ron Paul's conspiracy theories! Fred Thompson's secret guns! Mitt Romney's rapid-fire "word of God"! And what Jesus would do. By Jeff Yang Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/19/cho_shooting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/19/cho_shooting/index.html?source=rss Cho and other Asian shooters were portrayed as "smart but quiet" and "fundamentally foreign." What do these stereotypes reveal, and what do they obscure? By Walter Shapiro Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/18/second_amendment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/18/second_amendment/index.html?source=rss The best way to reduce the odds of another blood bath like the one at Virginia Tech is to amend the Constitution and abolish the right to bear arms. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/17/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/17/tuesday/index.html?source=rss How the trivial world of sports matters, even in the wake of a tragedy like the Virginia Tech massacre. By Tim Grieve Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/17/guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/17/guns/index.html?source=rss Bush heads for Virginia Tech; McCain says we "have to keep guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens." By Cary Tennis Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/16/gun_ownership/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/16/gun_ownership/index.html?source=rss Like my father, I love and respect guns. But I'm conflicted. By Tim Grieve Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/lotp/2005/04/19/montana_governor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/lotp/2005/04/19/montana_governor/index.html?source=rss Brian Schweitzer, the blue governor of the red state of Montana, may just have the answer to the Democrats' woes. By Mark Follman Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/05/web_hunt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/05/web_hunt/index.html?source=rss Interested in picking off a wild boar or gazelle from the comfort of your own home office? By Arianna Huffington Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2004/03/03/guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2004/03/03/guns/index.html?source=rss Bush's support of the latest immoral gun bill shows once again just how willing he is to do the bidding of the NRA -- even if it means sabotaging homeland security. By Farhad Manjoo Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/01/southcarolina_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/01/southcarolina_guns/index.html?source=rss Field & Stream's Web site was associated with a voter's guide accusing a Democratic Senate candidate of being anti-gun. One problem: He's a member of the NRA. By Joan Walsh Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/25/sniper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/25/sniper/index.html?source=rss The media is fixating on John Allen Muhammad's Muslim beliefs. But the most relevant fact about him could be his record of terrorizing his family members -- and how that didn't stop him from getting his hands on guns. By Arianna Huffington Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/10/25/nra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/10/25/nra/index.html?source=rss In the wake of the sniper attacks around Washington, the gun lobby remains unmoved by the case for ballistic fingerprinting. By Arianna Huffington Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2001/10/02/normalcy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2001/10/02/normalcy/index.html?source=rss While we're busy singing "America the Beautiful," the oil industry and other greedy pillagers are trying to pick our pockets and despoil our purple mountain majesties. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2001/03/07/shooting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2001/03/07/shooting/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to Salon's coverage of the latest high school tragedy. By Meredith Maran Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/06/misfit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/06/misfit/index.html?source=rss Schools need to teach our kids how much they matter. If they don't, we will see Santana and Columbine copycat shootings again and again. By Daryl Lindsey Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/06/school_shootings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/06/school_shootings/index.html?source=rss Guns, neglect, bullying, the role of race: If you feel like you've heard this all before, it's because you have. By Alicia Montgomery Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/18/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/18/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss Georgia's Zell Miller says he'll confirm the attorney general designate despite tough grilling on gun control and abortion by Kennedy, Schumer and Feinstein.