This Scott Bates poem exposes the toxic masculinity behind America’s gun worship.
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The Right’s Love Affair with Assault Rifles
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NRA Uber Alles
Scott Bates “unloads” on the NRA in a poem which never goes out of date.
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Why (Some) Americans Love Guns
Gun control is difficult because certain Americans have almost a sexual relationship with guns.
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Happiness Is a Warm Gun (Shoot, Shoot)
Following the Columbine High School shootings, outrage against permissive gun laws led, not to tougher gun laws, but to pushback by the National Rifle Association. The NRA went on to help George W. Bush squeak by Albert Gore in the 2000 elections and has since become so bold that the 2006 Congress was afraid to extend […]
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