Tag Archives: gun control

Blackburn Unsexes Herself over Guns

By Robin Bates | Published: November 12, 2018

Tennessee Senator-elect Marsha Blackburn’s insensitivity towards gun victims invites comparisons with Lady Macbeth.

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Children Leading the Way on Gun Control

By Robin Bates | Published: March 26, 2018

The young people helping America rediscover decency concerning guns resemble Mary and Colin in “The Secret Garden.”

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In Support of Today’s Anti-NRA Marchers

By Robin Bates | Published: March 24, 2018

In support of today’s march against the NRA and in support of sensible gun control, I post a powerful anti-NRA poem by Scott Bates.

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Read Your Children Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: March 23, 2018

A middle school teacher describes how he starts every class with a poem. Also, a note on school shootings, this one at a local high school.

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Mass Killings, Our Most Dangerous Game

By Robin Bates | Published: February 23, 2018

Many high school students these days feel hunted, bringing to mind Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Unfortunately, Trump sees it all as a game as well.

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GOP Releases Catch-22 on Gun Control

By Robin Bates | Published: October 16, 2017

To avoid doing anything about the bump stock that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used, the GOP has invoked Catch-22.

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On Toddlers, Terrorists, and Loaded Guns

By Robin Bates | Published: April 11, 2017

Among the ways that Donald Trump is repaying the NRA for its support is reversing an Obama executive decision designed to keep guns out of the hands of mentally handicapped persons. Hilaire Belloc would have something to say about America’s casual acceptance of guns.

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This Time Grendel Chose Umpqua

By Robin Bates | Published: October 1, 2015

Every time there is another mass killing, this time at Umpqua Community College, I turn to “Beowulf.” Few works understand such violence as well as this medieval Anglo-Saxon epic.

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A Modest Proposal for Shooting Students

By Robin Bates | Published: March 5, 2014

Reacting against a proposal to allow guns on Idaho campuses, an Idaho professor has come up with a modest proposal of his own.

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