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Tag Archives: guns
In Praise of an Anti-Gun Western
The 1939 film “Destry Rides Again” takes a surprisingly strong stand against guns.
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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