Eight Members of Gays Against Guns Arrested at US Senate Protest
Eight members of Gays Against Guns (GAG) were arrested in protest at the Hart Senate Office Building yesterday, Valentines Day, February 14,
Rep. Jerry Nadler with URGENT Call To Action | Please Read
United States Representative Jerry Nadler has issued an urgent call to action and dire plea for assistance to all Americans concerned about
How the NRA Aids and Abets Criminals | Building Background Knowledge
“We ain't got a registration system. Ain't nobody registering no damn guns.” This is from the mouth Charlie Houser, a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. This is the central problem the ramifications of which are explored in "Inside the Federal Bureau Of Way Too Many Guns" an article in the lastest edition of GQ by Jeanne Marie Laskas with photos by Matthew Monteith. Ms. Laskas continues, "There is no national database of guns. We have no centra
GAG Participates in Gun Violence Panel After Screening of "Making a Killing" Documentary
"GAG is not about being polite," said GAG-NY cofounder John Grauwiler who joined NY state senator Brad Hoylman, NYC public advocate Tish James, and other activists at a panel discussion Thursday night after a screening of MAKING A KILLING, the stomach-turning documentary about how the NRA blocks sensible gun laws for their industry's own limitless profits. #NRApreparetogag If you want a really deep and infuriating picture of how the gun industry is blocking laws that would
GAG-DC In Action: Protests Gun Lobby National Shooting Sports Foundation
We are so proud of GAG-DC for pulling off their first action protesting the National Shooting Sports Foundation gun lobby in front of their conference outside the Marriott in D.C. last night. They did a great job "exposing" this lobby that likes to style itself as a folksy group for hunters and doesn't get the attention the NRA does but actually works right alongside the NRA to obstruct gun reform legislation and pay off their puppets in Congress. Washington City Paper covere
Critical Mass? Gun Control Movement Has Been Building for a While | Building Background Knowledge
The Gun Control Movement in America has been growning for some time now. It's even been growning in conservative areas. After the disgusting April, 2013 Senate vote defeating small but sensible federal gun control legislation while families of slain Sandy Hook victims sat in the gallery, "...[S]omething unexpected happened." writes Alec MacGillis in his May, 2013 article for the New Republic called "This Is How the NRA Ends: A bigger, richer, meaner gun-control movement has
NRA Video Primer | Building Background Knowledge
"Knowledge is Power" the saying goes, and the playlist below, from the award-winning documentary consortium "Fronline", will provide that knowledge. It will likely also boil your blood. "FRONTLINE investigates the power and the politics of the NRA. We'll take you inside the politics of America's gun debate, its political evolution and influence, and how it has consistently succeeded in defeating new gun control legislation." Watch the full length versions at: http://www.pbs
The Nerve! Pols Who Took NRA Money But Tweeted Condolences to Victims
Large numbers of members of the US Senate and House of Representatives had the nerve to send messages of condolence to victims of the Orlando shooting via Twitter even though they had received sizable donations from the National Rifle Association. Kate Stohr in her story "Here are all the Congresspeople who took NRA money and tweeted prayers for Orlando" at Fusion.net, provides a list of these reprehensible members of Congress and the amounts of campaign contributions receiv
