Thursday, December 20, 2012
Guns The facts about guns
Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:52 AM
Charles Blow of the New York Times assembles a good chart on gun and other violence in countries around the world in the context of gun ownership.
The U.S. is among the tops in gun ownership, also in homicide by firearm, assault deaths and child deaths.
Make of it what you will.
Speaking of Guns, gun Deaths
-
Riverfest Eve open line: Democrats rip Tim Griffin; Arkansas Tech joins no-gun list
May 23, 2013The line is open. Final words: * TIM 'TAR SANDS PIPELINE' GRIFFIN: It's no surprise that Republican Rep. Tiny Tim Griffin of Alberta, Canada, voted again last night to hurry up the Keystone XL pipeline. /more/
-
The guns and Bass Pro Shops open line
May 21, 2013The University of Arkansas president recommends that campuses remain gun-free. Bass Pro Shops is under construction in Otter Creek. /more/
-
'Stand your ground' laws increase homicides
May 17, 2013Count me unsurprised that enhanced legal protection for opening fire on people results in more gun deaths. /more/
-
Guns and the governorship: Asa Hutchinson continues to front for NRA
May 17, 2013In for a penny .... Asa Hutchinson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, seems happy to be indelibly branded as the NRA's front man on guns as the calendar rolls toward the May gubernatorial primary. /more/
-
Guns and fetuses: A legislative review
May 16, 2013Crazy Davy Carter, the House speaker who is a potential Republican candidate for governor, won headlines all over today for remarks at a legislative conference in Hot Springs that Republicans need to move beyond guns and abortion to focus on issues more important to average Arkies. /more/
-
Morning report: Leaks, guns and welfare kings
May 14, 2013The morning roundup: * WHEN WILL REP. TOM COTTON PRAISE OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? Republican mouthpieces are howling about the news that AP reporters' phone records were gathered by the Justice Department in an apparent investigation of leaks about a Yemen-based terrorist plot to bomb an airliner. /more/
-
A Blue Ridge morning — politics, pay raises, crime
May 11, 2013Greetings from Charlottesville, Va. I'm just down the street from Mr. Jefferson's university and heading to Monticello later this morning. /more/
-
Two-year-old dies from handgun shot to head
May 9, 2013From Texas, another accidental death of a child from a handgun in a house. /more/
-
Has Arkansas deregulated guns or not?
May 8, 2013John Lyon of Stephens Media examines at some length today a simmering topic in the gun nut community that is of general interest. /more/
-
'Powder, lead, walnut, brass and steel': Nate Bell's tribute to weapons
May 7, 2013Kind of a nicely written narrative from Rep. Nate Bell of Mena on what he says was a formative episode of his youth, when, he says, a 30-30 rifle gave him the backing he needed to scare a would-be intruder away from his Alabama home. /more/
- More »
Comments (5)
Showing 1-5 of 5
More by Max Brantley
-
The legislature rolls on
I hope to check in later as joint House-Senate committees discuss the increasingly controversial plan to provide state subsidies for a new steel mill in Mississippi County.
- Mar 25, 2013
-
Former UAMS CFO reportedly out at new job
Melony Goodhand, who left as chief financial officer and vice chancellor after nine years at UAMS, is apparently no longer chief operating officer at Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center, a job she took in early March.
- May 9, 2013
- More »
Event Calendar
-
Re: Riverfest opens with perfect conditions, Darius Rucker
We have to get our number 2 child to the Clinton Airport early Sunday morning…
- on May 25, 2013
-
Re: Riverfest opens with perfect conditions, Darius Rucker
I'm with you CBB. I can't tell you the last time that I went to…
- on May 25, 2013
-
Re: Riverfest opens with perfect conditions, Darius Rucker
cbb, maybe you just don't know what it's all about....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endsc…- on May 25, 2013
Top Commenters
Blogroll
Slideshows
-
May 16, 2013
Site Index
News
Cover Story / Arkansas Reporter / The Week That Was / Smart Talk / The Insider / The Observer / Editorial / Max Brantley / Ernest Dumas / Gene Lyons / Bob Lancaster / Words / Guest Writer / Letters
Entertainment
A&E Feature / To-Do List / In Brief / Movie Reviews / Music Reviews / Theater Reviews / A&E News / Art Notes / Graham Gordy / Books / Media / Dining Reviews / Dining Guide / What's Cookin' / Calendar / The Televisionist / Movie Listings / Gallery Listings
This Week's Cover
Quick Links
Special Publications
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
