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Shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon
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October 8, 2015
When a gunman threatened Ben Carson, Carson told him to target a Popeyes clerk instead
"I believe that you want the guy behind the counter."
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October 8, 2015
The Daily Show's Trevor Noah shuts down Ben Carson's mass shooting fantasy
"This guy would make the worst hostage negotiator ever."
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October 7, 2015
People magazine published all Congress members' phone numbers in a call to action on guns
An incredible response to the Oregon shooting.
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October 7, 2015
At least 10 dead in Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon: what we know
The shooting is one of more than 40 school shootings to occur so far in 2015 — but the first to result in "a major mass casualty incident at a school this year."
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October 7, 2015
Why Ben Carson's comments about the Oregon shooting are ridiculous
"I would not just stand there and let him shoot me," Carson said.
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October 6, 2015
What The Daily Show's Trevor Noah gets wrong about pro-lifers and gun control
His argument fundamentally misunderstands conservatives' beliefs.
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October 5, 2015
Read: Ronald Reagan's 1991 call for more gun control
"This nightmare might never have happened if legislation that is before Congress now — the Brady bill — had been law back in 1981."
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October 5, 2015
Becoming a gun-free society would be hard. But we should still try.
"As we've seen over the past 15 years with same-sex marriage, such deep cultural change is difficult — and possible."
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October 5, 2015
John Oliver exposes the hypocrisy of politicians who blame shootings on the mentally ill
Stop blaming mental illness for shootings if you won't do anything about it.
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October 4, 2015
Stephen Colbert: Stop pretending mass shootings will magically stop on their own
"One of the definitions of insanity is changing nothing and then pretending that something will change."
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October 2, 2015
Jeb Bush on mass shooting: "stuff happens"
Echoes of Donald Rumsfeld's take on postwar chaos in Iraq.
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October 2, 2015
Donald Trump almost made a really good point about mass shootings
So close. And yet so far.
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October 2, 2015
Programs that limit access to guns have decreased suicides
When countries reduced access to guns, they saw a drop in the number of firearm suicides.
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October 2, 2015
The ridiculous number of guns owned by Americans, in one chart
America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population but 42 percent of the civilian-owned guns.
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October 2, 2015
America's unique problem with gun violence, in one chart
America has six times as many firearm homicides as Canada, and 15 times as many as Germany.
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October 2, 2015
Everyone blames mental illness for mass shootings. But what if that's wrong?
An expert talks about what many people get wrong.
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October 1, 2015
Obama challenged the media to compare gun and terrorism deaths. So we did.
Way more Americans are killed in gun homicides than in terrorist attacks.
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October 1, 2015
Watch: President Obama's furious reaction to another mass shooting in America
Obama has repeatedly said that his biggest regret as president is his failure to pass significant gun control legislation.
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October 1, 2015
White House calls for more gun control after Oregon shooting
Spokesperson says congressional inaction on guns is a "source of frustration" for President Obama.