Gun Safety and Children: Our Government’s Appalling Double Standard
Had a corporation in an industry federally regulated for safety been aware of a high level of product-related death and injury in children, obstructed attempts to look into the matter, obstructed...
View ArticleThe Problem with Congress? Look No Further Than the Gun Debate
With 11 of the 18 Senate Judiciary Committee members benefitting from gun lobby financial contributions, the impartiality of both their opinion and eventual votes is drawn into question. The Newtown...
View ArticleSelection of the AR-15 Rifle in Premeditated Indiscriminate Mass Shootings
A total of four independent, premeditated and indiscriminate mass shootings occurred in the latter half of 2012. There was no connection between the shooters and the victims, and no reason was...
View ArticleThe Link Between Gun Violence, Race and Politics in America versus US Human...
Preface This article serves two purposes. First it serves as an informational piece that examines the interrelationships between gun violence, right wing politics and racial discrimination in...
View ArticleAligning Gun Violence Prevention and Human Rights for Political Impact
Overview Gun violence prevention and the progression of human rights in America are, regrettably, highly partisan issues with today’s Republican Party effectively working to obstruct both. It...
View ArticleGun Violence Prevention and the Democratic Party: A Tactical Abyss
Is the gun violence prevention movement really taking head-on an issue that is held by as little as 2% of the American public as being the most important factor in voting for Congress? Both...
View ArticleThe Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act: Why Facts Don’t Matter.
The following letter, issued to US Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) in advance of the vote on ‘The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act’ (S498), is self-explanatory. This legislation (like...
View ArticleGuns, Government, Race and Rights. ‘The Demographics, Stupid’.
Summary This paper makes the case that the time has come for activist groups to abandon business-as-usual tactics and go on the offensive to change the political landscape in Washington, D.C. The...
View ArticlePublished Op-Ed: Applying the Benefits vs. Risk Standard to Guns in NC
The following is the text of an Op-Ed I authored that was published in the Raleigh News and Observer (N&O). The piece is a combination of: 1) my work in Geneva, Switzerland on the intersection...
View ArticleFrom Charleston to Newtown to Human Rights, US Failing its Legal Obligations
There’s been a lot of talk recently, by our President and others, about gun violence prevention (GVP) and racial discrimination. Yet both can be simultaneously addressed by having our government...
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