The gun community screams about how they’re responsible yet they do nothing to stigmatize those that are blatantly -irresponsible-. They can’t have it both ways.

Perhaps the greatest deterrent to gun owners is the threat of financial liability if another person uses their weapon to kill or injure others.

When guns are made to look like toys, why are we surprised when children want to play with them?

Given what seemed to be a hyperbolic statement, Pulitzer Prize-winning and fact-checking website, PolitiFact, decided to investigate the claim.

Popular gun advocate Keith Ratliff was found dead in rural Georgia–a gun homicide victim–surrounded by the firearms he dedicated his life to.

Gun homicides in the U.S. amount to a Sandy Hook tragedy every day, on average.

They are the ‘men behind the curtain,’ pulling levers that no longer have the power of the past. Let’s make sure they know that.

Guns are so deregulated, thanks to the NRA, that they aren’t even regulated as a consumer product.

Think about that for a minute: in the UK an average of 2-3 people are murdered by handguns every year. We surpass that every day.

Does gun control work? The U.K. says ‘yes’ with only 18 gun homicides in one year.

With that knowledge, and with our own sense of urgency, we can and must talk about the two-headed dragon of mental healthcare and sensible gun controls.

What can be done to keep from repeating the endless wave of tragic mass shootings?

People scattered as the shooting began; police were walking from store to store to find the terrified shoppers and lead them outside.

It’s interesting to note that Illinois is in the bottom 50% of the country when it comes to such deaths. The looser those laws are, the higher the rate of firearms deaths.