October 2, 2015
By The Morning News
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- "Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over."
- President Obama makes the speech he wishes he didn't have to.
- Obama: Chart gun deaths against terrorism deaths and tell me this isn't a problem.
- Oregon recently passed a universal background check law, but many sheriffs in the area have said they wouldn't enforce it.
- Sheriff on Umpqua case sent Biden a letter after Newtown pledging disobedience to new gun control laws.
- Cable TV demonstrates meager reporting standards in wake of tragedy.
- An Umpqua student tweeted during the shooting, and reporters instantly swarmed her for scoops.
- "The shared American knowledge that, beyond any doubt, this will happen again."
- FAQ on American mass shootings.
- At the end of 100,000 American deaths a year, “introduced as evidence, will be an unloaded gun.”
- "Chekhov's dictate says a gun in the first act must be fired in the last, and here I have a gun in the first sentence."
- Hackneyed pro-gun arguments.
- "How do we help people feel safe enough that they don’t need four guns and a shed full of ammo? Get involved."
- What happens before an NRA-commissioned—or rather, university-approved—study reaches the public.
