Category Archives: Guns in the U.S. of A.

Should parents bear criminal responsibility for their killer kids?

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Naomi

Today the New York Times takes up a country-wide discussion about how much responsibility parents have when their armed scions kill. A few days ago, as part of an aspirational piece about how we can add further controls to our … Continue reading →

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Guns — further restrictions.

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Naomi

Way back in — good grief could it be 2012? Yes — in 2012, I published a characteristically sarcastic essay about guns in America, culminating in a new law I called, “The One Gun One Child Act.”  This was six … Continue reading →

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How can we confront this bizarre, destructive SCOTUS?

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Naomi

One word answer: Bedazzled. I had a lot of gun control ideas along this line but the New York State Legislature beat me to it — at amazing speed. Still, I want to offer the Bedazzled lesson as lanolin* for … Continue reading →

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