String quartet Well-Strung are back with another one of their mashups that mix classical music with contemporary pop. In their latest video, the group brings together Green Day’s song “21 Guns” with Pachelbel’s Canon, which wi…
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Lesbian Shot Dead in Front of Fiancee Weeks Before Wedding in Downtown Austin – VIDEO
Just over a month before she was set to marry her fiancee, a California woman was killed early Sunday when gunfire broke out on a crowded street in downtown Austin. Teqnika Moultrie (above right), 30, who lives in the Bay Area, had been visiting her…
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Protestors Stage 49 Hour Sit-In Outside Marco Rubio’s Orlando Office, Demand Gun Control – PHOTOS, VIDEOS
Protesters are currently staging a 49-hour sit-in outside Senator Marco Rubio’s office in Orlando, Florida, one hour for each of the victims of the Orlando massacre. The shooting at gay nightclub Pulse took place one month ago Tuesday and was t…
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Florida Congressional Candidate Launches AR-15 Assault Rifle Giveaway on Facebook
Greg Evers, who is running for Congress in one of Florida’s most conservative districts, today announced he’s giving away an AR-15 rifle, the same kind used in the Orlando massacre which killed 49 people and injured 53 others, to a random…
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NRA Under Fire As 50 Mostly LGBT Groups Sign Pledge Backing Gun Control Legislation: VIDEO
Following last weekend’s massacre in Orlando, a group of 50 mostly LGBT organizations including GLAAD, The National Center for Transgender Equality and Gay Men’s Health Crisis, have signed a pledge committing themselves to back gun control legislatio…
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Why the Dickey Amendment, a Potent GOP Weapon to Shut Down the Gun Debate, Must Go
As I argued yesterday, one of the most dangerous refrains we hear every time guns are used to kill people is: “Don’t politicize this tragedy!” It is so dangerous because it has become an effective way to silence the conversation on…
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Open Thread: Yes, You Are A Target. How Will Orlando Change You?
We’re just back from the Orlando vigil here in Provincetown, which all of a sudden feels strangely like a potential target for this now amorphous ISIS/gay-panic terrorism that struck Orlando and was headed off at Los Angeles Pride. The creeping…
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Silence Equals Death: Why We Need to ‘Come Out’ as Gun Control Advocates
Republicans and other conservative politicians have responded to the tragic shooting in Orlando in two ways: one is a platitude, the other is the reason we have such a hard time doing anything about guns in America. As if programmed by some algorithm…
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President Obama Cries During Emotional Gun Reform Announcement: WATCH
President Obama wept, tears filling his eyes during a White house speech announcing executive action to clarify background check laws for gun buyers on Tuesday. The emotional moment came as he mentioned the children killed at the Sandy Hook massacre…
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Trevor Noah: ‘Texas Is Out of the Closet as Being Super Gay for Guns’ – WATCH
On Monday, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah addressed a new open carry gun law in Texas. Noah comedically likened gun owners wanting to be “open” about their gun ownership (in other words, blatantly displaying their firearms in public) to…
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