Tag: Adam Lanza

• Guns Are Death Machines — Especially On Movie Sets

  Having physically produced a few movies and plenty of TV shows — having been intricately involved in the safety protocols whenever you bring danger to a set (fire gags are even scarier than gunplay) — what happened last week on the set of “Rust” hits me where I live. Storytelling is incredibly important to the…

  A L Katz

  October 25, 2021

  American News Media, Culture, Gun Control, Showbiz Stories

  Adam Lanza, Alec Baldwin, Great Train Robbery, Gun violence, Halyna Hutchins, Responsible Gun Ownership, Rust, Sandy Hook

• America’s Gun Laws Have Always Been Racist — By Design

  America and Americans love guns like no other place on earth. That’s not a coincidence. On the surface, we argue that gun rights are personal freedoms but that’s not really what gun rights are about. The Constitution’s framers framed gun rights not as an absolute (“Hey, have all the guns ya want, ya crazy Americans!–…

  A L Katz

  September 3, 2021

  Corruption, Culture, Gun Control, Racism, Republicanism, The Nature of Evil

  Adam Lanza, Gun Control, Gun laws, Gun Rights, Keep and bear arms, Responsible Gun Ownership, Sandy Hook, Second Amendment, Well Regulated Militia

• First, We Have To Admit To Ourselves: There Is No Such Thing As “Responsible Gun Ownership”

  Ten people died yesterday in Boulder, CO after a guy his own family thought was intensely paranoid and delusional attempted to use a military assault weapon to assuage his symptoms. A few days before, eight people (six of them women of Asian descent) were shot to death by a white guy who was “having a…

  A L Katz

  March 23, 2021

  Election 2020, Gun Control, Republicanism, Second Amendment

  Adam Lanza, Boulder, Gabrielle Blair, Gun Control, Gun Control & Racism, Nancy Lanza, Responsible Gun Ownership, Sandy Hook, Second Amendment, Ted Cruz

• “Responsible Gun Ownership” Is A Myth

  Let me burp up a cliche first: “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. I believe you, 99.99% of gun owners (I’m trying to be super generous here): you want to own and handle your firearm responsibly. The last thing on earth you want is an accident or a tragedy happening because of…

  A L Katz

  February 19, 2020

  Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Gun Control, Live Bullshit Free, Magical Thinking, Magical Thinking, Political Commentary, Second Amendment

  Adam Lanza, Gun Control, Gun lobby, Gun ownership, Nancy Lanza, NRA, Responsible Gun Ownership, Sandy Hook, Second Amendment, Well Regulated Militia