Gregg Lee Carter

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Professor and Chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Bryant University in Rhode Island; editor of Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia

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George Zimmerman is hardly the only American who owns a gun, and gun sales increase with every high profile shooting.

Gun Ownership, Stand-Your-Ground Laws and Gun Control

George Zimmerman is hardly the only American who owns a gun, and gun sales increase with every high profile shooting.

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At a vigil last night in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama put last Friday's massacre of first-graders in the context of a year when multiple killings have become all too…

Will the Newtown Massacre Be a Game Changer?

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As the funerals of 20 murdered first-graders are under way, calls are increasing for President Obama's "leadership" on gun control.

Will the Newtown Massacre Be a Game Changer?

As the funerals of 20 murdered first-graders are under way, calls are increasing for President Obama's "leadership" on gun control.

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