Shoot Your Ex-Girlfriend, Courtesy of the NRA
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Posted on May 10, 2013
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“Slut” shaped targets that bleed when shot were sold at the gun lobby’s convention; Hispanic high school students went on to college at a higher rate than white ones last fall; meanwhile, the U.S. is the only wealthy nation that hasn’t gotten the message that the death penalty is passé. These discoveries and more below.
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NRA Convention Sells “Ex-Girlfriend” Target That Bleeds When You Shoot It
At the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston, Texas this weekend, a company that sells shooting targets “designed to help YOU prepare for the upcoming Zombie outbreak” displayed much of what is wrong with the pro-gun movement with its foul “Ex-Girlfriend” target that bleeds when you shoot it.
Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware
National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.
Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment
A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white counterparts,1 according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago
Meet the takers: They took over their factory, they took on their bosses, they took the initiative to form a worker cooperative and today they’re taking the wraps off a brand-new
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