Tuesday, September 17th Making Sense of the Navy Yard Shooting We are just one day removed from the shooting in Washington's Navy Yard that tragically took the lives of 12 people. Perhaps the biggest looming question remains the question of “why?” What was the motivation of the gunman who has now been identified as 34 year old Aaron Alexis, who was killed by police. At this point, there are no other suspects or gunmen being sought. Understanding more about Aaron Alexis is not for glorification, as many of these sick people crave, but to help us learn from our mistakes and make efforts to prevent future tr

About Subscribe RSS @TPM on Twitter TPM on Facebook Send Comments & News Tips TPM DC Five Reasons Why The Navy Yard Shooting Probably Won't Revive Gun Control   SHARE THIS STORY ON FACEBOOK   TWEET THIS STORY   EMAIL THIS STORY TO A FRIEND Mike Byrd, left, shows customer Kevin Diloe of Cottage Hills, Ill., a Smith & Wesson pistol Tuesday, July 2, 2013, which he took aim with at a wall as he checks it, and a Glock, on counter, out at Trader's Diamonds Guns Watches & Loans at 214 W. Third Street in Alton, Ill. DANIEL STRAUSS   SEPTEMBER 17, 2013, 4:24 PM   857   A day after a shooting massacre at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard that left 13 people dead, including the shooter, the gun control debate was suddenly a hot topic again among pundits. Even so, passage of new gun laws seems unlikely. A major effort to expand background checks on gun buyers, crafted in the wake of the December elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., crumbled in the Senate earlier this year

 THEBLACKSPHERE.NET 4 Hours Ago Is Obama the cause of mass shootings? There have been 16 mass shootings since Obama became president. Perhaps Obama is the reason behind the epidemic of mass shootings. We know that suicides are at an all-time high during the reign of the boy who would be king. The anti-war, anti-military, purveyor of hope has ushered in an Era of Hopelessness. If you live in an urban indoctrination center, then you live in a war zone. Oh sure, "white" neighborhoods feel exempted, however they are surrounded by insurgents. These insurgents commit mass murder every day, but there is no discussion of this, since it is liberals like Obama who cause this "homeplace violence." A list of the 15 American mass shootings since 2009 according to  this report : 1). December 14, 2012 — Newtown, Conn .  – 27 dead (including gunman).  The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday was the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, leaving 27 dead — includin

 NATIONAL REVIEW 5 Hours Ago Charles C. W. Cooke - Gun Control's Dead End by  Charles C. W. Cooke Now that the terrifying confusion has abated and the wildly varying reports have been collated into some sort of consensus, we are able to review what happened yesterday at Washington, D.C.'s Navy Yard with a dispassionate and critical eye. Doing so reveals that it is once again time for the friends of liberty to be blunt and to be forceful in the face of what will inevitably come. So resolved, let us lay down this marker: Those claiming that yesterday's abomination demonstrates the need for stricter gun control are either lying or they are ignorant, and, either way, they should be ashamed of themselves. It does no such thing. We now know that the perpetrator owned only a Remington 870 shotgun, and that he murdered and maimed his way into possession of the two other weapons that he used in his attack. Those weapons were two standard 9mm handguns — not, as the media tripped over

 THEGATEWAYPUNDIT.COM 4 Hours Ago Glenn Beck calls for Obama impeachment by  Andrea Shea Posted by  Andrea Shea King On his radio show this morning, Glenn Beck called for Obama's impeachment. Saying that arming known terrorists is an impeachable offense, Beck said, "You're arming and aiding enemies of the United states. Enemies who are not even a direct threat the the United States." He told his listening audience, "We did not get into bed with Hitler to defeat Japan," calling out Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham for their involvement in the Syrian action and advised Arizona voters to get rid of McCain. "We did not get into bed with Hitler to defeat Japan. This is treason and impeachable. The president knows it's against the law. It's why he waived it." Beck was referring to  President Obama 's action yesterday to waive a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to  terrorist groups . According to a  publis

 REASON MAGAZINE 4 Hours Ago Washington Navy Yard Already Suffers the Restrictions That Gun Control Advocates Favor FBIYet another mass shooting, and flags fly across the country at half-mast to mourn the 13 dead at the Washington Navy Yard—well, 12 of them, anyway, since one of the bodies was that of the murderer. Gun control advocates wasted no time in demanding new restrictions on the means of self-defense. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), who  used to carry a pistol  for her own defense, responded to the crime by  saying , "Congress must stop shirking its responsibility and resume a thoughtful debate on gun violence in this country. We must do more to stop this endless loss of life." But the unhappy truth is that the scene of the crime, the Washington Navy Yard, is subject to many of the restrictions that gun control advocates favor. And the perpetrator, Aaron Alexis, had passed a background check for a security clearance. Unfortunately, laws and databases don't create ma

 WESTERN JOURNALISM 5 Hours Ago Busted Again: Charlie Rangel Fails to Report $200k in Political Donations Tax cheat  and crook Charlie Rangel is back in the news again for not disclosing funds. In 2010, Rangel lost his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee because of an investigation into  2 corporate-funded trips  to the Caribbean. Later that year, the House of Representatives formally censured him after he was  found guilty  of 11 ethics violations. Violations included failure to disclose over $600,000 in assets on a financial disclosure report as well as short changing the IRS for  17 years on rental income  from his villa in the Dominican Republic. He also  raided his PAC  for $393,000 to pay legal fees. Now, Rangel and New York City  Councilwoman Inez Dickens  are in the hot seat for not disclosing $200,000 in funds for their Harlem political club they have had since 1999. NY Post  reported: A Harlem political club, which benefits from taxpayer money and boasts Rep. Charles