Skip to main content

Headline Roundup January 8th, 2016

Editorials on Gun Control

Featured Coverage of this Story

OPINION: Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility
OPINION: Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility

New York Times (News)

News

The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or buried their own children. We’re the only advanced nation on earth that sees this kind of mass violence with this frequency.

Open on New York Times (News)
OPINION: Evangelist Pens Open Letter Accusing Obama of Getting the Gun Issue Totally Wrong
OPINION: Evangelist Pens Open Letter Accusing Obama of Getting the Gun Issue Totally Wrong

Blaze Media

News

Evangelist Franklin Graham penned an open letter to President Barack Obama this week, writing that the commander in chief is “looking at the wrong place when it comes to the root cause of gun violence.”

Graham said in a Facebook post that he believes Obama’s recently announced executive actions will do nothing to curb the issue, as he said that the real problem is rooted in human sin and behavior.

Open on Blaze Media
OPINION: 'American Sniper' widow: Gun control won't protect us
OPINION: 'American Sniper' widow: Gun control won't protect us

CNN Digital

Opinion

Many of us taking part in the CNN town hall on guns have been touched by someone who chose to do evil.

I am sharing my thoughts with you because I feel I can relate to people on both sides of the issue of gun control. I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil

Open on Guest Writer

More headline roundups

More News about Gun Control and Gun Rights on AllSides

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right