Becket Adams

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Clinton goes 200 days without a press conference

Becket Adams · June 21, 2016 8:18 pm

"Clinton: Speaking for 1st time as grandmother of 2," read the on-screen graphic during Hillary Clinton's speech. (AP Photo)

MSNBC runs the gushiest headline of the entire 2016 election for Clinton

Becket Adams · June 21, 2016 5:43 pm

"Gun manufacturers and the stores that sell them make their money in the dark," the Chicago Sun-Times' Neil Steinberg wrote in his column following his failed attempt to purchase a rifle. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Columnist fails gun check, blames store owners

Becket Adams · June 20, 2016 11:54 pm

In short, a person can't simply walk into a gun store and legally purchase an AR-15, a 37mm attachment and a crate of grenades. None of this is mentioned in the Vox article or the graphic included in the story. (AP Photo)

Here’s what the Vox graphic on AR-15s doesn’t say

Becket Adams · June 20, 2016 9:02 pm

"We don't deprive a person of rights in this country simply because the executive branch put that person on a secret list," Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., said. (AP Photo)

Attorney: Democrats ‘don’t give a s–t’ about gun rights

Becket Adams · June 19, 2016 4:01 am

Did CBS News break the law when it bought an AR-15?

Becket Adams · June 17, 2016 8:50 pm

Henson is working with federal officials to determine how Mateen was able to purchase the firearms. (Eric Hasert/The Stuart News via AP)

Man who sold Orlando shooter his rifle is related to Sean Hannity

Becket Adams · June 17, 2016 7:57 pm

In 2014, the paper referred to this list, which draws from the terror database, as "vastly overbroad." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Flashback: NYT used to hate the terror watch list

Becket Adams · June 17, 2016 1:15 am

Anti-gun senator: Due process is a ‘red herring’

Becket Adams · June 16, 2016 10:23 pm

Dylan Matthews believes it would be best if the federal government banned all firearms. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Vox staffer calls for total gun confiscation

Becket Adams · June 16, 2016 5:01 pm

"And all this is made vastly easier by a gun lobby that has blocked sensible safety measures at every turn, and by members of Congress who seem to pledge greater allegiance to the firearms industry than to their own constituencies. There is a word for their role in this form of terrorism: complicity," the New York Times editorial board said. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, File)

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N.Y. Times: The NRA is complicit in terrorism

Becket Adams · June 16, 2016 2:31 pm

Pro-gun control senator: ‘Due process is killing us right now’

Becket Adams · June 16, 2016 12:50 pm