Creative Loafing Charlotte

Cover Story

Girls & Guns: Sighting in on the debate

Creative Loafing's female writers visit the shooting range

• by Ana McKenzie, Ailen Arreaza, Kimberly Lawson, and Anita Overcash
• Tags: Cover, gun range, The Range at Lake Norman, guns, aim, target, AR-15, assault rifle, gun debate, women, female perpsective, Newtown, Sandy Hook, massacre, violence, Columbine, VIrginia Tech, girls and guns, Cover Story

New year, new updates

Plus, the supposed link between video games and violence

• by Adam Frazier
• Tags: Console Me, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Dragonborn, Halo 4, Spartan Ops: Episode 6, Grifball, video games, violence, Entertainment Software Rating Board, Adam Frazier

Cover Story

Gut reactions to the Sandy Hook shooting

Four flawed responses — and some Reason-ed solutions

• by Nick Gillespie
• Tags: Cover, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Peter Lanza, Newtown, massacre, gun control, Mike Huckabee, Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Geraldo Rivera, Lenore Skenazy, The Patriot Act, guns, Bushmaster, Jared Lee Loughner, Aurora shooting, Columbine shooting, Virginia Tech shooting, Craig R. Whitney, Living with Guns: A Liberal's Case for the Second Amendment, Second Amendment, violence, Cover Story

Mark Kemp's Weekly Fast 5

• by Mark Kemp
CL editor's weekly commentary on stories that sparked his interest - and yours.
• Tags: News, From the Editor, Sandy Hook, guns, gun control, violence, fiscal cliff, White House, Adam Lanza, Tikkun Daily, Miki Kashtan, Charles Easley, Class Is in Session, column, racism, Facebook, Ailen Arreaza, Give Me Libertad, immigration, John Grooms, Boomer with Attitude, Jesse Helms, Corbie Hill, Indy Weekly, Avett Brothers, roots music, alcohol, advertising, Center for Media Literacy, New Year's Eve, Phil Ochs, Roger Newby, Courier Tribune, RIP

Gun insanity

Thanks to gutless lawmakers

• by John Grooms
• Tags: Boomer with Attitude, guns, laws, NRA, National Rifle Association, James Holmes, Aurora, Seung-Hui Cho, violence, Virginia Tech, Wade Page, Jared Loughner, psychotic, John Grooms

The violence talk

• by Ailen Arreaza
I felt awkward, embarrassed, the way parents are generally portrayed when talking to teenagers about sex.
• Tags: violence, talk, parenting, Charlotte, Sikh, shooting, Aurora, Colorado, Rebecca Woolf

Militants for the planet?

• by Rhiannon Fionn
How far are you willing to go to save the planet?
• Tags: News, Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, Aric McBay, environment, militant, violence, catastrophe, Deep Green Resistance, book, resistance

Kids more violent, but graduating

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
I repeat: CMS = really, really strong birth control.
• Tags: News, News, Charlotte-Mecklenburg-Schools, CMS, schools, Violence, study, graduation rates, Department of Public Instruction

Head stomp just latest rightwing attack or threat

• by John Grooms
• Tags: Boomer with Attitude, News, conservatives, Boomer with Attitude, Fox News, Violence, progressives, Rand Paul, Kentucky Head Stompher, Tim Profitt, News

Study about legalizing pot needs a re-do

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
There are many reasons to legalize pot, most of which don't have anything to do with Mexico.
• Tags: News, News, murder, Bill-Maher, California, marijuana, pot, Election, Mexico, Violence, Vote, legalization, study, ballot, cartel, RAND Corporation, flawed

'The new abortion providers'

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Bravo, brava to these brave doctors.
• Tags: News, News, murder, abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, Violence, doctors, clinics, OBGYN, rights, religious extremism

Our crazy 'war on drugs'

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Hell yeah they are, but this is no surprise.
• Tags: News, Biz, News, murder, prison, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, bank of america, Bloomberg, Biz, BofA, Mexico, war on drugs, Violence, cocaine, drug trade, demand

ACLU backs Amazon's tax battle with state

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Want tax money? Legalize pot.
• Tags: News, Biz, News, North-Carolina, marijuana, pot, Biz, Mexico, Violence, ACLU, Amazon, tax revenue

Three's a crowd

• by Alexzenia Davis
Pregnant woman is stabbed with a screwdriver. But trust me, it gets worse
• Tags: News, News, N.C., crime, adultery, drama, Violence, baby, unborn child, pregnant woman, screwdriver, gaston county, affair

Iranians in Charlotte

• by Alexzenia Davis
A look into the mix feelings of Iranian immigrants
• Tags: News, News, Charlotte, Iran, protest, immigrant, Violence, Tehran, iranians, charlotteans, foreign

Iranian protestors use Twitter to spread word, organize

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
But, are we helping?
• Tags: News, News, Iran, Election, protest, Twitter, Violence