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Margaret Thatchers funeral

2013-04-17T15:30:46.457Z

Qu'est-ce l'histoire, sinon une fable sur laquelle tout le monde est d'accord ?

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Christians Angry at UK Gay Marriage

2013-02-09T02:44:32.206Z

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What fuels the love for guns in the US?

2013-01-31T17:06:44.872Z

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We examine the history of gun ownership in a country where there are almost as many guns as there are people.

There are nearly 300 million firearms in the US - which is almost as many guns as there are people. It is, in fact, the most heavily armed country per capita in the world.

But since 20 children were shot and killed in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the call for tougher gun control laws has been louder than it has been for decades.

Those calls have also prompted many to go out and buy more guns. Stores across the country have recorded a massive increase in sales, as gun owners fear regulations could infringe on their right to bear arms.

In a country where the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution, the debate over gun control is highly divisive.

Gun owners say they are being unfairly vilified, while gun control advocates say assault rifles have no place on the streets.

In this first episode of our Inside Story Americas special series, Guns, Culture and Crime in the US, we look at why the debate over gun control is so polarised and travel to West Virginia - a place where shooting guns is a sport that has been passed down over generations - to find out what fuels the love for guns in this country.

"We often think of gun control as a modern 20th century invention. But nothing can be further from the truth. The truth is we have had gun control laws since the very founding of this nation .... You think of the Wild West as part of America's gun culture but in truth it was very much the heart of America's gun control culture."

Adam Winkler, a constitutional lawyer

Christianizing Textbooks in America

2013-01-31T04:30:52.345Z

Where Texas goes, the nation follows. The first minute of this clip is the trailer of the new PBS documentary, "The Revisionaries."

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Republican Theocracy

2013-01-01T02:20:26.504Z

This was my [AronRa's] speech to a Secular Rally in Tallahassee Florida on 11/04/2012. The purpose of that rally was to oppose that state's Proposition 8 -which would have allowed allowed churches to claim and receive direct support from tax dollars. This is a breech of the 1st amendment. However this occasion also took place just a few days before the presidential election, and I had to make a comment on the issues at that level too.

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