…this articleby Nicholas J. Johnson in the Wake Forest Law Review might ruin your day. My summary: Stop wasting time trying to take away people’s guns. It won’t work. Deal with it. 300,000,000 guns is a lot of guns to confiscate, especially from people armed with guns. (thanks to D.K. for sending me the article)…
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I’m too swamped with final papers right now to give this the justice it deserves (But I will give this link to other posts on gun control). I’m sure some of you might have some thoughts on this email I just received. Please comment and discuss. I live in VT which has very liberal (ha…
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“Massachusetts Chief Charged Over Event Where Boy Killed Self With Uzi.” The story by Michael Levenson from the Boston Globe. I kind of feel sorry for the Chief. It’s interesting the father wasn’t charged. Not that I think charging him would accomplish anything. It’s just that I can’t imagine the same courtesy going out to…
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There’s a shocker. The story’s by Cheryl Thompson in the Washington Post.
‘Guns are everywhere,’ Orlando police chief says A surge in murder and gunfire locally since the end of the federal assault-weapons ban in 2004. […] Florida law makes it easy for any adult without a criminal record to buy a gun. Yet many legally purchased guns end up being used by criminals. The state routinely…
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OK you gun fans (and I know you’re out there), explain this to me: I read in the paper today that licenses for concealed handguns have almost doubled in Florida since 2005. “Interesting.” I thought. “I wonder what’s happened to crime.” So I checked. Murder, robbery, and burglary are all up. Now I know this…
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Robbery try at repair shop leaves man dead, police say August 30, 2008 Baltimore Sun The owner of a Northwest Baltimore auto repair shop fatally shot a man during an attempted robbery of his business yesterday evening, city police said. Police spokesman Sterling Clifford said this was the second time that Joseph Goldman has shot…
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I don’t like guns, but I’m not a gun control nut. I think there are a good many reasons that people can and should have guns. If I were a store owner in a dangerous neighborhood, I’d want a gun. If I were a resident in a dangerous neighborhood, I’d want a gun. If I…
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I don’t see what the problem is. And I’m a liberal who supports gun control. I’m all for a assault riffle and handgun free America. But it’s not going to happen. Maybe as a cop I’m not afraid of guns (in the right hands). Maybe as a teacher I want one. But really, I don’t.…
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Knife crimes? If only we could be so lucky! The story is here. For all the panic about rising knife violence in London, let’s keep in mind that London has 7.3 million people and about 160 murders a year. That’s fewer than New York City. Hell, it’s even fewer than Baltimore (population: 650,000)! And it’s…
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