Mikeb302000

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• Blog Status

  For the time being the blog will be closed. What happened is I went back to work after being retired for four years and have found it a bit overwhelming. I... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 DEBATE

• Carnage and Cravenness: Gun Violence In America

  Link "These tragedies occur because, despite the wishes of the vast majority, our efforts to control the flow of weapons are among the most feeble in the world. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 DEBATE

• U.S. Shootings Since 1963 Have Killed More Americans Than All Wars Ever

  Huffington Post Here's what PolitiFact discovered: From the Revolutionary War through December 2014, 1.2 million Americans have died in military conflicts,... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2016 DEBATE

• Air Force Tells Brass They Can OK Guns on Base, Citing 2015 Shooting That Left...

  Fox News A review of active shooter cases by the Air Force has confirmed what gun rights advocates have long been saying: Firearms in the hands of good guys... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 DEBATE

• Tennessee 7-Year-old Shot and Killed by His 8-Year-old Brother - Charges? Well...

  Local news The chief of the Crossville Police Dept. says a 7-year-old boy found shot inside a car in a parking lot Monday has died. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 DEBATE

• Mississippi Shootout at a Gun Store Over $25 - Two Dead, Two Wounded

  Local news The owner's wife was working at the store when two customers, a man and his son, entered to pick up a firearm that had been repaired. "There was... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 DEBATE

• North Carolina Good Samaritan Fatally Shot by Man He Was Trying to Help

  

  Local news A Claremont man was in the Catawba County Jail on Saturday charged with murder after he allegedly fatally shot a good Samaritan who was trying to hel... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 DEBATE

• [Way] More Than 800 Deaths At the Hands of Concealed Carry Killers Since 2007,...

  Concealed handgun permit holders are responsible for at least 849 deaths not involving self defense since 2007, including 29 mass shootings that killed 139... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 DEBATE

• The Pernicious Myth of the Good Guy with a Gun.

  Huffington Post But statistically, it's more likely that someone with a concealed carry permit will set out to commit mass murder than prevent it. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 DEBATE

• Montana Man Who Threatened to ‘execute School Kids’ Will Be Able to Keep His Gun...

  

  David Joseph Lenio Raw Story Lenio is charged with felony intimidation after he posted threats on Twitter saying he was going to kill Jewish leaders and “execut... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 DEBATE

• Obama Said Gun Owners Would Support His New Restrictions. He Was Right.

  

  Washington Post President Obama rolled out a package of executive actions on guns this week. The changes included clarifying rules meant to broaden the use of... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 DEBATE

• Open Carry Tactics May Be Backfiring Onto Concealed Carriers In Texas

  Bearing Arms for our readers who have blinders on and think every expansion of gun rights is good for their side. The real damage of course, is that open carry... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 DEBATE

• The Oath JKeepers Jump into the Oregon Siege

  

  Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes Raw Story Despite his earlier criticism of Ammon Bundy taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in support... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 DEBATE

• Teenage Depression and Guns in the Home

  It's time to speak up about suicides among teens young adults. Why? Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among teens and young adults. On average, 4... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 DEBATE

• Clerk with Concealed Gun Permit Shoots 2 Robbers at Cellphone Store

  Link An employee at a Far South Side cellphone retailer shot two would-be robbers late Wednesday morning, at least the second time in a week a worker has shot... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 DEBATE

• More Lies and Nonsense from La Pierre

  #NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre has a challenge for the president. https://t.co/xzM1NnsZpF #2A @POTUS — NRA (@NRA) 14 Gennaio 2016 "The American... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 DEBATE

• The Gap Between Gun Deaths in the U.S. and Other Advanced Nations Is Getting...

  The Trace 2003 U.S. gun death rate: 2.8 U.S. gun homicide rate: 4.1 U.S. gun suicide rate: 5.8 U.S. unintentional gun death rate: 0.3 Other high income... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 DEBATE

• Smart Gun Technology

  version;Identilock smart gun lockThis biometric gun lock is one step towards the "smart guns" President Obama is asking for.Posted by The Verge on Saturday,... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 DEBATE

• Making a Killing

  version;Making A Killing: Guns, Greed the NRA • OFFICIAL TRAILERFight back against gun violence by hosting a free screening of Making a Killing: Guns,... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 DEBATE

• The Problem with Private Sellers of Guns

  The Trace Lewisbey made so much cash from the gun sales that he had to bury some of it in his backyard. Yet he insisted that his gun business wasn’t a business... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 DEBATE