Mikeb302000

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• United States Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa) Now Agrees

  When a politician from the very pro-gun state of Pennsylvania moves from a pro-gun stance to one of gun control, that is not flip-flopping. It's a courageous,... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DEBATE

• Jon Stewart on Background Checks

  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook This aired a week or so ago. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DEBATE

• Shooting Down US Gun Law Critics

  Several misperceptions are being aired in their media about guns and their relationship to crime in Australia by US "pro-gun" advocates. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DEBATE

• Conservative = Republican = Pro-Gun

  

  Gallup Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming were the most conservative states in the union in 2012, with between 49% and 50% of residents in each identifying thei... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DEBATE

• Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead Agrees

  

  Mother Jones When Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead visited Capitol Hill last week to push for tighter gun control measures, he had some unwanted help... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DEBATE

• Lawful Gun Owner and Long-Time Hidden Criminal Jimmy Lee Dykes is Dead

  Huffington Post reports with video. Our previous posts here and here. The standoff between law enforcement and an Alabama man who held a boy in a bunker for... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DEBATE

• Gun Range Deaths Are Not All Suicides

  

  Crime Library Todd Getgen | Attorney Todd Getgen, 42, was taking his custom AR-15 to the range to squeeze of a few rounds. It would be the last thing he ever... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 DEBATE

• More on the Toy Gun Hysteria

  I agree with everything he says except the inference that these few examples somehow represent the gun control movement at large. That's just not the case. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 DEBATE

• More on Jimmy Lee Dykes

  

  Yahoo News Michael Creel said Dykes kept to himself and listened to a lot of conservative talk radio. "He was very into what's going on with the nation and the... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 DEBATE

• Updating the Chris Kyle Story

  See Mikeb302000's story. Update: Apparently, Kyle and a friend of his were helping a vet with PTSD when the vet turned on Kyle and his friend and killed them. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• In Other News, Water Is Wet

  This Week Panel Spars Over Paul Krugman’s Assertion That NRA ‘Revealed’ As ‘Insane Organization’ “What strikes me is we’ve actually gotten a glimpse into the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• Manly Gunloon: Bobby Farago

  

  From the WashPo: Farago, 53, lives in an elegant house on the east side of town. He drives a Mercedes. He’s got an exquisite art collection. He has beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• Ex-Navy Seal, Author of American Sniper, Chris Kyle, Murdered on Gun Range

  

  Yahoo News reports Former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with another man Saturday on a Texas gun range, a sheriff tol... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• Military Suicides - Worse and Worse

  

  From the Trenches World Report The most extensive study yet by the U.S. government on suicide among military veterans shows more veterans are killing... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• 6-Year-Old South Carolina Girl Expelled for a Toy Gun Allowed Back in School

  

  Raw Story reports A 6-year-old South Carolina girl will be allowed back in school after being expelled early in January for bringing a toy gun for “show and... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• Most Teachers Wouldn't Want to Be Armed

  

  via Penigma I'm sure her opinion is representative of most teachers. What do you think? Please leave a comment. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• Obama Skeet Shooting at Camp David

  

  TPM After President Barack Obama's recent claim that he goes skeet shooting "all the time" was met with a chorus of skepticism, the White House on Saturday... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• The NRA is About Selling Guns

  Washington Post op-ed Arming teachers and staff in all schools would mean even more guns sold. The slaughter of 20 first-graders, the impassioned testimony of... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE

• Jon Stewart on the Senate Hearings

  The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DEBATE

• Jimmy Lee Dykes - The Alabama Abductor

  

  Yahoo News reports After four anxious days, only the slimmest of details has come to light in a police standoff with an Alabama man who is accused of holding a... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DEBATE