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• Woman Shoots Herself in the Leg, Through Her Purse...........without a Gun

  

  I don't know how it is possible for a woman to NOT KNOW she has live rounds of ammunition bouncing around loose in her purse. And I would bet that this woman wa... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 DEBATE

• David Kopel Describes the Gun Control Debate

  via The Volokh Conspiracy. This is David Kopel writing. This is the subject of my article in a forthcoming symposium issue of the Fordham Urban Law Journal. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 DEBATE

• Missouri Man Gets Away With Attempted Murder

  The News Tribune reports The confrontation happened May 26 in O’Fallon, a St. Charles County town about 30 miles west of St. Louis. The driver was in a car... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 DEBATE

• Stating the Obvious: Gunloons Tend to Be Domestic Abusers

  Surprise (Not): A landmark 2003 study by a team of international researchers, led by Jacquelyn Campbell at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and published i... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 DEBATE

• George Zimmerman's Wife Arrested for Perjury in the Trayvon Martin Case Bail...

  

  So we have what appears to be 'Mr. Liar' being joined by Mrs. Liar in trouble with the law, compounding the shooting of an innocent kid with being untruthful... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• "The Kindness of America" Meets the Vicious Insanity of American Gun Culture

  We see the out of date 18th century 'right' to bear arms in a milita, and the common law tradition of self defense (in the larger context of the duty to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• Annie Oakley's Shotgun Gets $143,000

  

  Boston.com reports A shotgun that once belonged to Western sharpshooter and entertainer Annie Oakley sold for more than $143,000 at an auction in Dallas on... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• California Home Invasion - 4 Dead Including the Bad Guy

  

  Local Fox News reports The suspect in a California home-invasion robbery that left four people dead, including the gunman, was a paroled gang member suspected i... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• Accidental Shooting Death of Alabama Woman by a Dropped Gun - No Charges Expected

  Local news reports A Somerville woman is dead after a possible accidental shooting. The name of the victim has not yet been released but Sheriff Ana Franklin... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• Accidental Shooting of ND Young Man by Himself - Under Investigation (ha-ha)

  The Daily News of Wahpeton ND reports Zackary Alan Stahn, 20, Wyndmere, accidentally shot himself in the wrist Friday night. He was transported by ambulance to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• Stand Your Ground = Rivers of Blood

  

  The so-called "Stand Your Ground" laws--which really mean "Fat White Men's Open Season on Minorities"--were sold by the NRA as a deterrent to crime. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DEBATE

• Something the Gun-Rights Folks Can Be Proud of

  You are more likely to be murdered with a gun in the United States than to be murdered by any means in Somalia and Yemen. Yes, that’s right. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 DEBATE

• Minnesota Widow Sues the NRA for Refusal to Pay Insurance Death Benefit

  Insurance News reports After John Balk died in a tractor rollover on his Scott County farm in 2010, his widow went to collect on the life insurance policy he'd... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 DEBATE

• Mark Benedetto Blames Delta Airlines for His Own Ignorance

  

  The Argus Leader reports The president of the University of Sioux Falls is suing Delta Airlines over an incident last fall that ended with a night in a Queens,... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 DEBATE

• Accidental Shooting of Younger Brother in Utah Results in Felony Charges

  

  Local news reports on the charges finally brought against the negligent killer. We talked about this one when it first happened. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 DEBATE

• Accidental Shooting of Alabama 11-Year-old - He Died 3 Weeks Later - No Charges

  

  Local news reports An 11-year-old boy, Devin Grady, died Sunday morning at Huntsville Hospital's pediatric unit where he had been since being shot on May 23rd. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 DEBATE

• Auburn University (nearby) Shooting - 3 Dead 3 Wounded

  

  Yahoo News reports Investigators were searching Sunday for a gunman who killed three people — including two former Auburn University football players — and... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 DEBATE

• Guns and Guts - NO, Not the Slang Term for Courage!

  

  Miss me? I'm back, at least for a while. This is cross posted from Penigma; it belongs here because I believe there is a correlation in the thinking about this... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 DEBATE

• It Came from the Daily Mail

  

  From David Mitchell’s Piece in the Guardian: Although, the people who cite the Daily Mail would prefer most people would just stop thinking! Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 DEBATE

• 9-Year-old Twins and Babysitter Killed in Alabama

  

  via Kid Shootings 9-year old twins, Jordan and Taylor Dejerinett, had been dropped off at their caregiver's place, 73-year old Jack Mac Girdner, in the morning... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 DEBATE