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• An Interesting Post on NPR

  Can be found here.When most people hear “NPR,” they think Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg, Robert Siegel, and for some on the far right, all that is wrong with th... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 DEBATE

• Man Fires Nail into Brain

  

  The Naperville Sun reoprts “It’s a miracle,” his fiancee Gail Glaenzer said. “Un-freaking-believable.” She said the accident happened when Autullo was standing... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 DEBATE

• Another Reason to Have Fewer Guns, Because Fewer Guns Equate to Fewer Crimes wit...

  This gun started out as legal. Someone who bought it legally was careless in not researching who they traded it to or to whom they sold it. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 DEBATE

• Why Gun Sales Are Up

  

  via Forbespublished a fascinating article by Frank Miniter, who, as you can see by his bio, is completely unbiased and objective about the gun debate. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 DEBATE

• Another Gun Nut Violates the Carry Laws

  

  Did this woman really have a need to carry, or is she another gun fetishist? Once again we have those who want their guns ignoring the rules when they think the... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DEBATE

• DEA Agent Lee Paige Loses Appeal

  The Washington Post reports on the appeals case ruling about this famous video. A federal agent who accidentally shot himself while lecturing children on gun... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DEBATE

• Reporting Multiple Sales of Guns

  

  In Sight reports Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer upheld an order made last year by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DEBATE

• Arizona Murder Suicides

  I'm still working my way through the A's for murder suicides by state, just looking at recent murder suicides that involves shootings. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• And There Was This Murder Suicide A Few Months Ago in Alabama

  Just to raise that awareness about murder suicides by shooting, and mass shootings. Lets look at the reality of gun violence, and not the fantasies about DGUs. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• And Here is a Relatively Recent Murder Suicide from 'bama Involving Gun Violence

  This is from a few months ago, but it isn't that old. I post it here to raise awareness of the frequency with which these occur. From MSNBC.com and 13. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Alaska Attempted Murder Suicide by Shooting

  Here is another one. When you start paying attention, there are an awful lot of these. They don't always make the national news. But they are there, week after... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Another Crime of Passion, Another Crime of Impulse, Another Murder / Suicide Mas...

  I is well established that guns are the method used most often in murder suicide, and that the availability, the lethality of the weapon, the 'instrumentality'... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Ben Franklin's Birthday

  

  Did you know when the famous Founding Fathers were selecting a National Bird and the majority were hard set on the Eagle, Franklin made his case for the... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Tucson School District Bans Books

  

  via Salon that Arizona's ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare. “By ordering teachers to remove ‘Rethinkin... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Florida Toddler Finds Gun Under Mattress

  

  Jacksonville.com reports on why Florida continues to wear the crown. A Jacksonville toddler was wounded while playing with a gun Monday, police said, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Another Murder Suicide

  , another shooting of two people. We have too many of these. From PA CBS news 21: UPDATE: Two dead in apparent murder-suicide in Windsor TownshipUPDATE:... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• An Apparent Impulse Shooting in Arkansas

  

  This was not described as an 'accidental' shooting. This was intentional, however much it was subsequently regretted. So, apparently our choices are, more... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Update on Things We Regulate

  Safe sex in the sex industry should be a no-brainer as a safety necessity. But clearly what should be a no-brainer for the safety of the participants should be... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DEBATE

• Will Rogers Says

  

  When the judgment day comes, civilization will have an alibi: 'I never took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with.'" - July 15, 1929 Quot... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 DEBATE

• New Update on a Recent Mass Shooting Murder Suicide

  

  This woman was terminally ill. This woman's care put a tremendous strain on her family, but you have to wonder about the thought processes of a gun nut that... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 DEBATE