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• Should Toy Guns Be Banned?

  

  ABC News reports on another case of the cops being mobilized for a toy gun. In this case no one was killed or injured. Maybe it's time to eliminate toy guns fro... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 DEBATE

• A Good DGU

  My contention is that for every one of these you're going to have a dozen cases of misuse of the gun. One indicator, unscientific as it is, is the fact that... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 DEBATE

• Jumping the Gun - Or Is It?

  David Hardy posted the following brief post on his wonderful site, Of Arms and the Law. Senator Lautenberg and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy urge Obama to veto the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 DEBATE

• The Second Amendment is as Statist as You Can Get.

  , The Americans inherited the concept of Civic republicanism from seventeenth century English"Commonwealthmen". This concept was a primary ideological value... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 DEBATE

• Rick Perry Meets the Spanish Inquisition

  OK, Rick Perry's latest gaff in Detroit reminded me of Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition sketch:I was curious if anyone else had the same reaction and came up... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 DEBATE

• Barbara Sheehan Gets 5 Years for Gun Charge

  

  The Times Union reports on the sentencing and her reaction. I'm not sure if we came to a consensus last time we talked about this one, so just in case I didn't... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 DEBATE

• Road Rage in Gun Friendly Arizona

  The Tucson Citizen reports Appleton told police another vehicle had been tailgating him, so he pulled into the drugstore parking lot. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 DEBATE

• Jon Stewart Nails the Republican Debate... and So Does Stephen Colbert

  Cross posted from penigma.blogspot.com: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c Indecision 2012 - Mercy Rule Edition www.thedailyshow. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• A Little Taxation Education, Courtesy of the Weekly Factcheck.org Update

  This is a common right wing lie which always annoys me. Along with the bullshit about not taxing the wealthy because they are 'job creators' (they aren't, in... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• Are You Really a Libertarian?

  While I am the first to say I dislike libertarianism, I have to agree with Bryan Caplan that the Libertarian Purity Test is both better and more honest than... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• Robert Farago Makes His Points in JS Online

  Eugene Kane handles Robert Farago with kid gloves.Apparently they had a phone conversation and Eugene let Robert make all his points without challenging... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• Vigilante Justice is Condoned in New York

  The New York Times reports on the latest incident of vigilante justice condoned by the authorities. It was 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday on a Bronx street. The shots... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• The Global Arms Business

  

  TruthDig published a wonderful book review. It is troubling because we have been at it for so long—the United States has been easily the largest arms exporter i... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• Dulce Et Decorum Pro Patria Mori

  This is written in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Chapel.Today commemerates the end of the 14-18 War, a war where millions of men armed with rifles were... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DEBATE

• No Shit! I Do Have to Admit to Thinking This Was a Joke w...

  

  No shit! I do have to admit to thinking this was a joke when I first heard about it. It is an ordinary Mars bar normally fried in a type of batter commonly... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 DEBATE

• Swiss Guns

  Normally, the Swiss are fairly law abiding, but in this case the service rifle was owned by a man who had several previous convictions for threatening behavior... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 DEBATE

• Marine Corps Birthday

  Gordon over at The Alternate Brain wrote something extremely touching and beautiful in 2005. The Birthday Ball My comment: I hadn't read your post from 2005... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 DEBATE

• Fox Hunting in England

  

  The North Devon Journal reports That was where hunting foxes and hares with packs of hounds worked so well. Because it was such a thoroughly inefficient way of... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 DEBATE

• Alejandro Balderama - You Won't See Him No More

  

  Silver City Sun-News reports Balderama was in the southern bathroom arguing with his girlfriend, according to the affidavit, when another woman who was staying... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 DEBATE

• Deleware Homicide / Suicide - 2 Dead

  Deleware Online reports Two friends were fatally wounded late Monday inside a Claymont home in what has been ruled a homicide-suicide. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 DEBATE