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• Gun-Friendly Montana Paying the Price

  

  LODGE GRASS, Mont. (AP) — Schools were closed and residents were told to remain indoors Wednesday as authorities fanned across the southeast Montana... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 DEBATE

• Man Shoots Gun at Dog - Goes From Being a Lawful Gun Owner to a Criminal

  The Los Angeles Times reports wrongly that the shooter was guilty of child abuse. That charge was dismissed. Carleton Raye States, 31, also was convicted of... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 DEBATE

• Right Wing Reality Disconnect

  Reading the preceding post where Rand Paul panders to gun nut paranoia, prompted me to cross post this. cross-posted from penigma The Tea Partiers, and other... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 DEBATE

• Is Rand Paul (R-KY) Retarded?

  Yes. In February, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sent out an urgent message to his supporters. The subject was the United Nations Small Arms Treaty, a pact under... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 DEBATE

• Woman Exonerated in NY Shooting

  

  Was this a justified shooting? What about the gun charge? From Yahoo.com: New York court clears woman of murder in battered-wife case By Aman Ali | Reuters –... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 DEBATE

• Enjoying the Wall Street Protesters More and More Every Day!

  From Good Media: , by way of MSN.com and the Root: Fox News Won't Air Wall Street Protester Who Humiliates Fox NewsCord Jefferson Senior Editor You had to know... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Koch Brothers and Quasi-religious Persecution?Is Predatory Capitalism the New...

  cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com: Prayer for Koch Industries, Is Capitalism the New Religion of the Religious Right? I received this email from a friend... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• More Western State Gun Violence

  

  Two criminals, with limited resources, were able to obtain multiple firearms, apparently all too easily. Firearms are too readily available, too accessible,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Further Update - Suspect Shot Dead in CA

  

  From MSNBC.com and the AP: NBC: Calif. workplace killing suspect shot dead Friends knew man as a 'Mr. Mom,' strong Christian and public access TV hostBelow: Cit... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Remington to Upgrade Military Sniper Rifles

  

  via Outta the Cornfield These are upgrades that improve "lethality and stand-off distance." Remington has received a $28,000,000 dollar contract to upgrade 3,60... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE, LIFESTYLE

• Lockyer SKS Confiscation Letters.

  I was able to talk to someone at the California DoJ's Bureau of Firearms, Renee (she's the only Renee there) about the following letter. The Phone call was ID a... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Tennessee Among the Highest in Gun Crime

  The Tennessean reports But [Don] Green [executive director of the University of Tennessee’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center]offered three possibilities for th... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Update to Multiple Shootings in California

  

  Earlier there were only 2 fatalities from this shooting. It has been a busy news day in Cupertino, California where Apple has it's headquarters, and from which... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Philadelphia Quadruple Shooting - 2 Dead 2 Wounded

  The Philadelphia Daily News reports Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized after a quadruple shooting Tuesday night on 8th Street near Indiana... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• Historic Problems with the Death Penalty Is an Apology Enough?

  This is a particularly tragic example of an apparently innocent person being executed, of a miscarriage of the judicial process, including but not limited to... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DEBATE

• RIP, Rev. Shuttlesworth We Honor You for the Example You Set of Non-violent Civi...

  

  I am posting this obit piece for a couple of reasons. The first is because the historic content demonstrates the significant difference between the black civil... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 DEBATE

• Another Mass Shooting in California

  Was the gun or guns used by this shooter legal, or illegal? It matters how this (alleged) shooter got the weapons, and if he should have been allowed to... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 DEBATE

• Elderly UNARMED Man Stops Armed Robbery of His Home

  Oh, look! We DON'T all need a gun for home defense, now do we? Of course not! Round of applause for a fit and feisty OLD white man who got the job done just fin... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 DEBATE

• Jarred Dubois Back in Jail

  We've talked about Dubois a few times, most recently here. Local news reports I'm not sure how I feel about violating the guy for a couple rounds of ammo and... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 DEBATE

• Conversation with a Gun-Rights Advocate

  Over on the Daily Kos, I made some interesting friends. To my surprise, the fanatical gun-rights contingent that considers itself liberal and democratic is as... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 DEBATE