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• Two Reflections on The Dawn of the Dead

  In the great remake of Dawn of the Dead as well as in the original, the protagonists say things like, "let's just wait for someone to come and save us. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 DEBATE

• Police Kill Mentally Ill Gun Owner for Disobedience

  SFGate reports A 55-year-old man who showed up with a loaded gun at a senior center in Suisun City and said he was "going on assignment" was shot and killed by ... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 DEBATE

• Negligent Discharge on Video

  via TTAG my comment: What do you think about my theory which says that folks who do this once should lose their right to own guns because they’re more likely... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 DEBATE

• Why We Need Gun Registration

  The Columbus Dispatch reports A woman who helped her mentally-unstable boyfriend obtain a gun that he later used to kill a Clark County deputy sheriff pleaded... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 DEBATE

• Hemingway's Suicide Gun

  

  via biblioklept Not long after that tragic day in Ketchum, Idaho, the gun was given to a local welder to be destroyed. “The stock was smashed and the steel part... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 DEBATE

• Illinois Gun Owner ID Publication Exemption Approved

  The Illinois Observer reports Governor Pat Quinn today quietly signed legislation that exempts Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification Card holders from the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 DEBATE

• How Wonderful THIS Guy Had a Firearm to Protect His Family

  Clearly my title is sarcasm. I can only suggest that to claim this man's ownership of a firearm was not only disastrous, it was as opposite from the intention o... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 DEBATE

• Big Federal Government is Bad, Big State Government is Good

  Indy Star reports This new law has been eerily and accurately titled: "Preemption of local firearm regulation." This unnecessary law, pushed by Republicans but... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 DEBATE

• Global Warming Explained

  From firedoglake Not only is the global warming explanation useful for some of our denier friends, but the description of "cherry-picking" is great too. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 DEBATE

• Pregnant Florida Woman Shoots Boyfriend

  

  The Orlando Sentinal reports on the action. Patricia Ann Jaggon, 27, faces a charge of attempted murder. Bobby Cord, 58, described by Daytona police as... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 DEBATE

• The Bad Kind of Fireworks

  From the AP, by way of the STrib: DA: Child, man shot dead in suburban Philadelphia, 3 hurt; manhunt under way for suspectPOTTSTOWN, Pa. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 DEBATE

• Wisconsin Concealed Carry Confusion

  Yahoo News published a wonderful article by Joshua Huffman (not to be confused with Joe Huffman because Joshua sounds quite reasonable). Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 DEBATE

• Mistakes Can Happen to Anybody

  

  Mayor Sam Adams said Friday that the mistaken use of lethal rounds instead of beanbag rounds in a Thursday officer-involved shooting was "a tragic mistake" and... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 DEBATE

• 5-year-old Shoots 4-year-old

  The Washington Post reports [Prince George’s County police spokesman Cpl. Mike] Rodriguez did not identify either boy, and he said it is unlikely detectives... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 DEBATE

• Indiana 6-year-old Dead

  WTHR channel 13 in Indianapolis reports You see how it works in gun friendly places like Indiana, they need to determine IF any laws were broken. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 DEBATE

• Cop Acquitted of Murder But Fired for Misconduct

  The Seattle Times reports An Everett police officer acquitted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a man in a car has been fired. A letter to Troy Meade... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 DEBATE

• About the Poplawski Death Sentence

  

  via CBS in Pittsburgh I'll bet Poplawski's fellow gun enthusiasts approved too. For them it's of major importance to disavow any connection with these bad... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2011 DEBATE

• Guns in America

  

  via TS from the site Freakonomics (photo credit Kyle Cassidy) The U.S. reportedly has the highest concentration of private gun ownership in the world. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 DEBATE

• Wichita Teen Kills Friend Unintentionally - Just Fooling Around

  The Kansas City Star reports on this story which made the news last week. I wanted to mention it again in order to ask one simple question. How exactly did the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 DEBATE

• Why Concealed Carry is a Bad Idea

  via Mercury News An apparent good Samaritan who allegedly pulled a gun in downtown San Mateo after seeing a woman get pushed is facing a felony assault charge. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 DEBATE