Mikeb302000

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• Crime and Gun Violence: Them.....and Us/ U.S.

  

  We have a lot of claims about the relative amount of crime in places that have stricter gun laws. I found this item this morning on the BBC web site: Man shot... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Not So Safe MN - More Gun Violence

  I'm becoming intrigued with the frequency with which guns are inappropriately fired. Fridley is a safe suburb. I don't engage in illegal drug activity or gang... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Shared Responisbility According to Robert Farago

  Robert came out in a big way for "shared responsibility." This is important considering the effect he has on his readership, the "armed intelligentsia. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Nassau County Cop Suspended for Brandishing Gun

  The New York Post reports along with a fascinating video. To me it didn't look like the bartender was frightened or even surprised. I wondered if maybe they wer... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• And Another One, For Being One of the Safest States, We DO Seem to Have a Lot...

  St. Paul Police are investigating a deadly shooting overnight in the Frogtown neighborhood of the city that left one man in his 20's dead. Police were called... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 CURRENT

• In Maryland - Attempted Murder and Successful Suicide with a Gun

  CBS Baltimore reports. Police say the 54-year-old woman pretended to be dead after she was shot in the arm at an apartment in the 400-block of North Summit... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conflict Resolution Florida Style

  It's not for nothing that Florida wears the crown. The Miami Herald reports. Tampa-area authorities say an unruly passenger flashed a gun at a cab driver,... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Phoenix - Proud Past Venue of the NRA Convention

  

  kpho.com reports (Tirado on the left, Paz on the right) An off-duty Buckeye police officer was shot and killed and another severely wounded during a shooting... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Violent Society

  I am always struck by the certainty that shooters have that they are justified when they shoot someone else. In this shooting, the person is trying to claim tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Sad Foolishness of the Gunloon

  

  One of the great difficulties in arguing with gunloons is they don't understand basic math and believe science is a liberal conspiracy. Case in point, some of... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Mitt Romney at the NRA Convention

  According to Hot Air, Mitt Romney only got a luke-warm reception for this video statement. Did he say, "I believe in the Constitution, the way it was written?"... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• In Pittsburgh One Week Before the Convention

  Here's the story. A gun owner just couldn't bear to be separated from his precious guns. Over his dead body would he allow them to be taken. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Rick Santorum Addresses the Canaries

  

  “The beauty is that you folks here in the NRA have been talking about this for years, somewhat out in the wilderness,” he said. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bin Laden Defeated on Obama's Watch

  via Watergate Summer Of course, all the racist nay-sayers and tea-partiers who continually wave flags and bibles in our faces will never admit it. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Alan Colmes on Newt's Nonsense

  via Alan Colmes LiberalandNewt Gingrich says it’s not the Constitution that gives us the right to own a gun, it’s God. Alan's response: Isn’t it God who gives... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More on the 8-Year-Old Gun Seller

  NY1 reports on the follow-up to the story Dog Gone posted the other day. A Queens man was arraigned late Friday after police say his son brought a loaded... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Sally Kalson on the NRA Convention

  Acres of guns, annals of agonyThe NRA makes sure future criminals can arm themselves to the teethSunday, May 01, 2011By Sally Kalson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Th... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Proving It Again

  

  A gun in the household is far more likely to be used against a member of that household: But detectives say Friday night they started to argue. First James and... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Remember This? Ask Any ER Doc, He Or She Will Tell You Th...

  

  Remember this? Ask any ER doc, he or she will tell you the truth, knivfe [sic] attacks are more lethal than gun attacks. Harder to fix too. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Sally Kern (R-OK) is the NRA

  

  NRA Convention Bus Sally Kern is a State Representative in OK. She also proudly proclaims her membership in the NRA. That is, when she's not explaining how... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY