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“slightly bizarre”??
one of the about.com “guides” describes this site that way. i beg to differ, i’ve noticed that women with guns seem to run a bit above average intelligence and are usually strong minded and self reliant, qualities we are taught to admire in men but that somehow become drawbacks in a woman, a logic i [...]
Another Gun Law FAILURE!
_______________________________________________________ ANOTHER SHOOTING–GUN LAWS DIDN’T HELP There was another shooting yesterday, this time on the island of Guam. The gunman stormed a medical clinic where his estranged wife worked as a nurse and where he was once employed. He shot her, then shot another woman and several others before being fatally wounded by police. Let’s [...]
Anti Gun Anti Science – The real enemy is shoddy research
Anti-Gun, Anti-Science The real enemy is shoddy research. http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel022701.shtml Mr. Kopel is the research director for the Independence Institute February 27, 2001 10:15 a.m. ne of my children’s favorite books is The Topsy-Turvies, the story of a likeable but unusual family: They watch TV Printer-Friendly Kopel Archive standing on their heads, eat toast with their [...]
School Automobile Violence…..
time to ban cars? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001-02-24-pedestrians.htm ————– Police investigate driver’s motives SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) ? Authorities are investigating whether a college freshman intentionally drove his car into a crowd of people near the school, killing four and wounding another person. David Edward Attias, an 18-year-old student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is scheduled [...]
1.1 percent of population commits 27 percent of homicides
The Justice Department, Bureau of Justice Statistics has a page which lists the percentage of the U.S. population that is comprised of white males aged 14-24, the percentage that is comprised of black males aged 14-24, and the percentage of homicides committed by both groups of young men. The URL is: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/proportiontab.htm In 1999, white [...]
People Living in England and Wales are at greater risk of Falling Victim than Citizens of most other
PEOPLE living in England and Wales are at greater risk of falling victim to crime than citizens of most other industrialised nations, according to a study published yesterday. The International Crime Victims Survey, based on 34,000 telephone interviews across 17 countries, found that 26 per cent of people – more than one in four – [...]
Conservative Democrats seek to end gun control
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/today/news_a389ba9f84ae91ad00c0.html Conservative Democrats seek to end gun control Eunice Moscoso – Cox Washington Bureau Sunday, February 25, 2001 Washington — Some conservative Democrats have three words of advice for their party leaders: Drop gun control. “This is not an issue that helps the Democratic Party, particularly in rural America,” said Rep. Jim Turner (D-Texas). “Those [...]
ENGLISH USAGE EXPERT INTERPRETS 2ND AMENDMENT
ENGLISH USAGE EXPERT INTERPRETS 2ND AMENDMENT by J. Neil Schulman July 17, 1991 California Libertarian Party I just had a conversation with Mr. A.C. Brocki, Editorial Coordinator for the Office of Instruction of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Mr. Brocki taught Advanced Placement English for several years at Van Nuys High School, as well [...]
NCPA BRIEF ANALYSIS: THERE’S NO LOOPHOLE AT GUNSHOWS (AND FEW CRIMINALS)
NCPA BRIEF ANALYSIS: THERE’S NO LOOPHOLE AT GUNSHOWS (AND FEW CRIMINALS) Some gun control activists claim that 70 percent of the guns used in crimes come from shows, and Handgun Control, Inc. asserts that “25-50 percent of the vendors at most gun shows are unlicensed dealers.” Both these assertions are wrong, as numerous studies have [...]
