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• Interesting Accidental Death Statistics

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  Accidental death statistics someone sent me are interesting, mostly because it gives total lifetime odds.  You have higher lifetime odds of accidental death from the following sources more than guns (which are 1:5981): Drowning in a swimming pool (1:5501) Drowning in a lake or other natural water (1:2384) Being struck by or striking [...]

  Fetched: December 21, 2009, 2:44pm EST
  

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• New York Ad Campaign Against Toy Guns

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  Or is that real guns that look like toys? I classify this as "giving criminals ideas."  I don't think any of them would have thought about it before, because half the point of carrying a gun if you're a gansta or punk is to look cool. Pink gets in the [...]

  Fetched: December 19, 2009, 10:16pm EST
  

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• Portable Artillery

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  They call this a rifle, but it's really a shoulder fired cannon. It takes an NFA stamp to own one. Click on the link to see it in action. It really doesn't look like it has much recoil. Related posts:Some Impressive GunsRange Report – Refighting World War IIEvanston Caves Under Pressure' [...]

  Fetched: December 18, 2009, 5:17pm EST
  

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• When Talking Points Collide

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  Sometimes talking points collide over at the Brady Campaign. They must appear like the moderate group that's not actually trying to ban guns anymore while also jumping on board with just about every idea someone can frame as gun control. Every once in a while, those two efforts ... [...]

  Fetched: December 18, 2009, 5:17pm EST
  

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• Transcription Errors

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  The big buzz happening now, which SayUncle and Dave Hardy are reporting on, is that the version of the Amendment that forces Amtrak to allow guns to be transported in checked baggage that was actually passed by Congress, and what was sent to President Obama for his signature are different. As [...]

  Fetched: December 18, 2009, 12:14am EST
  

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• Too Dumb to Have Kids

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  I've seen stories of people doing some really stupid shit with guns, but this has to take the cake:Authorities say a 12-year-old Colorado boy accidentally shot himself in the leg while playing with a loaded pistol his parents had hidden behind the family Christmas tree.I almost have to wonder what' [...]

  Fetched: December 17, 2009, 9:16pm EST
  

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• Democratic Governor Candidate Dan Onorato on Abortion and Guns

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  Dan Onorato in his own words, video, less than a minute, Opposed to Abortion but will not change laws. The issue will be: Will he fund Planned Parenthood? Which is not only a billion dollar, a very profitable nonprofit, but also opposes restrictions on Partial Birth [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 6:51am EST
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• Barletta pegged as ‘Young Guns’ rising GOP star…

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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 3:57am EST
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• Swiss Keeping Guns at Home

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  The Swiss government rejected a proposal to remove military weapons from Swiss homes. But here's a hint of what the gun control crowd has in store for folks: Launched in February by the centre-left Social Democratic Party and a number of pacifist organisations, the initiative calls for army weapons to remain [...]

  Fetched: December 16, 2009, 4:45pm EST
  

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• Thousand Yard Guns

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  Chris Byrne talks about how to get into 1000 yard shooting without spending a fortune. Well, it sounds like you'll still spend a lot of money, just because it's not a cheap sport. It's something I might be interested in if there were more places to shoot that kind of' [...]

  Fetched: December 15, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  

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• Campus Carry Debate Not Yet Over in Colorado

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  Looks like Republican lawmakers aren't all that happy with Colorado State University banning guns on campus altogether. While CSU does not allow weapons of any kind in its residence halls, individuals are allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus as long as they have a properly issued concealed weapons permit.  Last' [...]

  Fetched: December 15, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  

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• And Yet They Want to Blame Guns

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  The Philadelphia Inquirer seems to be on to something: Philadelphia defendants walk free on all charges in nearly two-thirds of violent-crime cases. Among large urban counties, Philadelphia has the nation's lowest felony-conviction rate. Only one in 10 people charged with gun assaults is convicted of that charge, the newspaper found. Only two in [...]

  Fetched: December 14, 2009, 5:44pm EST
  

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• Speaking of Gifts

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  I was thinking this morning how I was not the most gender-role compliant little girl on the block. My favorite Christmas toys of all time were blocks, Erector sets, Legos, wooden trains, a battery-operated elephant, a Micky Mouse truck, a cowboy hat and guns, a Jerry Mahoney [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 1:17pm EST
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• NRA’s Take on MAIG’s Polling

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  I was holding onto a bit of information on the company that did MAIG's poll that I planned to release next week, but it looks like NRA-ILA beat me to it: This week, anti-gun New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, released the findings of a [...]

  Fetched: December 12, 2009, 9:13pm EST
  

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• Great Train Gunnery

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  Clayton Cramer shows that when it comes to guns on trains, attitudes used to be different. Related posts:The Hysteria BeginsClayton Cramer, Candidate for Idaho SenateClayton Cramer Article in Shotgun News [...]

  Fetched: December 11, 2009, 6:15pm EST
  

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• Bloomberg Blaming the Guns

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  According to Bloomberg the shooting in Times Square, which apparently involved a machine pistol: Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked about the shooting while appearing at a Manhattan charity event, and he used the question to discuss one of his signature issues — illegal firearms and gun violence in New York and [...]

  Fetched: December 11, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  

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• Brady Flip-Flop?

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  Paul Helmke a few months ago: Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said he "doesn't have problems with people transporting guns on trains so long as steps are taken to make sure they're secured and properly stowed." Paul Helmke yesterday: "It is dangerous for Congress to dictate to" [...]

  Fetched: December 11, 2009, 12:17pm EST
  

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• Interesting NRA / Non-NRA Poll

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  Today, EJ Dionne's column in the Washington Post discusses a new poll conducted by Republican Pollster Frank Luntz, released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The poll surveyed NRA members, and non-NRA gun owners, finding members of both groups in favor of laws designed to [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:37pm EST
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• Nerf Guns on Campus

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  When Nerf guns are outlawed, only zombies will have Nerf guns. Related posts:Self-Defense advise…We must close …Airsoft Guns Aren’t Toys [...]

  Fetched: December 10, 2009, 6:13pm EST
  

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• The Hysteria Begins

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  Apparently Amtrak is trying to argue it'll be Madrid all over again if we let guns onto trains. Never mind the fact that Madrid was a bombing, though maybe they think the guns will spontaneously explode, because they do that sometimes, you know. The heart of the issue is that' [...]

  Fetched: December 10, 2009, 6:13pm EST
  

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• More on Richard Feldman’s Middle Ground

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  Yesterday I talked a bit about Richard Feldman's LA Times editorial where he tries to bring he issue forward in terms we supposedly can all agree on. As I mentioned, we can all agree that we need to go after "the negligent misuse of guns", but that the devil is [...]

  Fetched: December 10, 2009, 4:14pm EST
  

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• Wicker Amendment

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  Looks like the amendment forcing Amtrak to allow transportation of firearms going to become a reality. Amtrak will be sure to give us their best Chicken Little impression soon. Related posts:New York Times More Radical On Guns than BradysBias Much?Another Victory in the Senate [...]

  Fetched: December 09, 2009, 7:18pm EST
  

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• Guns in Schools Save a Life in Harrisburg

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  A criminal justice instructor in Harrisburg managed to stop a stabbing in progress, but you know, guns in schools by LTC holders is just crazy! Criminal justice instructor Michael Minto was leaving the Kaplan Career Institute in Swatara Twp. on Monday night when he spotted a man being stabbed, police said. Minto [...]

  Fetched: December 09, 2009, 1:48pm EST
  

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• Health Care and Guns

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  The medical profession seems to be butting their noses once again where it does not belong. Ed Friedman of Guns and Hunting takes them to task for it. I don't really have a problem with doctors offering some general advise to parents about dangerous objects in the house, and including' [...]

  Fetched: December 08, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  

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• The Gun

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  It looks like the Philadelphia media is rather fascinated that criminals straw purchase guns in other states and traffic them back to Philadelphia. In this case, the feds are prosecuting because a police officer was killed with the gun. Straw purchasing is a state crime too. How often do run [...]

  Fetched: December 08, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  

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• Buy a Toy Gun for Your Kid, Police will Shoot Him

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  Police officials in the UK have started a new public awareness campaign. Parents are being warned by police not to buy their children realistic looking toy guns this Christmas as it could lead to them being shot by armed marksmen. And Happy Holidays to you, too! I'm so glad ...' [...]

  Fetched: December 07, 2009, 5:49pm EST
  

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• Challenging the Other Side on Twitter

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  Protest Easy Guns is an interesting group that's cropped up since the Virginia Tech tragedy. The group is lead by Abby Spangler. These are the people who do the highly appropriately named "lie-ins" where they all lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead. It's always seemed rather [...]

  Fetched: December 07, 2009, 5:49pm EST
  

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• Microstamping Hits the Badger State

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  Looks like we have another state considering this technology. The main problem with the technology, other than it being trivially easy to defeat, is that it won't affect the existing stock of guns on the streets. If you look at ATF's time-to-crime numbers, it shows that most crime guns have' [...]

  Fetched: December 03, 2009, 3:46pm EST
  

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• Obama to Visit LV Gun Clingers in Middle of Deer Season

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  Right before his primary loss to Hillary Clinton, this is how Barack Obama summed up Pennsylvania voters. "[T]hey get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them." Now he's decided to make Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley the very first' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:29am EST
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• Another MAIG Mayor Convicted

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  Mayor Shiela Dixon of Baltimore is among the latest criminal members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. She was stealing gift cards from the poor. She beat the felony rap, but was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary. Clearly we need to do something about keeping illegal guns out of the [...]

  Fetched: December 01, 2009, 8:48pm EST
  

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