Tag: Gun Issues
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Fast and Furious Killed 14 Teenagers
“Near midnight, the assassins, later identified as hired guns for the Mexican cartel La Linea, broke into a one-story house and opened fire on a gathering of nearly 60 teenagers. Outside, lookouts gunned down a screaming neighbor and several students who had managed to escape. Fourteen young men and women were killed, and 12 more…
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Painkillers Kill More Than Heroin And Cocaine Combined
Prescription opioid painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined, according to a new study out of Brandeis University. via Business Insider. I’m fascinated by statistics about how we die. In Chicago gun crimes get all the media attention however heroin, and now I guess narcotic overdoses actually…
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Two Stabbed Outside Near North Bars
Two men were stabbed, another badly beaten and a fourth arrested early Sunday morning after a fight on Division Street spilled over onto State Street, according to police. An officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries that didn’t require hospitalization while trying to make the arrest on a 24-year-old man, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli…
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For Self-Defense a .22 beats .45
An excellent video (ok, it’s a tad annoying) about why a .22 beats higher caliber handguns when it comes to self defense. via WND. Bottom line is you can’t stop what you can’t hit.
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Several Stabbed At NYC Subway Station
Three people were injured in a stabbing on the escalator of a subway station in Queens Wednesday morning. An MTA spokesman said that Dina Saint-Fleur, 25, slashed at least two people after getting into a dispute on a J train around 8:45 a.m. Earlier reports indicated as many as seven people stabbed. via CBS New…
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Thoughts on Colorado – Freedom vs. Safety
This is was written as a comment on this NYT piece. I’ve made it much longer here because the NYT limits space. — Restricting access to firearms will never stop these kinds of attacks. As a society we need to resolve ourselves that some people are crazy and will drive cars into crowds, shoot other…
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Give a Lamb a Gun
Herman Cain has a new website complete with video. My first as so far favorite video is entitled Give a Lamb a Gun. It’s a priceless quote from Benjamin Franklin. The video is under 2 minutes… go check it out.
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Obama Must Speak Out on Chicago Carnage
Headline: Obama Must Speak Out on Chicago Carnage That Kills Too Many Kids via The Daily Beast. The story in generally not worth reading. But my comment is: Chicago has the most restrictive gun control laws in the country. What’s needed is not any new laws but enforcement of the current laws. Find me one…
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Emanuel Plans Changes to City’s Gun Law
A few days ago… Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to rewrite Chicago’s firearm ordinance in response to a ruling by a federal judge who struck down a section of the city’s law he called vague and unconstitutional. … Last week, U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan called that regulation “indiscriminate and arbitrary.””There is something incongruent about a…
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Gun Ownership Up, Crime Down
Gun-control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show otherwise. Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that violent crime decreased 4 percent in 2011. The number of murders, rapes, robberies and…