Keep and Bear Arms - Gun Owners Home Page

MN: Guns banned in court areas
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Minnesota judges are using their authority to do something many other government officials wish they could do: Ban guns in their workplaces."

"This week, judges issued orders that explain where guns are forbidden in courthouses and other county offices. Ramsey County appears to have one of the broader bans prohibiting guns everywhere from the city council/county board chambers to a court area in Regions Hospital."

Why I Picked Up a Gun
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"I am now speaking out as loud as I can and to whom ever will listen. I tell women who are afraid of guns, who have never used or sometimes even held a gun - 'if you follow the rules of gun safety, become trained so you can properly handle the weapon, and know the carry laws in your state, owning a gun can give you an advantage over an assailant that most women would not have without it.' But I also tell them that the gun should not be their only line of self defense. Some of those suggestions are; carry a can of Mace, learn physical self defense skills, always be aware of your surroundings, other everyday items can be used as weapons, and having a plan of self defense in your home (similar to the type of plan you prepare if your house catches on fire). These are all things I tell women when they come into the gun store and firing range where I volunteer my time."

An Interview With Ron Paul Part 2
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"...I was talking on the House floor yesterday with two conservatives and I brought up the subject, gently, about the Patriot Act number one. I said, 'Would you two vote for that again if it were on the House floor?', and they said, 'No, we made a serious mistake.' I asked, 'Why did you vote that way?' They said, 'Well, it was the passion of the times; we had to do something after 9/11.' Truth is they could not possibly have read it because it was not even available to us before we voted on it. Members of Congress should not be voting on the fleeting passion of the moment. They should have more passion for their oath of office and passion for what the Constitution says. Then we would not be getting into these problems and wondering how we are going to repeal some of this legislation."

Banning guns easier without Heston
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"That's what the gun-snatchers of the 'Brady Bunch' think, anyway. They say that the NRA is going to have a much tougher time defending our Second Amendment rights without Charleton Heston as president. '[New NRA President Kayne] Robinson is no Moses,' said Eric Howard, spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. They still just can't get over him being an actor and playing Moses. He continued: 'Heston was good at acting as though these extreme measures -- basically, what the NRA is doing -- aren't extreme.' Extreme? Come on, Eric! The extremism is in trying to prove that the Constitution doesn't say what it says! You'll never admit it -- you apparently don't have the intelligence to realize it -- but you're losing all over the map. Oh, you have one or two successes, but overall, people being allowed to carry the means of self defense is increasing all over the country as state after state passes laws to make it easier to carry a gun for self defense."

UK: Gun death: 5th victim
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

NOTE:

The URL for this story was too lengthy for our Newslinks system. Click here to access this story.

-------
"Last night the murder scene remained sealed off as officers continued their inquiries. The killing is the fifth gun murder in south London this year compared with one fatal shooting in the same period last year."

"On February 11 this year, 35-year-old Stephen Harris was shot in the head outside his flat in Brixton."

"On March 15, 18-year-old Sika Michaels was shot outside his home in West Dulwich and died hours later in hospital."

"Ten days later Sabina Rizvi, 25, was shot dead in Bexleyheath. A man has been charged with her murder."

"On April 15 Andrew Sams, 25, was shot dead in a barber's shop in West Norwood. A teenager has been charged with his murder."

"I Really Wish You Were Dead"
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"I know some of you will throw up your hands in dismay, protesting: 'that is not what she is saying. She is saying she will take them, but she is not saying how. Perhaps she is saying she will let the courts take them.' To you granitic-brained obsequious mannequins I shout, HOW WILL THE G-D D (fair statement in their latest God-less-ness) courts do that without sending in the army or the police to TAKE THEM?"

"SHE DOES NOT CARE. She is willing to see you dead..."

Another Push to Ban Semi-Autos Coming Soon
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"In early June, the United Nations will be sponsoring a global "Week of Action Against Small Arms." ...

"This upcoming disarmament conference is just another U.N. attempt to pressure member states like the U.S. to adopt more stringent gun controls."

"once again, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is stepping up in defense of gun owners. He has introduced H.R. 1146, a bill to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations, and he is currently petitioning the House leadership to schedule a vote on his bill."

Shocking New Jacket Hits Street Submitted by: Evan F. Nappen, Esq. Website: http://www.evannappen.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A new anti-assault device for women wards off potential assailants with an 80,000-volt electric shock." "Dubbed 'exo-electric armor,' the No-Contact Jacket looks like an ordinary fashionable women's coat. But an inner layer of conductive fiber carries a low-amp charge that delivers a nasty but non-lethal shock to anyone who messes with its wearer."

UK: Have a go trader sees of gunman
Submitted by: Blacksnake

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Robbers who raided a mens fashion boutique armed with a pistol and a Samurai sword fled without their weapons after the owner courageously fought them off."

"Indeep Ahluwalia, 37, who runs Uncini in Finchley Road, was in his shop on Saturday morning when two armed men burst into the store.
One held a pistol to Mr. Ahluwalias head while another bundled designer jackets worth Ł2,000 into a laundry bag."

MD: Corrections Officer Faces Sex Charges
Submitted by: Orange Fuzzy

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"...Draughon is charged with assault and sexual offenses for allegedly forcing an inmate to perform oral sex on him -- and the clincher for prosecutors is DNA evidence."

"The alleged victim is a female inmate who told police the alleged incident happened last September in a transferring tunnel as she was being transported to the Baltimore City Detention Center and Women's Detention Center."

"The woman alleges that Draughon offered her freedom for the sexual favor, but when she refused, Draughon allegedly forced her to perform the sexual act."

WA: Gun store linked to sniper rifle may be closed
Submitted by: Orange Fuzzy

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"A federal agency is moving to pull the license of a gun store where a rifle used in the Washington-area sniper shootings was traced, The Seattle Times reported Friday."

"Citing sources close to the case who asked not to be identified, the newspaper reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms moved to revoke the license of Bull's Eye Shooter Supply in Tacoma for record-keeping violations."

"Owner Brian Borgelt appealed the revocation, a hearing has been held and he is awaiting a decision by Richard Van Loan, ATF's regional director of industry operations, the newspaper said."

MD: Indicted officer's attorneys seek gag order against city police commissioner
Submitted by: Orange Fuzzy

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"When he announced federal drug and gun charges against a city officer last month, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin P. Clark forcefully vowed that his department would not tolerate corrupt police officers and said those who strayed from the law should face harsh punishment.
In the case of indicted Officer Eduardo Munoz Jr., Clark said a 50-year jail term would not be enough and added: 'If I could turn him loose for the cops this individual used to work with, the punishment would be far worse.' "

"Attorneys for Munoz said in court papers filed yesterday that Clark went too far."

"They asked a federal judge to issue a gag order against the city's top police officer, saying his remarks 'overstepped the bounds of professionalism and reflected a way of thinking that is unworthy of Baltimore's chief law enforcement officer.' "

IL: Text of the Rockford College graduation speech by Chris Hedges
Submitted by: Orange Fuzzy

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"The censure and perhaps the rage of much of the world, certainly one-fifth of the world's population which is Muslim, most of whom I'll remind you are not Arab, is upon us. Look today at the 14 people killed last night in several explosions in Casablanca. And this rage in a world where almost 50 percent of the planet struggles on less than two dollars a day will see us targeted. Terrorism will become a way of life, and when we are attacked we will, like our allies Putin and Sharon, lash out with greater fury. The circle of violence is a death spiral; no one escapes. We are spinning at a speed that we may not be able to hold. As we revel in our military prowess -- the sophistication of our military hardware and technology, for this is what most of the press coverage consisted of in Iraq -- we lose sight of the fact that just because we have the capacity to wage war it does not give us the right to wage war. This capacity has doomed empires in the past."

CA: S.J. boy, 1, falls into bucket, drowns
Submitted by: Anonymous

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Chasing after his toy, a 1-year-old San Jose boy drowned when he fell headfirst into a barely filled five-gallon bucket of water Thursday afternoon that his mother had been using to cool off her kids, police said."

"Only a half-foot of water was in the large bucket left outside the East San Jose home on a warm afternoon to keep Alexies Hernandez and his 2-year-old sister cool with occasional splashes."

"The children's mother had stepped inside for a few minutes to fix the toddlers some food."

-------
Senseless tragedy. Preventable with just a background check and bucket registration, if we use Brady logic.

Get 'Guns in America,' 'Homeland Security' FREE
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Incredibly, the best research, amassed by analyzing the crime statistics in every county in America, proves that more guns translate directly into less crime. In areas where the right to own firearms is the most restricted, crime flourishes; but where gun ownership and possession are least restricted, crime falls often dramatically. This colorful issue shows objectively and conclusively that gun control, at its best, fails to stop crime, and at its worst, enslaves nations."

AZ: Vigilante injustice
Submitted by: Sean Glazier

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Arizona militia members, a Colorado Republican and a national group with white supremacist ties have made a remote stretch of the Mexico border a flash point for anti-immigrant hostility"

-------
The press again associating militia groups with white supremacy. These people are rightly defending US territory against invasion because the Border Patrol cannot handle the situation. For this they get the label "white supremacist" by the not-so-objective media.

IL: Mental problems cited in slaying
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"A man accused of killing his wife and setting her house on fire with six children inside told a judge Thursday he has mental problems and 'something took over' control."

"Police say Ward had an ongoing dispute with his ex-wife. The two had five children together before they divorced in October. Ward was prohibited from having contact with his ex-wife, stipulated by a court-issued protective order from July 2002."

-------
Another tragic case of a woman relying on a protective order to shield her from a violent ex. Paper has never been any good at stopping bullets.

VA: Republican DEFAMES Grassroots gun rights organizations
Submitted by: Anonymous

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

Press release from "Republican" Jack Rollison(R-52):

"Gun Owners of America and the Virginia Citizens Defense League have endorsed Jeff Frederick. These extremist and milita-esque[sic] organizations are working to end Virginias common-sense ban against carrying a concealed weapon into a bar. 'With his extremist supporters and radical views on guns in bars, Fredericks is out of touch with our Prince William County family community,' said Rollison."

-------
*With supposed friends like these...

Those of you who think voting Republican means voting pro-Second Amendment, think again.

OH: These activists & businesses want you to remain defenseless
Submitted by: Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC
Website: http://www.ofccpac.org

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Pro-self-defense law enforcement officers and women, as well as the other "good guys", seemed to steal the show this weeks Senate hearings, even in the media. But lest we become over-confident, it bears noting that the anti-self-defense activists are still spouting their rhetoric."

-------
You will find a list of businesses that do not recognize your human right to defend yourself with a firearm, their addresses and points of contact. Use them well.

OH: Column: Need for concealed carry is no joke
Submitted by: Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC
Website: http://www.ofccpac.org

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"It's too bad the attorney didn't have the wherewithal to respond instead to Pfeifer's joke with the image of 20-year-old Shauna Sandercock, owner of a Hilltop video game store. Almost exactly a year before the arguments, she was raped and then beaten to death by a 21-year-old former football player."

"Or perhaps the attorney could have responded to Pfeifer's joke with the story of two other women store owners, both of whom were abducted, raped and robbed in March from their stores on High Street in Clintonville and Worthington."

"Perhaps Pfeifer was already thinking of these women, because his funny cowboy hypothetical can be interpreted in a conservative, strong gun-rights way."

An Appearance of Corruption
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, a Bush-pčre appointee, decided that the new law is 'unconstitutional in virtually all of its particulars.' She was openly contemptuous of her colleagues--both for their failure to concur in that judgment and for the dithering pace of their deliberations. The main target of these complaints, District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee who voted to uphold most of BCRA, was openly contemptuous right back at Henderson..."

WI: Activists protest Clarke's gun searches
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"A coalition of community groups Thursday demanded that Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., provide more accountability to his controversial gun crimes task force or disband it."

"... as a team of 16 sheriff's deputies patrol the streets asking drivers stopped for minor infractions for permission to search their vehicles, community activists say they doubt that deputies explain that vehicle searches are completely voluntary."

MA: Mass. Court Orders New Trial Due to Jury Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The state's highest court Friday ruled that a black man was wrongly dismissed during the jury selection process and ordered a new trial for a man convicted by an all-white jury." "Three of the judges indicated in a concurring opinion that it may be time for peremptory challenges - which allow attorneys to weed out jurors before they're seated - to be abolished or sharply restricted."

More children left behind
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Years of left-wing anti-academic influence by the nation's teachers' unions have left more than a generation of kids unprepared for adulthood." ...

"This is not the kids' fault. This is the fault of American voters who continually put the same political charlatans in power, and it is the fault of those politicians who have bent over for years for education union cash (Democrats, are you listening?) ..."

NC: No rational family should be without the best gun to defend its home Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Gun ownership is perhaps the decisive expression of personal freedom. In the area of protection of life and property, liberals lean toward government over individual decision-making. Yet police forces deter crime merely in the general sense and only infrequently are able to prevent specific acts of violence."

OH: Expert: Self-Confidence Will Ward Off Attackers; Find Out How To Protect Yourself Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Brooks said Baty talked about how improvised weapons, such as gravel on the ground, can be used." "She said hairspray in an eye is another good tactic or even hot coffee." "Brooks said firearms retailers report an increase in sales to women, but Baty stressed that if you own one, you've got to be able to shoot to kill."

CO: Denver challenges new gun law Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Denver filed a lawsuit today challenging a new state concealed weapons law, arguing that the city has the authority to impose stricter standards inside its limits than the state established." "City officials contended that a home rule charter gives them the right to regulate when and where a person with a permit can carry a firearm."

KS: Thief nabs badge, gun from officer's vehicle
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Winfield police are looking for a thief who snatched a badge and gun belonging to a Cowley County sheriff's officer."

"Late Wednesday or early Thursday someone entered the private vehicle of Captain Steve Roberts outside his home ..."

"Dobbs said that Roberts told investigators the vehicle was not locked. The thief entered the vehicle's front console and took the officer's badge, his department-issued Beretta 9mm semi-automatic handgun and his wallet."

CA: Failure to report gun theft may be a crime Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Handgun owners could be fined up to $250 for failing to tell police when their firearms are stolen, under a bill approved Thursday by the state Assembly." "Supporters said the measure by Assemblyman Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, would help law enforcement agencies track and prosecute gun thefts and the illegal transferring of firearms."

CT: Gun found, not linked to Yale explosion
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"New Haven city officials say that a weapon found in a Yale Law student's dorm room is not related to the explosion earlier this week."

"There had been a published report that the student was taken into custody last night."

"A spokesman for New Haven's mayor says the weapon found inside the dorm room was a shotgun and the student is not in trouble with the law, but may be in trouble with the school."

Iraq: Iraqi town gets curfew, gun laws Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Enacting curfews and mandating gun permits are ways soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, are hoping to protect Iraq's law-abiding citizens." "Task Force Ironhorse commander Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno and Col. Dennis Rogers, 2nd Brigade Combat Team commander, recently met with local sheiks in the city of Ba'qubah to discuss the future of the city and surrounding countryside."

WA: Gun ban in city parks issue for Legislature
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"It's true, the state constitution is clear about an individual's right to carry a firearm, even clearer than the U.S. Constitution."

"But within that liberal framework, state lawmakers have passed some limits on gun rights. In certain cases, the need for public safety has outweighed individual rights. Those include a prohibition on firearms in courthouses, public mental health facilities, stadiums, convention centers, places that sell alcohol, schools and school buses."

Brunei: Gun owners to update records
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Gun owners have been urged to update their records to enable police to monitor the movement of firearms in Sarawak. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Yussoff Jaafar said shotgun owners were slow in updating their records despite a drive launched three years ago."

"Possession of firearms without a valid licence can send the person to be prison for a maximum of 14 years and a maximum six strokes of the cane under the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act, 1971."

South Africa: Calls for government to create gun-free schools
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Gunfree South Africa says this week's fatal shooting incident at a Pretoria school is a reminder of the huge dangers firearms pose for the youth. The action group says it has been calling on government for years to declare schools gun-free zones." ...

"Gunfree SA says it is deeply disturbed that the weapon used was the service revolver of a municipal police officer. It adds that the incident reflected badly on the training of municipal police."

-------
Emphasis added.

South Africa's version of Brady. Just as frothing, just as misguided and just as misinformed.

Iraq: U-S authorities to clamp down on gun possession in bid to restore order
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

FULL STORY BELOW:

Baghdad, Iraq-AP -- Iraqis are to receive permits allowing them to keep guns at home, but nowhere else.

The commander of American ground forces says that's part of a new policy aimed at reducing the number of weapons in Iraq and restoring order. He says there also will be limits on the types of weapons allowed.

The new policy outlaws celebratory fire, customary in Iraq during weddings and birth celebrations, and it restricts firearms carried by bodyguards.

But regulating gun ownership is likely to be unpopular in Iraq, where firearms have a special role in the national culture. Owning a firearm is a matter of pride and a sign of manhood to many Iraqi men.

SD: Choosing a firearm for defense Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
... "Defense weapons, however, demand constant practice, and there's a fundamental vital question that anyone considering a defensive weapon has to ask before even going into a gun store." "Could you kill another person? That's what it comes down to and this subject is as serious as it gets." ...

AZ: Axes against evil: 1 base's plan to bludgeon terrorists
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"As the Pentagon deploys more Stinger missiles around its perimeter to guard against new al-Qaida threats, an Army fort out West plans to issue axes to beef up security."

"Actually, axes isn't quite accurate. Some sentries at Fort Huachuca in Arizona will only get the wooden part of the ax -- sans blade."

" 'No firearms for sentry duty. They get ax handles!' said a U.S. official, who finds the plan ridiculous."

NY: Unarmed Man Killed by Police During Raid Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"An unarmed African immigrant visiting his rented storage room was shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer who was guarding counterfeit merchandise down the hall, police said Friday." "Ousmane Zango was shot four times after a chase through the hallway of a Chelsea storage facility where he repaired sculptures and drums imported from Africa, police and acquaintances said."

No Conflict Seen in Sniper Suspect Charges
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Federal and local authorities worked to ensure that now-dismissed federal charges against sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo would not prevent a trial in Virginia, according to court papers filed by prosecutors Friday."

"Defense lawyers claim that the federal prosecution essentially charged Malvo with the same acts for which he now faces trial in Virginia. Malvo's lawyers argue that the duplication means the Virginia charges should be thrown out, even though the federal charges have been dismissed."

Hispanic Separatist Groups Attempt To Intimidate Border Volunteers
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"The Hispanic separatist web site Aztlan has reported that race based Hispanic organizations will attempt to confront leaders of three citizen volunteer border organizations over the weekend from May 22-25."

"Aztlan reports that organizers of the meeting say it is designed to demonstrate bi-national solidarity with pro-illegal alien groups and to send a powerful warning to leaders of citizen volunteer groups that they will be dealt with accordingly.' "

NASCAR, Jesse Jackson And Extortion
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing) has paid $250,000 to Jesse Jackson and Operation Push since 2001. NASCAR claims the money was paid to promote 'diversity.' Critics of the donations claim it is nothing less than extortion paid to keep Jackson from complaining about the lack of people of color in the sport."

-------
That extortion money went into the same fund Jackson/Push used to pay off his mistress and her relocation expenses. That's what NASCAR fans partially paid for, instead of the Association standing up to Jackson and his whiny blackmail.

FL: Freedom of religion meets the DMV
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"Sultaana Freeman, an American-born Muslim woman, lost her license after she refused to remove her veil, or hijab, for a photo. Now she is suing the Florida State Department of Highway Safety for violating a Florida statute that says the government 'shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion.' "

"Freeman's civil suit, which is expected to go to court May 27, draws on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...' "

LA: Serial killer probe releases sketch of suspect Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Investigators searching for the serial killer of five Louisiana women released a sketch Friday of a possible suspect, a man who tried to rape one woman and approached two others last year."

High court to decide on national security v. public access
Submitted by: Newslinks Admin

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"The nation's highest court may take part in the legal tug-of-war between public access and concerns about national security and government secrecy arising from the September 11, 2001 terror attacks."

"The Supreme Court will decide whether to accept a case involving the Bush administration's controversial policy to hold closed deportation hearings involving hundreds of immigrants, many of them of Muslim or Arab descent detained shortly after the terror attacks two years ago."

WY: Tom Selleck visits Colt firearms exhibit Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Actor Tom Selleck, visiting an exhibit of Colt firearms, says he wishes Hollywood would produce more Westerns."

A New Kind of Class Warfare
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"We need to declare war on the professional political class. Most professional politicians are democrats, but there are some republicans in the ranks as well. Most of them are of the moderate variety; country club republicans who are comfortable only under the heel of democrat leadership, and whose removal would benefit the country almost as much as the removal of those professionals who are democrats."

"Most professional politicians are democrats because they regard it as an industry which produces jobs, income and opportunity for advancement in society. Republicans, except for those aforementioned moderates, see government as a necessary evil which must be kept as small as possible and as least intrusive as necessary to carry out its business of defense, foreign affairs and road construction."

Pattern of Deceit
Submitted by: paul raynolds

There are no comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

"The policy prescriptions put forward by the Times simply assumed that tighter gun laws would save lives. Fox Butterfield, another reporter who wrote part of the Times series, told me that no formal statistical tests were done because some academics had advised him that there was 'no way that [they] would get any statistically significant results,' and that the Times never checked to see whether that was true."

"But more importantly Butterfield's answer also creates other disturbing problems for the Times study. Why would the newspaper, or any institution doing research, assert benefits to gun laws if they seriously doubted that their data would confirm their claims?"