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Nothing Goes Together Better Than Guns and Alcohol
As of yesterday, patrons of alcohol serving establishments in Arizona and Tennessee can exercise their second amendment rights while downing a cold one. How . .
500 Guns Swapped For Cash in Harlem: Are Buybacks Good?
In tough economic times, people are trying to make money any way they can — and one surprising example sneaks in community service too. In Harlem this weekend, five churches offered cash for weapons – no questions asked. Rifles, handguns, and shotguns were brought to the churches on Saturday and in return the unarmed were given a $200 bank card.
Shot Through the Heart! Spy Gives Gun Control a Bad Name
Get this: a gun-control activist, who sat on the board of two anti-violence groups, might have been a spy for the NRA all along! Mary Lou McFate (or Mary Lou Sapone) has worked for gun control for over a decade, but her organizations have just kicked her out so they can start checking her offices for bugs. Using her maiden name "McFare," Mary allegedly posed as a gun-control activist at the behest of the National Rifle Association.
Shot in the Dark? The Relationship Between Guns and Crime
Sunday's New York Times examined the relationship between gun laws and crime. The survey of research (cited in the Supreme Court opinions regarding Washington DC's ban on handguns) pondered the question: Do guns kill people, or do gun control laws kill people?
Here are some of the findings I found to be the most interesting: - A before-and-after study found that although Baltimore did not have a similar law, its crime rate mimicked Washington’s.
- Reduction in suicides and gun accidents are cited by proponents of the DC law as positive effects that go unnoticed or underestimated.
Seattle's Schizophrenic Shooter Had Valid Gun Permit
A mentally ill man who shot three people at a music festival in the Pacific Northwest last week had obtained his weapon with a valid concealed weapon permit. A bullet from his Glock 19 handgun hit three victims last Saturday while Grainger was fighting another man. The bullet passed through a man's nose, another's wrist, finally ending up in a woman's leg.
US Has 25 Percent of World's Prisoners — Is It Safer?
With less than 5 percent of the world's population, the US has 25 percent of the world's prisoners. The US incarceration rate, which remained stable for much of US history, increased by seven fold with the late 1970s movement to get tough on crime.
Today's New York Times highlights explanations offered by criminologists:
[H]igher levels of violent crime, harsher sentencing laws, a legacy of racial turmoil, a special fervor in combating illegal drugs, the American temperament, and the lack of a social safety net.
Court to Decide If Individuals Have Right to Bear Arms
The groundbreaking lawsuit challenging Washington DC's strict gun-control laws will go before the US Supreme Court this week. District of Columbia v. Heller, funded by a rich libertarian lawyer, is a shot in the dark for Second Amendment activists.
What's the Cause of All the Recent Gun Violence?
With at least three violent shootings in the past four days — school shootings in both Tennessee and Louisiana, and the City Hall shooting in Missouri — lots of you have been commenting on this sad trend. I'm curious: Do you think increased instances of reports of violence are spurring copycat crimes? Or is the crime rate the same and we're just more attuned to tragedies, making it appear like a trend?
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Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Gun Controlled Alarm Clock
Part of a self-made objects book, published by Roger Ibars, the gun controlling alarm clock is part of a collection of artifacts and products that "derive pleasure from themselves." Implicit in this premise is that the user is removed from the equation and that the product in question interacts with its own functions. The series includes an alarm clock that will wake up itself before waking up you, a selfish keyboard that will remove all the keys except the ones that tells you its name (qwerty) and a kitchen scale will turn itself over and enjoys its own weight.
Desperate Housewives Rundown, "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"
This week's episode of Desperate Housewives is all about judgment (though it's also a little bit about monkey attacks, but more on that later). The Bolen family continues with their shady behavior, while Julie is having some trouble adjusting to life on Wisteria Lane after her attack. Meanwhile, Gaby is accused of being a bad mom and Bree has a showdown with a motel housekeeper.
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