http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:40 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:40 [link:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-user-polls/post/the-nations-gun-laws-your-take/2011/12/08/gIQA7FRkfO_blog.html|The Washington Post commenters' poll]
[i]"your take on handgun regulation and its effects in the United States."[/i]

I didn't count them, but right away there were the us... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/145 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:40:17 [link:http://www.freep.com/article/20111206/NEWS02/112060377/Ex-husband-arraigned-in-fatal-Livonia-shooting|The Detroit Free Press reports] on yet another story which illustrates the basic truth that [link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2009/07/guns-and-women.html|guns are bad news for women] and [... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/144 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:47:24 [link:http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/crazed-bus-shooter-hoping-blood-bath-prosecutors-article-1.986394?localLinksEnabled=false|The NY Daily News reports]

[div class="excerpt"]Damel Burton carried a 9-mm. Ruger pistol with four rounds in it, and was carrying another nine rounds

The... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/143 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:29:48 [link:http://detnews.com/article/20111203/METRO01/112030344/-1/rss29|The Detroit News] reports on the off-duty cop who resorted to using his gun during a fight at a party.

[div class="excerpt"]In Mexican culture, a Quinceañera is a coming-of-age party held for girls when they turn 15. The fes... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/142 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:22:31 [link:http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cop-deemed-reckless-unarmed-mans-ny-shooting-15060182#.TthpNVbdn1U|ABC reports]

[link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2009/12/street-named-after-sean-bell.html|Already deemed not guilty of criminal offenses in a non-jury (cover-up) trial], Officer Gescard ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/141 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:02:24 [link:http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/Shooting-Guns-For-Toys-For-Tots-134560478.html|Local news in Twin Falls Idaho reports] on [link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2011/11/arizona-gun-club-offers-santa-with-gun.html|more mingling of children and Christmas with guns] and shooting sports. My objectio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/140 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:52:53 [link:http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/gun-buyer-background-checks-missing-data-1289619.html|The Dayton Daily News reports]

[div class="excerpt"]Ohio has identified 26,876 mental health cases and forwarded those since the state passed a law in 2004. But 23 states and the Distri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/139 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:06:45 [link:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/nyregion/blind-new-jersey-man-challenged-again-on-guns.html?_r=1|The New York Times reports] on the latest kerfuffle concerning Steven Hopler, the blind New Jersey gun owner. [link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2010/01/blind-man-shoots-brother-by-accident.ht... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/138 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:41:24 [link:http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2011/11/another-fight-over-gun-checks|Hamptonroads.com reports] on the efforts of some to disband the Virginia State background check system for gun purchases. Of course these are the same folks who oppose any and all gun control efforts. More reasonable voices... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/137 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:45:20 [link:http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1077286--gun-control-keeps-suicides-down|The Star.com reports] on something of interest to Americans, or at least it should be.

[div class="excerpt"]Suicides. Suicides dropped dramatically in Canada thanks to the federal gun regist... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/135 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:23:27 [link:http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_19323763|The Oakland Tribune reports]

[div class="excerpt"]For every gun-related death in Oakland each year, there are five or more cases of survival. From 2006 to 2010, Alameda County Emergency Medical Services transported 2,486 survivors of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/134 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:34:48 [link:http://www.news4jax.com/news/Man-shoots-himself-dies-at-Fla-gun-range/-/475880/4790802/-/wpbmctz/-/index.html|News 4 Jax reports.]

[div class="excerpt"]Authorities are investigating after a man fatally shot himself in the head at a central Florida gun range.

Orange County deputie... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/133 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:52:21 [link:http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1116/White-House-shooting-suspect-obsessed-with-Obama-VIDEO|The Christian Science Monitor published a wonderful article] about the White House shooter.

[link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2011/11/bullet-in-exterior-of-white-house.html|Do... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/132 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:45:14
[link:http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20111116/NEWS/111160430/Mother-gets-probation-shooting-case?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|News|via The Statesman Journal]

[div class="excerpt"]A woman whose 2-year-old son was shot in the stomach with her gun might have a clean record in 16 months.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/131 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:58:49 My boy Alessio, [link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-does-gun-control-advocate-teach-his.html|whom I wrote about a couple months ago], has discovered video games. Up until now, he's played only racing games on the computer, both on the Wii and internet free sites. I've watched him lear... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/130 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:44:09 [link:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/11/BAOT1LTBC4.DTL|SF Gate reports]

[div class="excerpt"]A Pittsburg man suffering from financial problems posted a suicide note on Facebook, then shot and killed his wife and her parents early Thursday in his foreclosed home befor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/129 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:19:41 [link:http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Prison-stuns-wife-in-ex-cop-s-gun-killing-2263366.php|The Times Union reports] on the sentencing and her reaction.

I'm not sure if we came to a consensus [link:http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2011/10/woman-exonerated-in-ny-shooting.html|last time we ta... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/128 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:44:38 [link:http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/advocate-for-guns-gets-to-make-his-point-qn2vvgc-133586443.html|Eugene Kane handles Robert Farago with kid gloves].
Apparently they had a phone conversation and Eugene let Robert make all his points without challenging anything. For example, when Farago ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/127 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:01:25 "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," to me means I can bring my kids to the playground without worrying about which of the other parents is carrying a gun, about which one of them might be in a domestic squabble with her husband who's about to storm into the playground shootin'.

But I do... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/126 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:26:28 [link:http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_1107gun-toting_fan_shoots_self_in_leg_misses_shot_at_seeing_pats_game|The Boston Herald reports] on a very interesting incident. CCW permit holders are among the most responsible of gun owners. Everyone knows this. In The Bay State, presumably, t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/125 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:13:33 [link:http://www.goupstate.com/article/20111106/ARTICLES/111109909?tc=ar|Go Upstate.com published a rebuttal] to Sheriff Chuck's advice. According to the author, carrying a gun is not the right way to protect yourself against rape.

[div class="excerpt"]Repeated studies have shown that people ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/124 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:56:13 [link:http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/1081621--more-voices-on-gun-registry|The Star.com published a piece] in support of abolishing the Canadian Long Gun Registry, too bad they can't tell the truth.

[div class="excerpt"]Wendy Cukier and the CGC are grasping at straws in a despe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/123 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:13:25 [link:http://mediamatters.org/research/201111040026|Media Matters reports]

[div class="excerpt"]The federal government has alleged that four Georgia militia members who are accused of plotting to kill federal employees modeled their plan on right-wing blogger Mike Vanderboegh's online novel A... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/122 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:17:28
[link:http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/Self-Reported-Gun-Ownership-Highest-1993.aspx|This is the Gallup Poll] everyone is making such a big deal about.

[link:http://www.pagunblog.com/2011/10/30/winning-headlines-i-never-thought-id-see/|Sebastian said], "that Gallup poll is bad news for gun con... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/121 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:18:41 [link:http://m.military.com/news/article/showdown-looming-behind-pentagon-suicide-battle.html|Military.com reports]
on a report issued by the Center for a New American Security, which recommends that Congress repeal a provision in last year's National Defense Authorization Act that bars military co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikeb302000/120 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:11:18