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Jun
27
The Denver Post article, ”Book goes inside the minds of gun criminals,” by Monte Whaley, in the 06-26-09 issue of the paper, deals with 73 criminals who used firearms in the commission of one or more crimes. The upcoming book, Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender’s Perspective, apparently offers interesting insights into criminal gun use among [...]
Apr
24
NAS Study failed to link guns/violence
April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Gun Control Research-The NAS Study
(No credible causal relationship between gun ownership and violence)
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created by Abraham Lincoln to “examine, experiment, and report” on “science and art” when asked to do so by any government department. A panel of NAS scientists began formal hearings on “Improving Research Information and Data [...]
Feb
25
Obama Interior Department may spike concealed guns in national parks
February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Obama Administration is looking at the Bush regulation that allows concealed carry permit holders to exercise their government-limited Second Amendment right to armed self-defense in national parks. The Obama Justice Department apparently actually defended the Bush rule, saying that it “does not alter the environmental status quo, and will not have any significant impacts [...]
Feb
17
“Fairness Doctrine,” Accountability,” and “Localism”-Liberal code words to silence diverse voices
February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments
As a proud member of what Senator Schumer “affectionately” calls “the Chattering Class,” I think we need to keep a sharp eye on Democrats like Senators Tom Harken and Debbie Stabenow. Stabenow opined on a talk radio show that we need to bring “accountability” to the radio airwaves, which are more or less dominated by [...]
Feb
6
H.R. 45-Divide and conquer
February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Former Black Panther Bobby Rush’s anti-gun rights bill, H.R. 45, is a classic statist divide and conquer maneuver. It creates two classes of gun owners. One class owns “bad” handguns and semi-automatic weapons with magazine wells that are covered by the bill. The other class of gun owners possesses “good” rifles and shotguns not named [...]
Jan
29
Gun Control Research-Wright and Rossi-armed citizens deter criminals
January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
Professors James D. Wright and Peter Rossi of the Social and Demographic Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts conducted a study in 1982 and 1983 paid for by the U.S. Department of Justice. (Professor Rossi was a former President of the American Sociological Association.) The researchers interviewed 1,874 imprisoned felons in ten states.
Professors [...]
Jan
19
House Bill 45, the anti-gun rights campaign begins in earnest
January 19, 2009 | 60 Comments
The first formal volley in what is projected to be an Obama Administration onslaught on the Second Amendment was fired when H.R. 45 was introduced into the new congress on January 6th by Representative Rush (D) Chicago, Illinois. H.R. 45 is a bill that licenses owners of handguns and semi-automatic weapons with magazine wells. The [...]
Jan
14
Four Obama voters at a gun show-Naivete? Paranoia?
January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
Over the weekend, I met four more guys at a gun show. They were all pleasant enough people who voted to put Barack Hussein Obama in the White House. There were two young men, a “reluctant” Obama voter, and an unusually loquacious liberal gentleman who opined that all we were doing by warning people about [...]
Dec
21
Gun Control Research-There is no “Gun Show Loophole”
December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment
I deferred comments during the heat of the election on a study done in the fall by researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland. The study, cited by the Citizens Committe for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, looked at more than 3,400 gun shows in California and Texas [...]
Dec
17
Gun Control Research-The CDC Study-Lack of Evidence
December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
A comprehensive study done by one of the most prestigious scientific organizations in the country has found no statistically significant evidence that gun control has prevented a single violent crime.
If you believe that scientific research is the most logical way to understand the reality of the world, then you pay attention to studies done [...]