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The Ohio Poll: Flawed & Misleading
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"Today the Institute for Policy Research at The University of Cincinnati (Ohio) released a poll (pdf) of 804 random Ohioans. This poll is both flawed and misleading to say the least. The title of the poll itself is 'Substantial Majority Continues To Oppose Concealed-Carry', yet the poll simply did not ask those being polled if they were in favor of or opposed to making it legal to carry a firearm for self-defense." |
Hundreds of weapons lost by INS
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The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, long the target of federal inquiries over suspected operation and management problems, was criticized in a new report outlining the agency�s inability to account for hundreds of weapons and thousands of computers.
~~But I thought government agencies are supposed to be *more* responsible! |
Consumer Group Calls for Gun Regulation
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The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) says that guns should be regulated for safety like any other consumer product. The consumer group is supporting legislation that would give the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) regulatory power over firearms, such as the authority to recall or even ban guns and to set standards for trigger locks. |
Self-Defense Shootings Underreported
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John R. Lott Jr., senior research scholar at the Yale University Law School, wrote that the media emphasizes coverage of mass shootings but rarely reports on incidents where a citizen saved a life with a gun. "Few people realize that civilians use guns defensively to stop about 2 million crimes a year, five times more often than guns are used to commit crimes," said Lott, citing national surveys. |
Gun show operator asks judge to dismiss suit
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The man who operated a gun show where the Columbine killers allegedly obtained several of their weapons has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by the family of one of the wounded students. He sold the weapons legally to someone, who in turn and without his knowledge, transferred them illegally to the minors. |
Few clues found as guns shot at bar are traced
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Though law enforcement officials have traced three of the guns fired by Luther Casteel at JB's Pub early Saturday morning, their origin provided little information as to how the convicted felon came to possess the weapons.
The guns could have changed hands hundreds of times in the last two to three decades, officials said. But police do believe they were never stolen nor were they ever "legally" purchased from another gun store or gun show. |
NM: Property Crimes Surging
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Santa Fe: The chances that you will be a victim of a property crime are much higher than they were in 1999, according to the Santa Fe Police Department's recently released 2000 annual report. |
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| The supposed quietude of a good mans allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside...Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them... � Thomas Paine, I Writings of Thomas Paine at 56 (1894). |
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