In most states there are licensing requirements for barbers. Well, in Florida, the police take advantage of those licensing requirements to check for drugs in barber shops. Sometimes, with guns drawn. I wish I was kidding. Would police take advantage of licensing of doctors...
I believe in the 2nd Amendment's guarantee of a right to "bear arms". As a progressive, I don't think rights are narrow, but broad. That goes for speech, due process, press freedom and especially the 9th Amendment's protection of rights not previously listed in the Bill of...
Here in Sleepy little Canmore, on Monday afternoon, the RCMP shot a man suspected of three armed robberies in a three day period. Since moving here from Vancouver over the summer, I have been amazed by how quiet...
I really hate to see military power wilded in such away, but possibly its the only answer to rid this area of private armies. But isn't the military and the police already trying to do just that? " A congressman asked yesterday President Arroyo to declare martial law in...
Thailand rejected the extradition plea from the US asking for Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer nicknamed "the merchant of death". Viktor Bout will be set free if the US does not appeal within 72...
By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com When it became clear that Barack Obama would be elected president of the United States, Americans began to buy guns and ammunition at a record pace. With the Consumer Products Safety Commission expected to make an important decision...
created by BMCWrites | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 378 views | 18 recommendations | 1 comment
A Bill Before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses. See it on Snopes . BLAIR HOLT BILL AKA GUN CONTROL! Snopes won't allow HIGHLIGHTing but it is a good...
In a post yesterday, Mitchell Langbert offers an insightful look at how U.S. Army soldiers are being required to disclose to their superiors all information about their firearms — personally-owned...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago 210 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
Good news on the violent crime front as gun deaths fall in Britain by 18%. Concerns are raised by The Gun Control Network over the fact that although there has been a fall a disproportionate amount of deaths were...
The organisers of the event in which kids played with UZI machine guns, one of which jumped and twisted around in one 8-year old kid's hands and released bullets that killed him, have been indicted with...
created by jaurez | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 221 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
Leave it to Fox News to claim that Republicans are "stocking up on guns" now that Obama has been elected president. Seriously."When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 718 views | 24 recommendations | 9 comments
"LAS CRUCES - An early morning explosion leveled a home near "A" Mountain Thursday. No injuries are reported, but the home is a total loss and federal investigators have been called in.The Dona Ana County...
created by kristyk | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 950 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"DAVAO CITY -- Thirty-one followers of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader Abdullah Saber Macapaar alias Kumander Bravo surrendered to the military Wednesday night. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has stepped up its operations against rogue MILF rebels...
An explosive siege is occuring in Scarborough, UK, in which a man has taken a six-year-old girl hostage. He could be heard last night by observers shouting to police officers, "I'm going to die tonight." The standoff has now entered its third day, and police are still...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 244 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments