Finnish deaths spark gun law call

A day after the horrific school schooting in Finland, the seconf big attack in just a short time, politicians are questioning Finland's gun control policy. Finland's gun laws are among the most permissive in Europe. In fact, Finland has the highest level of gun ownership per...

US Supreme Court considers gun law

"The US Supreme Court is considering the right of US citizens to keep and use guns, for the first time in nearly 70 years. The controversial case questions whether Washington DC can maintain its ban of nearly all handguns and restrictions on shotguns in...

NYC: Home to the Most Marijuana Arrests in the World (but don’t worry, whit...

"With the NYPD facing difficult challenges such as combating terrorism and stopping the flow of illegal handguns into the city, what are the police arresting people for at a rate ten times greater than before 1997? Marijuana. But they aren't arresting everyone who possesses...

Decorated N.J. soldier indicted in Iraq theft

 "Army Reserve Lt. Col. Debra Harrison returned to New Jersey after 17 months in Iraq with a Purple Heart and vivid descriptions of at least two brushes with death in the combat zone. A federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleged she also returned with $330,000 in...

More guns equal more murders? Say it ain't so!

The argument that pro-gun people like to make is that the more people have guns, the safer we all are because if everybody is packing, nobody would dare try anything.But a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health puts a big, hollow-tipped bullet hole in that...

Paul Martin ignores reality—again (The Community Press)

Dear Editor: On December 8, 2005 Prime Minister Paul Martin announced he will ban handgun ownership in Canada. He also announced the creation of a national "snitch line" (or the GunStoppers Program as he calls it) that will pay cash to people for ratting out their gun-owning...