I was going to comment on these pieces but thought let the reader come to their own conclusion. The top piece is by Charles Bowden and talks about immigration, the second piece is on China's business involvement in Australia. The third article is on gun policy, and the forth piece on whales and...
This is the best summary of all gun laws in the USA including the subsequent gun control legislation.
Loaded: A Brief History of Gun Control in America [Interactive Timeline]
I am a postgrad student who is currently undertaking a researching how corruption affects African-Americans in the criminal justice system. During the course of my undergraduate degree i became intrested in social injustice directed at ethnic minorities and studying human rights has further...
Just had to post this ..
I was looking for an old advertisement for the Thompson Machine Gun and stumbled upon this nugget of American history.
"Get Big Dick and be envied by every boy in town"
Could someone please explain to me what republicans are thinking when it comes to the mass shootings? To be clear, I'm looking for a rational discussion or even just an explanation, and I'm trying to understand all the sides to an argument here. What response do republicans want to give to the...
I think it speaks volumes that law enforcement at all levels (federal, state, and local) are adamant that they do not want to be the first to move to the "smart guns" because they know that it is unreliable and will end with their death. Well, leadership is by example. If it's not good enough...
Scary assault weapon! Eek!
Nerf just made every kid's (this one included) dreams come true in announcing its first fully automatic foam ball shooter!
The Nerf Rival Khaos MXVI-4000 will hit stores this fall. It shoots 40 rounds per magazine, with each round capable of reaching speeds near...
Cabot Guns, which has obtained a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite that landed in Africa in 1838, has announced their most exclusive project to date. They're gonna turn that space rock into a matching set of pistols that some speculate to be valued at upward of a million dollars.
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How Making and Not Making Drug Arrests
Threatened My Police Career
Originally published: January 7, 2015
Immediately after completing NYPD academy training I was assigned to a lower Manhattan precinct training unit.
My first encounter with a public-stoner occurred when I was assigned to a...
Kids right to bear arms? They shoot better than they drive. But they can't own a gun until 18th birthday. It doesn't look like their trying to do mass shootings except maybe the Columbine Massacre , but more teens kill with cars than guns. Take the keys away?
I am looking to purchase my first long gun/rifle. The main reason is for large game hunting(ie deer), with a secondary reason of "home defense". I know, a long gun is not the most practical for home defense, therefore it is the secondary reason. What I am looking for is some advice as to what to...
Listening to Herb I hear a young man who was deprived of a safe, fairly happy childhood by an immature teen girl or young woman who in all likelihood also deprived him of growing up alongside a responsible dad he could look up to and admire.
I just read some of Herb's raps, thinking how sad it...
Mapping Each US School Shooting Since 2013...
Map Shows Every US School Shooting Since 2013
October 13th, 2015 - There have been at least 150 school shootings in the United States since 2013, an average of nearly one per week, according to the group, Everytown for Gun Safety.
I thought that it is interesting and telling that there was no Jeb Bush thread in the politics forum. It’s seems that Trump, Carson and even Fiorina are getting all of the play. I realize that Bush is a “ho hum” candidate who is down in the polls but we should pay attention because all that can...
Brave shopkeeper caught on Tape dominating his would-be thief, grabbing his gun and shoot the thief several times Andrew Hepburn, the owner of CAD Auto Parts store, was sitting in his office when two men armed suspects entered. When one of them was distracted by a witness, he saw his chance...