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on January 4, 2014 in World News
Shooting rampages could be stopped by quick-thinking civilians
90% of shooting rampages could be stopped by quick-thinking civilians: expert Police eye new tactics, quicker response to halt shooters Mass shootings like the ones that have occurred in recent years in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., have tripled in recent years, according to a study set to be published next week for the FBI. Researchers looked at active shootings in public settings where the primary motive appeared to be mass murder and at least one victim was unrelated to the shooter, according to Yahoo News,… View Article
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on January 4, 2014 in World News
Global Warming Believers are Today’s Climate Deniers
Ice and Cold: Global Warming Believers are Today’s Climate Deniers Just this week we had dozens of Global Warming-believing scientists, who specialize in researching ice melt in Antarctica, run into a helluva lot more Antarctic ice than their research told them would be there. So much more ice that their ship and three ice-breaking rescue vessels were stuck in ten feet of it for days (two of the vessels are still stuck). As I write this, the big news of the weekend is a cold snap across much of… View Article
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on January 4, 2014 in World News
Virginia Gun Sales Hit 24-Year High in 2013
Virginia Gun Sales Hit 24-Year High in 2013 Virginia State Police say background checks for gun sales in 2013 “represented the highest volume of transactions since the inception of Virginia’s background check program” in 1989. Gun sales on Black Friday “also set a record.” According to the Huffington Post, “gun transactions in Virginia totaled 479,253 for the year.” This is nearly an 11 percent increase over the previous sales record of 432,387 transactions in 2012. Gun store owners say the continuing gun control rhetoric coming from President Obama and the… View Article
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on January 4, 2014 in World News
Concealed Carry Saves Lives, Assault Weapon Ban Ineffective
Study: Concealed Carry Saves Lives, Assault Weapon Ban Ineffective A new study published in the latest issue of Applied Economic Letters lays low nearly every claim made by gun control proponents and shines a light on the successes of concealed carry on a state-by-state basis. Specifically, the study shows that less restrictive concealed carry laws save lives, while gun control can endanger them. It also shows that gun control measures like “assault weapons” bans do not reduce state-level murder rates. The author of the study is Quinnipiac University economist Mark Gius. In… View Article
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on January 4, 2014 in World News
Executive Actions on Gun Background Checks
Obama Bypasses Congress with Executive Actions on Gun Background Checks On January 3rd the Obama administration announced two new executive actions concerning background checks on firearm purchasers. These come just over four months after Obama last used executive actions to bypass Congress and just weeks after Vice President Joe Biden said the White House was shifting its focus away from gun control. According to Fox News, Biden now says the administration is issuing two executive actions to broaden access to mental health records during background checks. One of… View Article
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on January 2, 2014 in World News
Gun re-registration begins in D.C
Gun re-registration begins in D.C., may lead to arrest and confiscation First law in U.S. to require renewal with fingerprints and fees For the first time in the United States, a citizen who has legally registered a gun will have to submit to a renewal process. The consequences of not knowing about this new law or missing the specific 60-day window are dire. Starting on Jan. 2, every single D.C. resident who has registered a firearm since 1976 must go to police headquarters to pay a $48 fee and be photographed and fingerprinted. The Metropolitan Police Department estimates there are… View Article
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on January 2, 2014 in World News
Doctors behind ADHD study question drug treatment
Doesn’t ADD Up: Doctors behind ADHD study question drug treatment The co-authors of a 20-year-old study promoting the use of prescription drugs to combat the effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are now claiming the report may have overstated medication’s benefits. According to a report in the New York Times, at least two co-authors of the highly influential study – called the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD – have come forward to express concern that the original report also downplayed the benefits of behavioral therapy. “There was lost opportunity to give kids the advantage of… View Article
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