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on August 14, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Concealed Carry Permit Holders Are The Most Law-Abiding People In The Country

By: Aaron Bandler A newly-released report suggests that concealed carry permit holders are the most law-abiding citizens in the U.S. The report, written by Crime Prevention Research Center president John Lott, notes that it is “very rare for permit holders to violate the law” and compares the crimes committed by permit holders to police officers and the general population. The police committed 103 crimes per 100,000 officers, while the general population committed 3,813 per 100,000 people, 37 times as much as the police crime rate. And yet, the same metric shows an even lower crime rate for permit holders. “Combining the data for Florida… View Article

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on August 14, 2016 in World News

Row Erupts Over Turkeys ‘Legalisation’ Of Sex With Children As Young As Twelve

by Raheem Kassam And Chris Tomlinson A row has erupted between the Turkish and Austrian governments following a decision by the Turkish Constitutional court to effectively lower the age of consent in Turkey to 12. The decision, made last month, was reported in Austrian newspapers whose headlines were used in news tickers at Vienna’s international airport. This caused Turkey to summon Austria’s charge d’affairs on Saturday. The headline has now been removed from the ticker. Earlier this summer, the Turkish Hurriyet paper reported: The Constitutional Court has ruled to annul a provision that punishes all sexual acts against children under the… View Article

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