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Connecticut shooting shows why we need to ban gun-free zones
Do criminals about to do a mass shooting care about signs? (Thanks to TM for the image) USA Today has an editorial about the recent shooting in Connecticut and gun-free zones. Excerpt: “After a...
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Sandy Hook CT school shooting shows need for tougher fatherlessness laws
If we were really serious about stopping gun crime, then we should go after the root cause of gun crime. So what is that root cause? The answer might surprise you. Here is Dr. Robert Rector of the...
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John Fund: the facts about mass shootings
From National Review. This article was being shared a lot on Facebook. Excerpt: Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In...
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Woman uses gun to defend herself and her children from home intruder
From WSB-TV in Georgia. (H/T Pro-Existence) Excerpt: A woman hiding in her attic with children shot an intruder multiple times before fleeing to safety Friday. The incident happened at a home on...
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Man shoots robbery suspect to protect his 2-year-old son
Here’s a local news story from Columbus, Ohio about gun violence. Excerpt: A Columbus man said that he fought back when a man tried to rob him at gunpoint in west Columbus Monday night. Kelby Smith,...
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Ben Shapiro takes on CNN actor Piers Morgan on gun control and the second...
Ben Shapiro takes on CNN leftist Piers Morgan: (H/T Wes) The full transcript is here. Excerpt: Shapiro: I think the reason that it’s about left and right here is because fundamentally, the right...
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Public school suspends 5-year-old girl for making threat with soap bubble gun
Fox News reports. Excerpt: A 5-year-old Pennsylvania girl who told another girl she was going to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun that blows soapy bubbles has been suspended from kindergarten....
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Armed guard stops school shooting in Atlanta
A report from The Blaze. Excerpt: A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun...
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Is the root cause of crime poverty or fatherlessness?
If we were really serious about stopping gun crime, then we should go after the root cause of gun crime. So what is that root cause? The answer might surprise you. Here is Dr. Robert Rector of the...
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Virginia crime rate dropping after post-Obama gun buying spree
Dad sent me this article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Excerpt: Gun-related violent crime continues to drop in Virginia as the sales of firearms continue to soar, a pattern that one local...
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Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy paper: gun control doesn’t lower...
Doug Ross linked to this study published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. He writes: The Harvard study attempts to answer the question of whether or not banning firearms would reduce...
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Concealed-carry permit holder uses legal firearm to prevent mass shooting in...
Letitia shared this article from Arizona Central. Excerpt: A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries early Sunday morning after a shooting broke out at a Glendale house party,...
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Mark Steyn and Thomas Sowell on “the knockout game”
First, Mark Steyn writing in National Review. (H/T Jay Richards) Excerpt: In his book The Abolition of Man, he writes of “men without chests” — the chest being “the indispensable liaison” between the...
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New study: the presence of a father helps improves children’s mental health
Science Daily reports on a new study from McGill University. Excerpt: New findings from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) show that the absence of a father during...
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Why did the Colorado shooting only last 80 seconds? Answer: ARMED GUARD
Only the Christian Science Monitor reported this part about the armed guard. (H/T IJReview) Excerpt: (links removed) As they investigate the latest school shooting in the United States – Friday at...
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Karl Pierson was a pro-abortion, anti-gun, anti-war socialist Democrat
In other news, the shooter was a self-proclaimed socialist, as reported by the Denver Post. Excerpt: Pierson’s parents divorced in late 2011, according to court records. The divorce was finalized in...
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Can the negative effects of fatherlessness be attributed to other factors,...
Marriage and family Here’s a blog post from the Institute for Family Studies to answer that question. Introduction: Growing up without a father—whether that’s due to divorce, a nonmarital birth, or a...
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Should we use waterboarding to stop terrorist attacks against schools in...
Map of the Middle East Let’s use a real example to assess whether harsh interrogation techniques are ever justified. The Wall Street Journal: Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in...
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Is the root cause of crime poverty or fatherlessness?
Marriage and family If we were really serious about stopping crime, then we should go after the root cause of crime. So what is that root cause? The answer might surprise you. Here is Dr. Robert Rector...
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Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy paper: gun control doesn’t lower...
Guns provide effective self-defense against violent criminals Doug Ross linked to this study published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. He writes: The Harvard study attempts to answer...
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