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December 27, 2006
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The Denver Press Club
C-Span Archives
November 15, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y6tsme
http://www.i2i.org/ivoices/video/wmp/davedebatwithaudio.wmv
http://tinyurl.com/ycyfdq
The Denver Press Club hosts a debate on the issue of gun control. Arnold Grossman, author of "One Nation Under Guns - An Essay on An American Epidemic," argues the pro-gun control case while David Kopel, co-editor of "Gun Control and Gun Rights: A Reader and Guide" speaks for the opposing side. The debate is moderated by Cynthia Hessin, executive producer of Rocky Mountain PBS. Arnold Grossman co-founded SAFE Colorado, a bipartisan anti-gun violence group, in 2000, following the Columbine school shootings. Mr. Grossman co-authored "1998" with former Colorado governor Richard Lamm. You can watch a replay of the debate in Quicktime http://tinyurl.com/y6tsme or in WMV http://www.i2i.org/ivoices/video/wmp/davedebatwithaudio.wmv format. For more there is Dave's book review of One Nation Under Guns: an Essay on an American Epidemic by Arnie Grossman. Kopel's lengthy review of a book riddled with factual and legal errors, and which, unintentionally, reveals why the gun control movement in the United States has become such a failure in recent years. http://tinyurl.com/ycyfdq
Ivoices Audio Podcast of
an Interview with Kopel
8 minutes
November 8, 2006
http://www.i2i.org/ivoices/audio/iipodcast70.mp3
Dave thinks that the 2nd Amendment fared considerably better during the last election than did the Republican Party.
Second Annual "Firearms
Law & the Second Amendment
Symposium
George Mason University
School of Law
October 7, 2006
http://www.nraila.org/ActionCenter/GrassRootsActivism.aspx?id=41
http://tinyurl.com/y5zd2t
http://tinyurl.com/y53qlc
http://tinyurl.com/y82kgl
http://tinyurl.com/y6nyx5
Dave's particular portion of the symposium is available in Windows Media High Resolution (larger size) here http://tinyurl.com/y5zd2t and Low (poorer quality) http://tinyurl.com/y53qlc. For QuickTime, high is here http://tinyurl.com/y82kgl and low is here http://tinyurl.com/y6nyx5.
National Review Online
November 8, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y2k9sk
Vide supra.
National Review Online
November 2, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ybkapd
This article upon re-reading gives Dave some auctoritas as a prognosticator.
America's 1st Freedom
January 2007
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Foreign/Cutting-through-the-fog.htm
America's 1st Freedom
December 2006
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Foreign/Off-target.htm
Seventeen years later, another Montreal college shooting mocks the failed registry.
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Editorial: Equal Time
November 8, 2006
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2006/11/07/1108edequal.html
America's 1st Freedom
November 2006
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Foreign/UN-To-World.htm
"Thwarted by the demise of its global gun ban treaty, the United Nations declares the human right of self-defense null and void."
The Volokh Conspiracy
December 12, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ym2d99
"the Ohio Senate voted 21-12 to override Republican Governor Bob Taft's veto of a bill to reform Ohio's gun laws."
The Volokh Conspiracy
December 4, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yh4fvw
"Tourgee's book about the Ku Klux Klan explained that during the 1870s, in Southern areas where the black militias lost and the Klan or other white groups took control, 'Almost universally the first thing done was to disarm the negroes and leave them defenseless.'"
The Volokh Conspiracy
October 17, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y6yrt4
Unable to force a blanket small-arms ban, the Control Arms affiliate of the UN's failed effort to impose global gun law recommends that military supplies no longer be exported to Israel, which has 'unlawfully killed' Palestinians.
Jeanine Baker and Samara
Mcphedran
British Journal of
Criminology
October 18, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yf5oj4
"When compared with observed values, firearm suicide was the only parameter the [National Firearms Agreement of 1996] may have influenced, although societal factors could also have influenced observed changes."
Canada NewsWire
November 25, 2006
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2006/25/c8679.html
"This is by no means the first time the NRA, considered the most powerful gun lobby in the world, has come to Canada at the invitation of the Canadian gun lobby, to promote its position."
Clive Edwards
Enter Stage Right
November 20, 2006
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/1106/1106debatenotover.htm
"It is worth noting that over the course of the gun control debate in Canada the emphasis has shifted from 'sporting use' and 'hunting' as valid reasons for owning firearms to 'personal protection'."
Betel Miarom
Reuters News
November 14, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14822664.htm
"The state of emergency gave regional governors wide-ranging powers to ensure security, including a ban on unauthorised firearms."
Dominican Today (Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic)
November 28, 2006
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=20028
"Dominican and international experts agreed on the need to modify Law 36 on owning and carrying guns, to heighten controls in the issuing of permits." Local and unnamed international organizations met in Santo Domingo to assert the need for restrictions on civilian firearms ownership.
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
November 23, 2006
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2245918,00.html
"Germany has some of the most strict firearms laws in the world. But a school shooting this week raises the question of whether the Internet presents a loophole for illegally acquiring weapons."
Shawn Pogatchnik
Associated Press (Ireland)
December 14, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ybyere
"A Dublin jury acquitted a farmer Thursday who fatally shot a burglar in the back -- a case that attracted national attention because the slain man was a member of Ireland's gypsy minority."
Firstrung (UK)
November 21, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yfappo
"The long-awaited consultation paper by the Irish government-appointed legal watchdog on legitimate defence has called for the introduction of new laws to safeguard homeowners who are confronted by violent intruders."
Press Release from the
Sensible Sentencing Trust
Scoop Media Limited (New
Zealand)
December 4, 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00037.htm
"Greg Carvell did what any citizen in the same circumstances should legally be able to do when faced with an intruder yelling 'Give me the guns or I'll kill you.' He shot him!"
Radio New Zealand
November 7, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yfk47y
"Police figures show there are more than 8,000 military-style semi-automatic weapons in circulation, of the type gun control advocates say should be banned. They include rockets, anti-tank projectors, grenade launchers and machine guns - but many of these are held by collectors." These voices lack police support.
Rio N. Araja
Manila Standard
(Philippines)
November 29, 2006
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics4_nov29_2006
"THE Commission on Elections yesterday vowed to carry out a stricter gun ban in next year's election period."
Sun-Star (Philippines)
November 5, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y2dgnd
The gun ban, on carrying of weapons, applies to even government officials during the period of the Philippines' Congressional elections."
Swiss Info
December 16, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y9jj3h
"More than 300 people are killed every year by army guns, according to a study led by the Swiss criminologist Martin Killias." Killias is an open advocate of civilian disarmament.
Daily Record (UK)
November 9, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/v8o6v
"Tough new curbs on the sale of airguns across the UK were yesterday welcomed by Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson."
Edith M. Lederer
Fox News
December 7, 2006
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Dec07/0,4670,UNWeaponsTradeTreaty,00.html
"Over U.S. objections, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the first international treaty on controlling the trade in assault rifles, machine guns and other small arms."
Press Release
Office of the Secretary
General of the United Nations
December 6, 2006
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sgsm10782.doc.htm
"The Secretary-General welcomes today's adoption by the General Assembly of a resolution launching a process that could lead to a treaty regulating international trade in conventional weapons."
Press Release
The United Nations
December 6, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y89gbn
"The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution effectively kicking off a diplomatic process aimed at promulgating a new international treaty on the global trade in conventional arms -- a move immediately hailed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan -- as it acted on a series of resolutions adopted at the recommendation of its Disarmament and International Security (First) Committee."
Press Release
The United Nations
November 24, 2006
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/dc3053.doc.htm
"The United Nations Group of Governmental Experts to consider further steps to enhance international cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons will hold its first session in Geneva from 27 November to 1 December 2006." The non-binding resolution to the Secretary General was the step.
Press Release
General Assembly of the
United Nations
November 1, 2006
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/gashc3865.doc.htm
The effort to produce a report on the status of human rights worldwide collapsed as individual nations mentioned in the report for violations objected to its completion.
Fred Willoughby
Deseret News (UT)
December 17, 2006
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650215354,00.html
"First responders are the people already at the scene, such as school officials. First responders do have the element of surprise. This is very important in shooting incidents."
Dan Joling
Associated Press (AK)
November 17, 2006
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/18/news/state/18_39_4911_17_06.txt
"'What we're trying to do is mitigate the onslaught of very bad habits that cause needless deaths and needless accidents,' Coate said."
Stars and Stripes
November 18, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ykcpxa
"The National Rifle Association is offering free one-year memberships to all troops on active duty as a token of appreciation for their service."
The Washington Post
October 26, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y6o8m7
"It's a pretty, I think, widely accepted statistic that if you carry a gun, your chances of being shot by one increase dramatically," Stern said during a conference call. "We think this is an alarming subject, that although you'll read players saying how they feel safer with guns, in fact those guns actually make them less safe. And it's a real issue.'"
Michael R. Wickline
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
November 17, 2006
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/173243/
"A bill filed Thursday for the forthcoming state legislative session would remove a person's duty to retreat under certain circumstances before using deadly force in self-defense."
Press Release
The Brady Campaign
November 16, 2006
"On Election Day, the people of Cook County sent a clear message about military-style semiautomatic assault weapons: they are not wanted or needed on American streets. The County Board listened to the voters, and moved to strengthen the ban on these weapons within the County limits."
Joe Menard
The Detroit News (MI)
November 10, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y6w48t
"Lower hunter numbers threaten Michigan's longstanding hunting tradition that rakes in millions of dollars of revenue annually and is the primary funding source of conservation efforts statewide."
Nate Jenkins
Lincoln Journal-Star (NE)
November 15, 2006
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/11/15/local/doc455b8a3b314f2825672435.txt
"Gov. Dave Heineman has signed off on the curriculum for classes that will be held across the state: How to safely carry a concealed handgun."
Tina Moore
New York Daily News (NY)
November 23, 2006
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/473991p-398748c.html
"The state's biggest gun group has scored a bull's-eye with a court victory that requires the NYPD to hand over the names and addresses of 45,000 gun permit holders. The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association says it will use the list to warn gun owners about Mayor Bloomberg's campaign to limit their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.
Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Times of India
December 11, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y8pvs7
"'The persons who are members of the aggressor party cannot claim right of self-defence,"the Bench said in its judgment on Friday.'"
Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com
November 16, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y748fy
"Maxwell Hodgkins, a native of Dallas, Texas, who lives in Britain, is asking for a legal injunction that would prohibit federal officials from enforcing several gun control statutes that his lawyers call 'vague and ambiguous.'"
Press Release
The Second Amendment
Foundation
November 16, 2006
http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=203
"The Second Amendment Foundation and three Washington State residents have filed a federal lawsuit against a north-central Washington regional library system for denying them access to websites that include information on firearms and publications dealing with guns."
Mike Salinero
Tampa Tribune (FL)
December 12, 2006
http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBX2OAULVE.html
"Florida law permits Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White or anyone else with a concealed-weapon permit to carry a gun into the Fred B. Karl County Center."
Karen Eschbacher
Indianapolis Star
November 27, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yczt62
"Gun makers are appealing an Indiana judge's first-of-its-kind ruling that a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from lawsuits is unconstitutional."
Shannon Prather
Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
December 12, 2006
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/16223874.htm
"A convicted felon barred from carrying a firearm broke the law when he started toting a BB gun, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled."
Associated Press
The Commercial Appeal
(Memphis, TN)
November 13, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y57b84
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is scheduled to go on trial Tuesday in Hinds County Circuit Court to face gun charges.
Brian Bakst
Associated Press (MN)
November 15, 2006
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/16022243.htm
"Minnesota churches aren't bound by a state law requiring private property owners to either post a sign or orally inform people when concealed handguns are barred from their parking lots and sanctuaries, a judge has ruled." The upshot is that a civilian carrying a concealed weapon legally could face prosecution for possessing a firearm in a church with an unposted ban.
Charles Toutant
New Jersey Law Journal
December 14, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ykwhjb
"In a suit that tested the power of cities to write their own laws to curb gun-related violence, Hudson County Assignment Judge Maurice Gallipoli said he doubted the ordinance would achieve that end. And he found it pre-empted by the state's extensive gun-control scheme."
Julie Carr Smyth
Associated Press (OH)
December 17, 2006
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/16262215.htm
"As gun-rights groups lauded a new law passed last week lifting most local restrictions on carrying firearms, Ohio's big cities were contemplating joining forces to stop it."
Supreme Court of the
State of Washington
November 30, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yd2osx
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/766258.opn.pdf
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"Citizens Have a Constitutional Right To Bear Arms Under Both the Federal and State Constitutions." The decision is available in Adobe Acrobat format here: http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/766258.opn.pdf
David Hardy
William & Mary Bill of
Rights Journal
Vol. 15, No. 4, 2007
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=947334
Mr. Hardy indicates the ways in which Professor Saul Cornell's recent book, A Well-Regulated Militia, failed to understand the other component of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Pro-Gun Progessive
November 1, 2006
http://progunprogressive.com/?p=250
Josh Sugarman's claim that 1 in 5 police officers slain in 2005 were killed with 'Assault weapons' does not withstand scrutiny. More officers were slain by intentional ramming with vehicles. The comments on this site are provocative.
Steve Bartin
newsalert
July 14, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yfocn5
According to articles collected by Mr. Bartin, "...a 'made member' of the Mob was a powerful Alderman working to disarm honest citizens while his criminal conspirators had no intention of disarming."
This newsletter is compiled with help from Dr. Rob S. Rice. For more on this loquacious, if well-motivated individual, see http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rrice/rrice_hd.html. Dr. Rice was once again not invited to the Independence Institute Staff Christmas Party. A huge blizzard forced its cancellation. COINCIDENCE?
Al Qaeda delenda est!
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