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America's 1st Freedom
February 2007
https://davekopel.org/Religion/Is-the-best-defense-a-good-book.pdf
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Refutes the claim of pacifist-aggressives that the New Testament mandates pacifism.
America's 1st Freedom
January 2007
https://davekopel.org/2A/Foreign/Cutting-through-the-fog.htm
"In order to justify arms confiscation, the U.N. and its allies have taken up yet another misguided battle cry -- the claim that firearms in civilian hands impede economic development."
With Paul Gallant & Joanne D. Eisen
Tech Central Station
December 29, 2006
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=122906A
The authors describe the ongoing destruction of the disarmed Anuak people of southwestern Ethiopia.
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 24, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/27wjso
Dave responds to and enlarges upon reader comments concerning his views on the the possession and use of weapons by the Apostles.
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 23, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2xrntv
"...here's a preliminary assessment of some of the people who have been listed as likely or definite candidates."
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 14, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yodgsu
http://www.kniferights.org/
"That's the name of America's new citizen organization dedicated to protecting the responsible ownership of knives and edged tools. For their web page look here: http://www.kniferights.org/
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 26, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2hus8r
From a chapter entitled, '"It is not well to Threaten without Having the Power to Act.'
This Taiwanese site features eleven articles in both Traditional and Simplified Characters, including Arms and the Greeks (what Aristotle and Plato thought about an armed populace), and A Moriori Lesson (how pacifism leads to destruction).
Tiziano Buzzacchera
élites
November 2, 2006
https://davekopel.org/Italiano/elites-Interventi.pdf
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Here is the result of Dave's interview by the Italian magazine élites.
Dave Kopel: Magyar
2006 Július 21
http://tinyurl.com/2w6bn6
Hungarian translation of Dave's article about how the United Nations is an accomplice in the terrorist kidnapping of Israeli soldiers.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 22, 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1817329.htm
"Tasmania's Police Minister has released draft legislation to amend the 1996 Firearms Act."
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 22, 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1816921.htm
"The Coalition for Gun Control's Roland Browne says he is concerned about the changes."
Jim Brown
The Canadian Press
January 22, 2007
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/01/22/3425980-cp.html
"A year after the federal Conservatives won power promising to abolish the gun registry, the program is still running - and any hope of killing it before the next election appears to be fading."
Australian Associated Press
December 22, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/2t8n5d
"A gun buy-back scheme in East Timor could work to reduce the amount of violence in the troubled nation, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty says."
Prachi Jatania
CNN-IBN News (India)
December 29, 2006
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/hyd-police-to-train-gunowners/top/29729-3.html
"Hyderbad police has decided to put a check on the people holding a gun license and those using it."
Ravinder Singh Robin
Daily India
January 22, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2zfshw
"To ensure free and fair Assembly elections in the state, the authorities in Punjab have directed all private licensed fire arms owners to deposit them to their respective arms dealer or to their area's police station."
Vivion Kilfeather and Paul Kelly
The Irish Examiner (Ireland)
December 22, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757474/posts
"Householders can attack a burglar without fear of the law unless they act maliciously or with excessive force, the Criminal Court of Appeal said in a fresh ruling on the rights of victims yesterday."
Arutz Sheva (Israel)
January 23, 2007
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=120094
"The law would establish that someone who shoots a thief or intruder in self-defense cannot be charged with murder."
Daniel Sershen
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)
January 22, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/397zte
"Experts say a surge in gun-related crime and a loosening of firearm regulations is promoting a Wild-West approach to security." The 'experts' in question are the authors of a 2004 report by the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, who had used Kyrgyzstan as an example of a country with low firearms ownership and crime.
News Briefing Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
December 22, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/2sxtlx
"NBCentralAsia commentators have criticised a decision to allow members of parliament to carry weapons, saying it will do nothing to resolve security problems facing Kyrgyzstan, and is unfair since other citizens are not allowed to bear arms."
Alfredo Corchado
El Universal (Mexico)
December 26, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/22656.html
"I've never used my gun, and I never plan to, but confronted with a bad situation, we have the right to defend ourselves," he said. "These are very dangerous villages."
Michael Georgy
Reuters (South Africa)
December 20, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ymbwld
"'People have a right to defend themselves but we don't want people to act like vigilantes and just shoot criminals,' said Gauteng police director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo."
Edmund Sanders
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ycdnob
"The government's disarmament plan is not the first time authorities have attempted to sweep weapons from the streets of Mogadishu."
Swiss Info
December 16, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/y9jj3h
This figure comes from Swiss criminologist Martin Killias. Martin Killias's reliability is not entirely beyond informed suspicion.
This is London (UK)
December 26, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/2hmh7f
"He had a cap on his head, a gun under his arm and faithful dog at his side, but the only thing holding his attention was his mobile phone."
Guy Adams
The Independent (UK)
December 26, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2103706.ece
"The League Against Cruel Sports admit that the Hunting Act is being widely flouted, but describe this as a temporary state of affairs."
Tom Harper
The Sunday Telegraph (UK)
December 24, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/24/ngun24.xml
"Gun crime victims have criticised the Government for failing to close a loophole that allows criminals to legally buy 'deactivated' firearms that can be turned back into lethal weapons within minutes."
Ian Swanson
Evening News (Scotland)
January 22, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/28adno
"More than three quarters of Scots would support a ban on airguns, according to a new poll."
Alison Chiesa
The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland)
January 25, 2007
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1145310.0.0.php
http://www.umut.org.tr/eng/
A number of publicized shootings of toddlers (one in Turkey) with airguns has prompted a Labour Councilman to call for Glasgow to ban all air weapons in civillian hands. The British government is doubtful that an individual city has the right to enact such a ban. The article ends with a link to a British NGO actively advocationg the ban, this one: http://www.umut.org.tr/eng/
The Guardian
January 25, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6370387,00.html
"The number of robberies involving firearms jumped 10% last year,including a 9% rise in street robberies at gunpoint..." The article cites as excuse the 'porous borders' of the United Kingdom.
Glenn Reynolds
The New York Times
January 16, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yldhjd
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/LawyersGunsBurglars.htm
Reynolds reacts to the town of Greenleaf, Idaho, requiring firearms ownership for the defense of homes. He cites Dave's 2001 article in the Arizona Law Review, here: http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/LawyersGunsBurglars.htm.
Reno Gazette-Journal (NV)
January 19, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/39p7dn
"The National Rifle Association's Youth Education Summit (YES) program is gearing up to host another active week for students who want to learn about the U. S. government."
Web Page
"The Kids & Clays Foundation is committed to improving the lives of children and their families by partnering with shooting sports enthusiasts to develop programs that generate funds to support the operating needs of the Ronald McDonald Houses, Ronald McDonald House Family Rooms and Mobile Medical Units."
Press Release
USA Shooting
January 17, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2vao58
"'This program will create a 'best practices' message that all trainers can utilize.'" USA Shooting prepares U.S. Olympic marksmen to compete. Other groups joining the initiative include the NSSF, IHEA, and the National 4H.
Press Release
PR Newswire
January 25, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/377b4g
"The ISRA is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new firearm training initiative designed to heighten safety awareness, and build shooting skills. The program keys on women who are interested in learning to handle handguns safely as well as improving their accuracy under combat conditions."
Roger Alford
Associated Press (KY)
January 12, 2007
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16460600.htm
"The Kentucky Wildlife Commission has taken steps to make it easier for children to hunt, even removing the requirement for the state's youngest hunters to purchase licenses."
Melanie Markley
Houston Chronicle (TX)
December 24, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/36eqxv
"Elderly and middle-aged residents are more likely to get concealed handgun permits than people in their 20s, 30s and early 40s, according to Texas Department of Public Safety figures released last week."
Maira Oliveira
All Headline News Reporter
January 15, 2007
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006141785
"The singer-and-actress had to learn to shoot in her new movie 'Smokin' Aces' and now she is confident handling a firearm she is seriously contemplating buying one for her own safety."
LondonNet
December 28, 2006
http://www.londonnet.co.uk/entertainment/2006/Dec/4386_20061228.php
"The rapper - who was arrested in October for possession of drugs and a firearm - wishes the planet could be free of guns so no more lives could be unnecessarily cut short."
Clarke Canfield
Associated Press (ME)
January 6, 2007
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070106gunlaw.html
A new film sympathetically portrays a woman trying to force passage of a ten-day waiting period for firearms purchases in Maine after her son killed himself with a recently-purchased shotgun.
Junaid Afeef
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
January 2007
http://www.ispu.us/pages/articles/2914/articleDetailPB.html
"The idea of public gun ownership simply does not make sense anymore. The right to bear arms, as enumerated in the Second Amendment, was meant for the maintenance of a 'well-regulated militia.'"
Del Quentin Wilber
The Washington Post
January 24, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/29wtog
Armed airline pilots now outnumber Federal Air Marshals, but the difficulties in acquiring certification and a new retraining program may be reducing the number of pilots able to defend their cockpits.
The Washington Post
December 25, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yme8v8
"A test of an X-ray security scanner that can see through clothing, taking clear pictures of the human body along with concealed weapons, has been delayed until early next year at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport."
George Conway
National Review
January 17, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2kvvfd
Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney has proclaimed support for the 2nd Amendment that his actions as governor of Massachusetts would seem to contradict strongly.
Associated Press
KX.com News(ND)
January 20, 2007
http://www.kxnet.com/t/dennis-walaker/87729.asp
http://www.nraila.org/currentlegislation/actionalerts/read.aspx?id=376
Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says that he dropped his NRA membership over the group's support of 'automatic weapons.' The NRA can find no record of Walaker ever having been a member. For the group's pronouncement, see here: http://www.nraila.org/currentlegislation/actionalerts/read.aspx?id=376
Christopher B. Kenny, Michael McBurnett & David J. Bordua
Independence Institute Issue Paper no. 8-2006
December 2006
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/OthWr/Does-the-NRA-Influence-Federal-Elections.pdf
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The first empirical study to conclusively demonstrate and quantify interest-group influence on Congressional elections.
Jay Baggett
World Net Daily
January 20, 2007
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53857
"An Arizona lawmaker has introduced a bill to revise the state's statutes on organized crime and fraud by defining 'domestic terrorism' in such a way that members of the Minuteman Project or other border-patrol groups could be prosecuted and forced to serve a minimum six-month jail term."
Rebecca Boyle
The Tribune (Greeley, CO)
January 26, 2007
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20070126/NEWS/101260090
Colorado state lawmakers have four different bills pending about the continuation or elimination of a statewide database of concealed carry permit holders.
Fran Spielman
Chicago Sun-Times (IL)
January 4, 2007
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/197096,CST-NWS-gun04.article
"Emboldened by Democratic gains in the Illinois Senate, Mayor Daley unveiled his annual package of gun-control legislation Wednesday -- this time, to reverse an uptick in Chicago homicides."
Jenny Yank
WIBW (Topeka, KS)
January 24, 2007
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/5348516.html
"State law prohibits concealed weapons in some areas including state buildings, but Manhattan City Commissioners are taking those restrictions further."
Milton J. Valencia
Worcester Telegram (MA)
January 19, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yqfueq
"City officials could face a debate over gun rights after the police chief suspended the licenses of a shooting range at which a woman killed herself in October."
Donovan Slack
Boston Globe (MA)
January 8, 2007
"Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants the state to suspend driver's licenses and revoke the vehicle registrations of individuals convicted of firearms violations in Massachusetts and to list the charges on driving records available to police during traffic stops."
Larry O'Dell
Associated Press (VA)
January 24, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2q4mqw
"A Senate committee yesterday killed legislation to require private sellers at gun shows to obtain a criminal background check on buyers."
Nicky Walters
State Journal (Charleston, WV)
January 25, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2xepdq
"The bill calls for public schools to offer a two-week orientation program about gun safety to students in grades seven through nine."
Paul Egan
The Detroit News (MI)
December 27, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/2dxubo
"An appeals court today overturned the decision of a Detroit federal judge to drop a gun charge against a man who alleged he was selectively prosecuted because he was black." The alleged selective prosecution was part of the Federal Project Safe Neighborhoods enforcement of federal firearms legislation.
Press Release
The Second Amendment Foundation
January 17, 2007
http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=206
"Frustrated by repeated failures to meet court-appointed deadlines, and a pattern of disregard by the City of New Orleans, the Second Amendment Foundation has filed a motion to hold Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley in contempt of federal court."
Eugene Volokh
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 26, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/29ka7w
"Eckenrode argues that there was no direct evidence that any weapons were, in fact, there to protect any illicit business, as opposed to merely expressions of Eckenrode's quiet enjoyment of his article I, section 24 right to bear arms." State v. Eckenrode, 2007 WL 177917 para. 17 (Wash. Sup. Ct. Jan. 25). The Washington Supreme Court finds that the circumstantial evidence was enough to rebut the quiet enjoyment theory."
John R. Lott
John Lott's Website
1/24/2007
http://www.johnrlott.com/
"The bottom line is that their results comes from two factors: the exclusion of DC and the use of other crime rates to explain the murder rate. Changing these two factors causes their result to go from positive and significant to negative and significant."
Press Release
The Children's Defense Fund
January 26, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ys6b8q
Throughout the text, the references are exclusively to children killed, 'by firearms.' There are comparisons to combat losses in Arghanistan and Iraq.
Press Release
The Brady Campaign
January 22, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2taedc
The Brady campaign has found more than two dozen cases of illegal gun trafficking from dealers across the country.
Press Release
PR Web
January 21, 2007
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb498717.htm
http://www.thehuntingwire.com/
"...hunters and sportsmen can now receive free hunting news directly from equipment manufacturers, game ranches and hunting organizations with the all-new launch of TheHuntingWire.com, Hunting's Sure Shot for On-Line News." The Hunting Wire itself may be accessed here: http://www.thehuntingwire.com/
This newsletter is compiled with help from Dr. Rob S. Rice. For more on this exhausted, if well-motivated individual, see http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rrice/rrice_hd.html. Dr. Rice has just been promoted by the Independence Institute to the position of 'Research Associate.' His previous title was 'Nâzgul.'
Al Qaeda delenda est!
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