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Arizona Suspect's Erratic Behavior Raises Questions About Gun Sales
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsJared Loughner's behavior was so disturbing, he was forced to withdraw from community college classes last fall, told he could return only with a mental health evaluation showing he "does not present a danger to himself or others." He tried to enlist in the Army in 2008 but was rejected as unqualified. And those who knew him described him to reporters as a "troubled young man" who frequently had such unusual outbursts that no one even wanted to sit next to him in class. But, according to The Washington Post, on Nov. 30, Loughner legally purchased the Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol that law ...
Obama on 'MythBusters': Top 5 Presidential Myths in Need of Busting
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 18) -- The irony is palpable. On Dec. 8, President Barack Obama, a man who has sparked more common myths that perhaps any president since John F. Kennedy, will appear on the Discovery Channel program "MythBusters." While the subject of the program will deal with whether Greek scientist Archimedes could have possibly set fire to an approaching Roman army using only a mirror and a reflection of the sun's rays, the show might have drawn directly from the president's own bio to find other matters still in need of debunking. Surge Desk has a look at the most persistent misinformation ...
Supreme Court Bans Gun Bans: Top 10 Reactions
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court's ruling striking down a city of Chicago handgun ban has sparked immediate, thoughtful online commentary about one of the country's greatest and oldest debates: that over gun rights -- or more specifically, the relationship among governments, gun access and public safety. Surge Desk has compiled a selection of some of the responses and dialogues coming from the blogosphere as a result of today's historic judgment. Hans von Spakovsky, on the Heritage Foundation's blog, writes that this should have been an easy decision. "It is hard to believe that anyone could rationally ...
Republicans to the Unemployed: You're Lazy
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailySalt, meet wound. Wound being unemployment, and salt being the suggestion that the worst economy since the Great Depression was created by its powerless victims -- the jobless. Republicans, do tell: If so many jobs are ripe for plucking, explain the five applicants for every job. (Down from six a few months ago. Oh joy.) Why would anyone believe unemployment is voluntary when there is so much evidence to the contrary? The answer is surprisingly simple: Because that belief makes them feel good. Life is not fair, we learned in childhood. Apparently we never got over it. The psychology term ...
Is Meghan McCain a Gun Nut?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI've been wondering this for several days, ever since she began teasing her next Daily Beast column on her Twitter feed. Could Meghan McCain, role model and political Rosetta Stone, actually be "one of them gun nuts?"The short answer is, "Kinda. Not really." She writes in her column that she really gets a kick out of the Bang-Bang!:So, yes, the girl who wants to legalize gay marriage and thinks the GOP is out of touch with progressive-minded Republicans is fiercely protective of her Second Amendment rights and finds it empowering, especially as a woman, to fire off a few rounds and get closer ...
Fred Hits White House for Gun Control Brief
By Dave - Politics DailyI was wondering when any of the GOP candidates would hit on this, it seemed to be just awfully low hanging fruit in a primary when any edge could make the difference. Well today Fred hits it, as reported by Redstate: The Fred Thompson for President, South Carolina bus tour reached Spartanburg today, where the Law & Order TV star candidate fielded questions at Papa's Breakfast Nook from Charlotte, N.C.'s WBT-AM radio talk show host Jeff Katz. Asked his opinion of the Second Amendment and the Solicitor General's request that the DC Circuit Court remand the appeal back to the trial court for ...
The 2nd Amendment and the GOP Primaries
By Dave - Politics DailyGun control hasn't been a huge issue in the GOP primaries. This is largely because gun control has ceased to be a huge issue in any election anywhere, as Democrats have largely given up on promoting it. They like to win elections, see. But now the Bush administration has filed an amicus brief in what is the largest 2nd amendment case to come before the supreme court in more than seventy years. And this amicus is sure to roil the NRA and may have a large impact on the primaries: As I read this, the (Bush) Dept of Justice is asking that the Court hold it to be an individual right, but not ...
Hillary and Gun Control
By Dave - Politics DailyWell this is a great question, where exactly does Hillary Clinton stand on gun control? She is now hitting on Obama's electability because he supports it, without mentioning her own history: Ah, what a wonderful thing is democracy. It may have its flaws, but there's nothing better, particularly the pleasures of a national election with early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. What else to make of the latest press release from Senator Clinton's campaign, touting Senator Obama's one-time support of "banning all handguns" as evidence that calls Mr. Obama's "electability" into question? Well, ...
Gun Control Case To Watch
By Dave - Politics DailyThe New York Times has a story out this morning about the impending decision of the US Supreme Court on whether to take up the case of the DC Gun Ban and the 2nd amendment. This whole area is fraught with peril for politicians. If the SC takes the case, the decision will be handed down in June, just in time to bring the 2nd amendment to the top of the issues list in what will then be a white hot political campaign. The decision could go three ways... ...
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