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About once a month, Dave
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summaries and links to important new research and writing
involving the Second Amendment and firearms policy. The
newsletter also reports on Kopel's latest writing.
The content of this newsletter is produced by the Second Amendment Project at the Independence Institute, a think tank in Golden, Colorado. The newsletter is electronically distributed by the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, Washington. Thus, the Second Amendment Foundation will be given your e-mail address. Archive of past issues.
Dave Kopel's Second Amendment Newsletter.
September 28, 2005.
Dave Kopel's Second Amendment Project is based at the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank in Golden, Colorado. http://www.independenceinstitute.org ========================================================= Delivery of this newsletter comes courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation, in Bellevue, Washington http://www.saf.org
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Special
update on Kopel website enhancements. Request for translators
1. Report
on New Orleans: New
Orleans loots guns from the
law-abiding.
Kopel
explains why confiscation is illegal. Then NRA and SAF persaude a
federal
district
court to prohibit confiscation.
2. Other
writing by Kopel: Dangerous legislation in Congress. Scottish and
English religious
roots
of the Second Amendment. Justice Roberts.
3. International: Bolton's Views; Canadian Firearms Issues; India, Thailand, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa; U.N. Report that Scotland is the World's Most Violent Country 4. New Orleans: NRA monitors; Offiicals Unready; Looter Protection; Looter Pre-emption 5. Culture: Hoplophobia Help; Teachers Shooting; '60 Minutes,' 'Pistol Pete' Mascot Disarmed, Phony RKBA Group 6. Politics: Sex Offenders Ban; BATFE Videotaping; Brady Campaign; Missouri CCW; N.C. Weapons Counseling 7. Law: Roberts on RKBA Case Law; Gun Show Legislation; Self-Defense Jury Instruction 8. Research: Civilian Self Defense Blog; Death by Murder Statistics; Gun Law News; Insurance Cost of RKBA?
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Special bulletin: Kopel website enhancements
PDA: If you use a personal digital assistant--such as a Treo or
Blackberry--you can
now access
a special PDA-enabled version of Kopel's home page. The special version
contains
simpler formatting, and no graphics, for faster display with the PDA's
smaller
screen and
memory. The PDA-enabled Kopel home page is:
In
addition, there is a PDA-enabled page for "Kopel's Corner," the weblog
which reprints
Kopel's
blogging for The Volokh Conspiracy. The PDA-enabled Kopel weblog is:
Language: Thanks to volunteers all over the world, the Kopel
website now includes
significant
translated content in French and Italian. In addition, there is some
translated
content in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian,
Polish,
and Czech.
The entire
website (except for PDF pages) is also structured to allow seamless
machine-based translation for persons who wish the browse the website in
Chinese
(simplified), Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
and
Italian.
Translators sought: We would very much appreciate the volunteer
services of translators
in any
language. You can work with Kopel to pick the short article(s) you would
like
to
translate. The Independence Institute cannot pay translators, but the
translator is
given full
credit, including a link, if desired. The impending gun prohibition vote
in Brazil is
going to
set off a cascade of activity by the international gun prohibition
lobbies, aiming to
strike a
decisive blow at the July 2006 UN anti-gun conference. And if they do
not win at the
UN in 2006,
they already have many strategies for imposing global gun prohibition
anyway.
The
freedom-loving people of the world need to learn the truth about gun
issues. As a
volunteer
translator, you can accomplish a great deal of good at a critical time
in world
history.
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1. Special Report on New Orleans:
Defenseless on the Bayou: New Orleans Gun
Confiscation is Illegal and Foolish.
Reason.com September 10, 2005 http://www.reason.com/hod/dk091005.shtml
New Orleans City Officials off Hook
'Stunningly incompetent' Mayor Nagin given
a pass by Denver's News,
New Orleans Gun Confiscation is Blatantly Illegal:
David Kopel The Volokh Conspiracy September 9, 2005 http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_09_04-2005_09_10.shtml#1126317466
Follow-up for Orin:
David Kopel The Volokh Conspiracy September 11, 2005 http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_09_11-2005_09_17.shtml#1126415541
Follow-up to the follow-up to the follow-up:
David Kopel The Volokh Conspiracy September 11, 2005 http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_09_11-2005_09_17.shtml#1126422627
These three blog entries, and others which can all be accessed through
the 'Related Posts' links at the bottom of each, detail Dave's exchanges with fellow Volokh Conspiracy blogger, Law Professor Orin Kerr, of George Washington University, who did not feel the efforts to confiscate civilian firearms in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were quite the violations of civil rights that Dave branded them. How absolute are legal rights in an emergency, particularly when they involve the very fundamental right of self-defense? Follow the discussion and decide.
New Orleans Guns Should Be Returned Today:
David Kopel The Volokh Conspiracy September 13, 2005 http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_09_11-2005_09_17.shtml#1126639299
Putting aside the considerations of the previous exchange, the
authority of the firearms confiscation order only had a five-day span, and those five days have duly expired. Were the confiscated guns returned?
And now for
the Happy Ending to the Story:
New Orleans
Admits that Gun Confisications Have No Legal Basis.
Kopel's
September 25 entry on the Volokh Conspiracy celebrates the magnificent
victory of
the Second Amendment Foundation, the National Rifle Association, and
their
attorney Stephen Halbrook in federal district court for the Eastern
District of
Louisiana
on September 23. A federal judge ordered New Orleans and St. Tammany
Parish to
stop confiscating guns, and to return all the guns which have been
confiscated.
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2. Other
New Writings by Kopel
The Scottish and English Religious Roots of
the American Right to Arms: Buchanan,
Rutherford, Locke, Sidney, and the Duty to Overthrow Tyranny, 12 Bridges (nos. 3/4, Fall/Winter 2005, forthcoming). Many twenty-first century Americans believe that they have a God-given right possess arms as a last resort against tyranny. This article examines one of the most important sources of that belief: the struggle for freedom of conscience in the United Kingdom during the reigns of Elizabeth I and the Stuarts. A moral right and duty to use force against tyranny was explicated by the Scottish Presbyterians George Buchanan and Samuel Rutherford. The free-thinking English Christians John Locke and Algernon Sidney broadened and deepened the ideas of Buchanan and Rutherford. The result was a sophisticated defense of religious freedom, which was to be protected by an armed people ready to resist encroachments on their natural, sacred liberties. The principle that right to arms is the ultimate guarantor of the right to free exercise of religion is one reason why the First and Second Amendments are placed next to each other in the American Bill of Rights.
H.R. 1528: A Threat to Gun Owners, Families
and Privacy
David B. Kopel and Mike Krause Independence Institute Issue Backgrounder 1B-2005-C July 2005 http://www.i2i.org/articles/IB_2005_C.pdf (PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
The 'Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child
Protection Act of 2005'
contains some language that violates several constitutional protections, including that of the 2nd Amendment.
Roberts on the Interstate Commerce Power:
David Kopel The Volokh Conspiracy September 16, 2005 http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_09_11-2005_09_17.shtml#1126843381
Dave details some of his concerns about
Chief Justice Nominee Roberts's
view of the powers granted to Congress under the Constitution's Interstate Commerce clause.
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3. International
U.N.
Sen. Vitter Moves to Block Anti-Gun UN
Press Release Gun Owners of America July 14, 2005 http://capwiz.com/gunowners/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=7835681
Pro-gun Senator David Vitter (R-LA) is
getting ready to introduce a
bill that would block the United Nations from implementing gun control measures affecting U.S. citizens.
U.S. Gun Rights At Issue In UN Effort:
Vitter proposes bill to protect arms owners Bruce Alpert The Time Picayune - New Orleans, USA Saturday, August 13, 2005 http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1123916107232310.xml#continue
In something of a vindication of the
Internet's intended
indestructibility, the New Orleans Times-Picayune can still provide its own account of Vitter's effort to protect the rights of U.S. citizens from U.N. overrule.
The Best of Bolton
John Bolton Human Events August 2, 2005 http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=8390
A collection of our ambassador to the U.N.'s
apothegmata.
On the subject of the 2nd Amendment,
addressing the UN Conference on Small Arms this July 9, Bolton noted:
"The United States will not join consensus
on a final document that
contains measures contrary to our constitutional right to keep and bear arms... We do not support measures that would constrain legal trade and legal manufacturing of small arms and light weapons. The vast majority of arms transfers in the world are routine and not problematic."
Canada
Library of Parliament Report: Some Legal
Implications of a Municipal
Bylaw Requiring the Central Storage of Firearms Wade Riordan Raaflaub Law and Government Division Parliamentary Information and Research Service September 16, 2005 http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/2005_new/3.doc
Toronto's plan to ban home possession of all
firearms gets legal
support from a researcher for Canada's parliament. All firearms could be required to be stored in a central location under the control of the city police, as Raaflaub sees it.
Crime Statistics 2004
Statistics Canada: The Daily July 21, 2005 http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm
Statistics produced for annual Juristat
released by the Canadian Centre
for Justice Statistics (CCJS) show that while Canada's total violent crime rate declined, the national homicide rate increased 12%.
Criminal Code Incidents per Police Officer
Has Doubled Since 1962
Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 85-224 Police Resources in Canada 2003 http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/PoliceresourcesinCanada.pdf
The indefatigable Breitkreuz notes, by
implication, that despite
ever-stronger gun laws, Canada's crime rate continues to exhibit ominous trends.
Weapons Used In Crime In 2003
Garry Breitkreuz MP, Conservative Firearms Critic GarryBreitkreuz.com http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/Article520.doc
Canada's murder rate continues to rise
rapidly. 71% of all murders in
Canada are committed with something besides a firearm.
CFC Firearms Collector Application Form
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/issues/guninfo/2005/col_apl.pdf (PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Gun collectors in Canada are required in no
uncertain terms to allow
police inspection at any time of their acquisitions--for starters.
Are Guns Really More Dangerous than Other
Weapons?
Gary Mauser Fraser Forum June, 2005 http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/chapterfiles/Jun05ffmauser.pdf# (PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Dr. Mauser is a Professor in Business
Administration and the Institute
for Canadian Urban Research Studies, at Simon Fraser University. His conclusions in a word: No.
Canadian churches back action against small
arms
Ekklesia (Theological news) September 20, 2005 http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_050920arms.shtml
"Project Ploughshares, the peace agency of
the Canadian Council of
Churches, has launched a campaign against small arms and light weapons."
India
In Meerut, College Dons Hold Class with Guns
Aman Sharma The Indian Express July 22, 2005 http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=74882
After one student fired at a professor,
others are playing it safe and
carrying their licensed weapons.
Thailand
Thai Teachers Given Government Approval To
Carry Weapons
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/news/newsbrief.plx?id=2241161582&fa=1
Philippines
Napolcom Tightens Rules On Who Can Carry
Firearms
Jefferson Antiporda The Manila Times July 14, 2005 http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jul/14/yehey/metro/20050714met1.html
"The National Police Commission has issued a
new directive limiting
the issuance and disposal of firearms to its personnel."
Russia
How I Bought a Rifle For Self-Defense in
Russia
Vladimir Simonov RIA Novosti August 11, 2005 http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050811/41139012.html
An interesting article from the Russian News
and Information Agency, on
liberalizing Russian gun laws: "In Moscow alone, some 400,000 people legally keep 470,000 weapons to protect themselves, their families, and property against potential assault in these troubled times."
South Africa
Firearms Registry slammed for 'ineptitude'
Sheena Adams Independent Online (South Africa) September 15, 2005 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20050915060958770C464804
"...Of the 20,397 applications for
competency certificates received since
January, 3,937 had been finalized..."
Hunters Take Aim At Firearm Authorities
Ernest Mabuza Business Day (Johannesburg) July 11, 2005 http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=1533558
Firearm Licensing Authorities are denying
professional hunters a right
to earn a living by dismissing applications for rifle and ammunition licences without giving sufficient reasons, say hunting lobbyists.
Firearms Control Act well wide of its target
Wyndham Hartley Business Day (South Africa) September 20, 2005 http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A93763
"Implementation of the Firearms Control Act
is threatening to spiral
out of control with government's Central Firearms Registry processing only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of reapplications for gun licences it was scheduled to process this year."
United Kingdom
Backlash At Curbs to Restrict Replica Guns
Hugh Muir The Guardian (UK) August 16, 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1549753,00.html
"Relatives of people killed or injured by
acts of gun crime clashed
with sporting enthusiasts yesterday over the government's plans to restrict the manufacture and sale of imitation and replica firearms."
Up To 4m Guns in UK And Police are Losing
the Battle
Sophie Goodchild and Paul Lashmar The Independent (UK) News September 4, 2005 http://blog.joehuffman.org/2005/09/04/Four+Million+Illegal+Guns+In+Britain.aspx
"British criminals could have access to as
many as four million illegal
firearms, criminal intelligence experts warn"
Scotland tops list of world's most violent
countries
Katrina Tweedie The Times (UK) September 19, 2005 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1786945,00.html
"A United Nations report has labeled
Scotland the most violent country
in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America."
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4. New Orleans
NRA on the Ground in Louisiana
Press Release The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action September 16, 2005 http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/Read.aspx?ID=1741
"...in the wake of unspeakable crimes
perpetrated by roving, armed gangs
and individuals, authorities in New Orleans seized legal firearms from lawful residents, effectively disarming the very citizenry they are sworn to protect."
Disaster Official At NY Symposium:
Planners Didn't Anticipate Gun Problem After Katrina Associated Press (NY) September 13, 2005 http://www.wnbc.com/politics/4966162/detail.html
"Emergency officials who prepared
Louisiana's plan for responding to a
major hurricane never guessed that one of their duties would be to protect aid workers from gunmen, one of the state's senior disaster officials said Monday."
Looting in New Orleans
Ted Frank PointofLaw.com: Information and Opinion on the U.S. litigation System September 1, 2005 http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/001530.php
"Glenn Reynolds suggests shooting looters.
Eric Muller proudly looks
down his nose at the idea. How uncivilized! But the irony is that it's Muller whose position is uncivilized..."
On The Mend, but Changed Forever
The Economist September 15, 2005 http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=4406825
"Just got my phone charged, thank God," he
says. His taps are running
again, albeit at low pressure, and the looters left him alone because "I have a very large gun."
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5. Culture
A web-page offering support and some
soothing techniques for
persons who
suffer from the mental illness of irrational
fear of firearms.
Educators Take Aim
Jessica Seda The New Jersey Herald July 11, 2005 http://www.njherald.com/296928738307366.php
"Repeatedly pulling the trigger on a loaded
gun seems like an unusual
way for a teacher to spend a weekend, but that is what many area educators did Sunday during the Franklin Rifle and Revolver Association's first ever firearm training geared toward those in the field of education ..."
Smith & Wesson Sees 11 Pct Rise In Firearms
Sales In 2005
Reuters, Bangalore Defense News June 29, 2005 http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=945036&C=america
"Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. on June 29
said it expected firearms
sales for fiscal 2005 to rise by about 11 percent and earnings to be within the high-end of its forecast, before certain accounting adjustments." Smith and Wesson stock has doubled in value in recent years.
Give Your Children An Early Inheritance
Al Doyle Lewrockwell.com June 27, 2005 http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/doyle6.html
"How can a parent do this? Buy a child a gun
- and take the time to
teach how to use it responsibly and safely."
N.M. State's 'Pistol Pete' Losing Pistol
Associated Press August 15, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165721,00.html
"University officials have also stripped the
word "Pistol" from Pete's
name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol. The changes are part of a marketing plan to remake the university's image on the national stage."
CCRKBA Calls For Investigation of 60 Minutes
Subject
Press Release The Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms July 18, 2005 http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/670428.html
This group points out that the subject of an
admiring '60 Minutes'
segment on CBS confessed to breaking several federal gun laws, and demands an investigation.
Potemkin
"pro-gun" group, Hunters and Shooters
"...there is no constitutional right to arms
for criminals, terrorists,
or others who seek to abuse the very freedoms the Constitution guarantees..." For a thorough analysis of this group's origin and actual purpose, see:
Democrats Set Up Fake Organizations to
Support Gun Control Policies
John Lott John Lott's Website August 3, 2005 http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2005/08/democrats-set-up-fake-organizations-to.html
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6. Politics
National
U.S. House Passes Measure to Keep Guns Out
of the Hands of Sex Offenders
News Release The Violence Policy Center September 14, 2005 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050914/clw533.html?.v=4
"...the U.S. House of Representatives passed
on a voice vote an amendment
offered by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to prohibit gun possession by individuals convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against minors."
H.R. 1603: "To require the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes." Introduced by Rep. John Gingrey [R-GA] 109th Congress http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-1603
A bill recently introduced in the U.S.
Congress would require ATF's
Firearms Technology Branch to videotape all testing of firearms it conducts when making a determination of whether or not the firearm in question falls under the purview of the National Firearms Act, which regulates the ownership of machine guns. In addition, the proposed legislation would prohibit ATF from entering into evidence at a criminal trial any item that has been determined to be an NFA firearm unless the videotape of that determination is provided at that trial. The ATF has been unable in some celebrated cases to prove charges that civilians had illegally converted legal weapons to illegal fully-automatic fire.
Missouri
Blunt Signs Concealed Guns Fix; St. Louis
Will Issue Permits
David A. Lieb Associated Press July 12, 2005 http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/12116134.htm
Missouri governor Matt Blunt signed
legislation Tuesday aimed at fixing
a flaw in the state's concealed guns law, and the last localities still holding out immediately said they would start accepting applications from residents.
Nevada
Did Brady Campaign Lie On S.397?
John J. Cahill American Chronicle July 23, 2005 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1326
Several county sheriffs from Nevada have
denied signing a letter
submitted to Congress by the Brady Campaign, but that organization continues to use their names in opposing recent senate legislation.
North Carolina
Weapons Counseling Stays in Bill
Lynn Bonner The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) September 1, 2005 http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/2774542p-9213041c.html
The North Carolina State House of
Representatives decided to keep a new
policy on advising domestic violence victims about legally carrying a gun, rejecting Gov. Mike Easley's request to nullify a law he signed a few days previously.
Ohio
Bill Would Prohibit Cities From Banning Guns
The Associated Press WTOL News 11, Toledo August 15, 2005 http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=3605678
A bill to be introduced soon in the Ohio
Legislature would prohibit
cities from enacting their own gun laws like the one passed by the Columbus City Council banning assault weapon sales. The NRA has moved a planned convention out of Columbus pending passage of this legislation.
Oregon
Democrats Back Baker County Gun Position
The Associated Press Fox 12 Oregon http://kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3626548
A gun ownership resolution by Baker County
Democrats has been adopted
by the statewide party. It stresses the constitutional right to own weapons and advocates severe penalties for those who abuse the right.
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7. Law
Roberts on the Second Amendment
David Hardy Of Arms and the Law September 15, 2005 http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2005/09/roberts_on_the.php
Hardy finds evidence that nominee Roberts
is well acquainted with some
important RKBA case law.
Gun-Show Law Questioned: Judge Considers
Whether it's so Broadly Worded it Affects Even Breakfasts
Gary Craig Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY) July 8, 2005 http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/NEWS01/507080385/1002/NEWS
"A federal judge on Thursday questioned
whether a state law governing
gun show transactions may be so broadly worded that it could affect pancake breakfasts or other similar events sponsored by gun clubs."
ATF, Virginia Police Accused of
'Persecuting' Gun Shows
Jeff Johnson CNSNews.com August 23, 2005 http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200508/SPE20050823a.html
"The federal agency that regulates U.S. gun
dealers stands accused,
along with at least three Virginia law enforcement agencies, of trying to shut down legal gun shows through alleged intimidation of gun buyers and sellers. The law enforcement organizations also allegedly broke the law by sharing gun buyers' information with members of the public."
People v. Lee - B175291
2nd District California Court of Appeal, Division 8 August 16, 2005 http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2005/08/california_case.php
Summary:
Pamela Lee, a retired deputy sheriff, was
walking with her leashed
100-pound rottweiler. After she could not persuade two stray dogs to go away by yelling at them, she drew a pistol and fired at them. The dogs ran away after the bullet struck the hood of a parked car. Lee, who had been attacked by dogs twice in the past, testified that she thought an attack was imminent. Lee was tried for discharging a firearm with gross negligence. The jury deadlocked. Lee was retried. The trial court refused her request to include self-defense instructions, as had the court at her first trial. Lee was convicted.
Reversed. The CALJIC instructions on
self-defense do not mention an
attack by an animal. The CALJIC introduction states that a trial court might need to give an instruction that is not included in CALJIC. It does so in recognition that the CALJIC Committee could not anticipate every issue that might arise at trial. The focus of the defense of self-defense is the nature of the threat, rather than its source. Thus, it serves no public policy, and is neither logical nor fair, to deprive a defendant of the defense merely because the attacker was not human. Requested instructions on a defense must be given if they are supported by substantial evidence. Lee's testimony that she fired the gun to prevent an imminent attack by an approaching, aggressive dog constituted substantial evidence. Thus, the trial court should have instructed on self-defense.
See the URL for David Hardy's commentary.
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8. Research
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog:
Where Clayton Cramer and Pete Drum keep track of civilians using guns in self-defense Clayton W. Cramer and Pete Drum Informational Web Page http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/blogger.html
These two are doing an excellent job of
tracking self-defense incidents
and their legal resolution.
Death By Murder
Ben Best Articles about Life Extension and Cryonics http://www.benbest.com/lifeext/murder.html
This article contains some interesting
statistics. The webpage breaks
down homicide rates on an international, state, and city level, trends over time, especially hazardous occupations (taxicab driving is worst) and locations (liquor stores), etc.
Gun Law News
http://www.gunlawnews.org/
This is a well-organized and fairly
comprehensive collection of current
news and links, to blogs and other sources, on the subject of firearms ownership, use, and legislation. There is also a historical section.
The Cost of Firearm Deaths in the United
States:
Reduced Life Expectancies and Increased Insurance Costs. Jean Lemaire Journal of Risk and Insurance September 2005 http://www.jstor.org/journals/00224367.html
"The United States remains far behind most
other affluent countries in
terms of life expectancy. One of the possible causes of this life expectancy gap is the widespread availability of firearms and the resulting high number of U.S. firearm fatalities: 10,801 homicides in 2000..." There was a similar line of argument in an article referenced in the last newsletter.
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This newsletter is compiled with help from
Dr. Rob S. Rice. Dr. Rice's
newest non-fiction will be coming out in November, the naval section of 'Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World,' from Amber Books. Dr. Rice is also a poet, novelist, and factotum of matters electronic to Dave Kopel.
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