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Let's focus on facts and level-headed opinion and try to stay away from angry rants keester81 Jul 10

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In March, PoliceOne conducted the most comprehensive survey ever of American law enforcement officers’ opinions on the topic gripping the nation's attention in recent weeks: gun control.

s Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers' perspectives - www.policeone.com (HTTP)

http://www.policeone.com/Gun-Legislation-Law-Enforcement/articles/6183787-PoliceOnes-Gun-Control-Survey-11-key-lessons-from-officers-perspectives/
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2013/01/10-cases-in-december-2012-where-victims.html There are a lot of cases where victims face multiple attackers. Here are just some of the cases from December 2012.

10 Defensive Gun Uses in December 2012 where victims had to fire a lot of shots in self defense - johnrlott.blogspot.com (HTTP)

How Safe Is Safe Enough: Sharing the Dilemma (Peter Sandman column) - www.psandman.com (HTTP)

http://www.psandman.com/col/enough.htm This is the ninth in a series of risk communication columns I have been asked to write for The Synergist , the journal of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Public Health Pot Shots

L ast year Congress tried to take away $2.6 million from the U.S. http://reason.com/archives/1997/04/01/public-health-pot-shots
http://www.psandman.com/gst2013.htm#guns

Peter Sandman: Guestbook 2013 - www.psandman.com (HTTP)

comment: Peter, in “ Postscript: The CDC Is Up to Its Old Tricks Again re Flu Vaccine Effectiveness ,” you wrote that “most experts think that in most years a flu vaccination is probably better than nothing, even for seniors.”
http://www.spiked-online.com/site/article/13238/ In the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut, there seemed to be a great debate taking place in the US between those who want to see stricter controls on guns, and those who are opposed to such controls.

Newtown: ‘a 9/11 for gun control’? | Sean Collins | spiked - www.spiked-online.com (HTTP)

http://www.culturalcognition.net/blog/2012/12/15/more-statistics-less-persuasion-the-gun-control-debate-conti.html I was planning to write something about Moore v. Madigan, No. 12-1269 (7th Cir. Dec. 11, 2012) , the U.S.

More statistics, less persuasion

http://www.gunlaws.com/JohnLottMediaBias.htm

Shell File - www.gunlaws.com (HTTP)

by John R. Lott, Jr., Ph.D. The finest documented account of media anti-gun bias I have ever seen.
The two strongest reasons for civilians to own assault weapons are self-defense and defense against tyranny.

Why do civilians need assault weapons? - www.americanthinker.com (HTTP)

MOUNT CARMEL - Talking with a friend about a pink toy bubble gun got a five-year-old kindergarten girl in the Mount Carmel Area School District labeled as a terrorist threat, according to an attorney. The incident occurred Jan. 10 while the girl was waiting in line for a school bus, said Robin Ficker, the Maryland lawyer retained by the girl's family. He would not identify the girl or her parents, but gave this version of events:

Attorney: Girl, 5, in trouble for chatting about shooting bubble gun | PennLive.com - www.pennlive.com (HTTP)

7-year-old playing an imaginary game at school gets suspended for real | KDVR.com – Denver News, Weather & Sports from FOX 31 News in Denver, Colorado - kdvr.com (HTTP)

LOVELAND, Colo. — A 2nd grader has been suspended from school in Loveland for a make believe game he was playing. The 7-year-old says he was trying to save the world.
But are police officers necessarily more trustworthy than alleged criminals?

Why Police Officers Lie Under Oath - NYTimes.com - www.nytimes.com (HTTP)

Defensive Gun Uses