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Minor update on the Texas church shooting. The gunman was armed with an AR-15 type rifle. The media referred to it as an assault weapon. The civilian who stopped him was also armed with an AR-15 type rifle. The media referred to it as a gun or rifle if they mentioned it at all. The civilian who stop...

Thank you for the link to this article. This is not a well known statistic and probably bears further research. The current direction of the gun control debate in this country is so focused on emotion and is generally so devoid of rational thought that it is scary. The use of fear and panic to manip...

ANTIcarrot - you seem to be all over the place with your arguments but I will try to address them. Firearms safety training - yes the NRA provides training, given a policy to support this I would imagine the local law enforcement might also provide/participate in this. In part they would want to be ...

Our nation has reached the point where tragedies like the shooting in Newtown have become our favorite blood sport. We wallow in the tragedy and senselessness of it. Our politicians relish the drama and exploitability of each new tragedy. It simultaneously entertains us and is used to strip us of fu...

The following research paper http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=161637 shows that the only effective policy found so far is non-discretionary concealed carry permits. All other gun control attempts do nothing to reduce the frequency or size of multiple victim public shootings. They m...

If you combine this ability to 3D scan to 0.01mm in an 8 cubic foot space with appropriate software and 3D printing, some amazing things become possible. The time to create a 3D model of a physical object at very high resolution will drop significantly. This combined with 3D printing would allow the...

The video is nice, though narration might be helpful. The links given in the citations would be useful in the textual description of the video. Do you feel that it would be useful to explain how the scaling is expected to vary with the radius of the machine? How about the opportunity to burn hydroge...

Military service and property owner are both excellent examples of someone behaving in a responsible and adult fashion, or contributing in a decidedly non-trivial way. I did mention military service as being a likely qualifier. Generally someone in the military will also be getting paid and is unlik...

Considering the implications around reducing the vote to only those who actually pay for government, there are a few interesting observations. If those who do not pay into the system vote on how to spend the money, we open the door to the use of government as an instrument of plunder. The non-payers...

The rule of law is important. Especially so when the law places a limitation on government.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-18/realty-storms-back-initial-claims-explode-higher-46k-last-weeks-upward-revised-aberr The above article describes the 46k jump in initial jobless claims from last week to this week. It is starting to look more and more like the 7.8% unemployment rate will tur...