While my heart aches for the parents of those small children killed in Newtown, CT, I can see no sensible way to eliminate the problem. The simple fact is that guns are lethal weapons and are capable of killing, whether it be deer, elk, or prople. I have seen estimates of 300 million guns in the USA, almost 1 for each person. It would be impossible to confiscate all those guns or force people to "tun them in," even if it did not violate the 2nd Amendment and the "takings clause." Many people would go along, but the criminal element would not, leaving us worse off than ever.
In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, we've noted a strong uptick in our site traffic by people wanting to find out how different the U.S. might be if the nation adopted Canada's much more restrictive firearms laws. This post gathers all our analysis on that topic from 2011 in one place.
We examine the FBI's data on the race of victims and their killers. We find that the vast majority of offenders prefer to kill their own kind (that evidence is borne out elsewhere, where criminals also seem to...
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Tip about tractor theft leads to stolen Army grenades, assault weapon
Alabama police say a tip about a stolen tractor led them to a cache of stolen military hardware, Fox 6 News reported.
The investigation reportedly began last week when police found a stolen tractor at a residence in Glencoe, Ala.
A search of the home found 30 guns, including an assault rifle, as well as grenades and blasting caps stolen from the Anniston Army Depot, according to the station. Spare parts for Stryker military vehicles also were recovered.
According to Fox 6, police suspect the homeowner, Anniston Army Depot employee Ryan Mayo, stole the military items from his workplace.