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To avoid getting delayed behind noisy schoolkids waiting in line to pass through new metal detectors at the state Capitol, lobbyists are signing up for concealed handgun permits exempting them from the security checkpoints. Visitors to the Capitol also now are subject to inspections of purses, bags and briefcases by Department of Public Safety [...] Britain. They have some of the toughest gun laws in the world, and anti-gun proponents would claim that could only lead to positive results, right? Wrong. According to the UK’s Daily Telegraph who filed for a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) to obtain the figures, the results for those advocating looser gun restriction laws could [...] In the new edition of More Guns, pharm Less Crime, drugs economist John R. Lott, Jr., easily dispels any lingering doubt that allowing citizens to carry concealed handguns is strongly associated with—if not a direct cause for—lowering the rates of violent crime. “The hypothesis that more guns connects to less crime has stood up against [...] For the third year in a row, look violent crime has declined in the United States while increasing numbers of American citizens own firearms and are licensed to carry, order a trend that belies predictions of anti-gunners that more guns will result in more crime, more about the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep [...] Adhering to a pattern of behavior that has developed over the years, page a tiny contingent of gun prohibitionists paraded outside of the Charlotte Convention Center while the National Rifle Association was hosting its record-breaking members’ meeting, but they remained only long enough to get some camera time with local news crews. Paul Helmke, president [...] With budget cuts depleting local police and sheriffs departments, concealed weapons permit applications have bumped up slightly. “We are seeing an increase in students asking for concealed weapons classes,” said Terry Wingert, firearms instructor with Advanced Security Institute in Rancho Cordova. ”It hasn’t been a huge increase, but the concern over personal safety [...] Sheriff could lose discretionary power to decide who can carry a firearm Next month, mind voters will elect a new Ventura County sheriff. It will be the first time in 32 years the election for the county’s top cop has been contested. Besides heading the county’s largest police force, the sheriff determines who can and [...] A battle is brewing between states as gun rights and open carry laws are considered by lawmakers. Oklahoma is the latest state to consider a measure allowing open carry within state boundaries, illness while in California lawmakers are considering a bill to ban open carry in the state. In Louisiana state lawmakers are debating a [...] Starting on May 1, what is ed 2010, all applicants for concealed handguns will be able to complete the entire application form, as well as schedule their digital fingerprint appointments online. “Completing the application form online is convenient for applicants and will allow us to process applications faster,” said RenEarl Bowie, the Assistant Director, Regulatory [...] Some 4,000 American females are murdered each year. A female in the United States is 3 times more likely to be murdered than a female in Canada, 5 times more likely to be murdered than a female in Germany, and 8 times more likely to be murdered than a female in England and Wales. The [...] |
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