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    statistics: Guns used in self defense?

    Search old threads for mention of Kleck -- use Google to search for Kleck site:thehighroad.org
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    Unconstitutional Committee In Oklahoma House of Reps Kills Open Carry Bill

    Committees of legislative bodies are generally formed under the theory that the bodies have power to set the rules governing how they work. Usually those rules permit the body to act as a committee of the whole to overturn the actions of a committee on a bill -- so the whole body could act on...
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    Registration helps solve crimes? Part 2

    The thread Registration helps solve crimes?, which was closed for "wandering" after only a couple of posts that seemed off-message, should be continued because the "registration" topic is likely to be a key part of future gun control efforts. Spouting off opinions will not likely prove helpful...
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    Registration helps solve crimes?

    Testimony to British parliament on gun licencing and control This testimony is clear and logical. I only present parts -- go to links for the rest. Mr. Greenwood was questioned:
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    Registration helps solve crimes?

    From the Australian report: No. 151 The Licensing and Registration Status of Firearms Used in Homicide Jenny Mouzos AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY May 2000
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    Registration helps solve crimes?

    From New Zealand:
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    Registration helps solve crimes?

    No! Registration does not solve crime in proportion to the cost. I'll post some informed articles. First from Canada:
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    some states forbid/ban larger mags.

    You can own magazines of over 20 round capabilities in Maryland, but they cannot be sold in the state.
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    Muzzle discipline in BAND OF BROTHERS

    In the late 1950's I attended a military high school. That school was staffed with several regular army enlisted men and officers to train us. A Korean war vet trained us in handling firearms. One element of the training was viewing the 1945 training film "The late company B". That film...
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    More Anti-Gun Blogs on Huffpo

    With regard to "shouting fire in a theater" you should refer to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater for an accurate discussion of the current law.
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    NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (HR 2640) revisited

    Petition for relief of firearm disability in NY state is handled according to this guidance.
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    NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (HR 2640) revisited

    I thought we might see results from the appeal process established by HR 2640 of 2007 by now. Well it seems we've just established an appeal process in the BATFE about a year and a half after President Bush signed the bill into law. See the memo below: regulations.justia.com/view/148284/...
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    How traceable are bullets?

    Ratshooter The FBI has discontinued Bullet Lead Analysis (BLA) (read about why from an FBI press release).
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    How traceable are bullets?

    Maryland's ballistic fingerprinting program is like New York's and both maintain a database of imaged shell casings. The intent of both programs is not to provide evidence for trial, but provide leads to detectives (go talk to this gun buyer becausse the registered shell casing from the...
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    "Criminals are most afraid of armed citizens"--Need help!

    The original source of the "criminal fear armed victims" is a book by Wright and Rossi. The book is quoted in GUNS AND JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE: DETERRENCE AND DEFENSE, Lawrence Southwick, Jr. Wright and Rossi (1986, p. 145) found that 74 percent of criminals agreed with the statement, "One reason...
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    Gun more likely to be used against a relative in the home?

    Rubbish! The use of guns for self-defense is so much higher than for murder, suicide, and accident, that the quoted statement is wrong -- in fact a gun is more likely to be used for self-defense compared to murders, accidents, and suicides by approximately the ratio 2,500,000/30,000 or 83 to 1...
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    Gun more likely to be used against a relative in the home?

    Not impossible -- Kleck did so in 1993 and so have others -- see www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html
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    Gun more likely to be used against a relative in the home?

    One comment about this thread is that it displays two bad habits of pro-gun commentators. Many of them do not read prior comments (compare #13 with #15) and many do not know a source as well as they think (#13 correctly sources Kleck for 2,500,000 DFUs per year, #5 and #15 incorrectly source...
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    Traveling to Maryland

    The Wilson bridge is owned by the federal government, not DC. It spans a river entirely between Virginia and Maryland at the crossing spot. The portion of Maryland and Virginia ceded to form DC did not include the land under the bridge. How you get the idea that this bridge is a part of...
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    Traveling to Maryland

    The beltway does not pass through DC. If you have temporary accommodations in Maryland, then you can transport the gun to your new "home". The gun must be unloaded, encased, out of reach, etc. in the car in any case. Best make sure that gun are tolerated in your accommodations before you...
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