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Some nice info on "Assault Weapons."

Posted January 21st, 2013 at 06:38 AM by CarcharOdin (CarcharOdin's Blog of Stuff About Stuff Involving Stuff That Has to Do With Stuff)
Updated January 21st, 2013 at 06:51 AM by CarcharOdin
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"Prior to 1989, the term "assault weapon" did not exist in the lexicon of firearms. It is a political term, developed by anti-gun publicists to expand the category of 'assault rifles'."

- Bruce H. Kobayashi and Joseph E. Olson, Stanford Law and Policy Review


More information here:
http://www.assaultweapon.info/
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A Conversation on Gun Control with a European Immigrant

Posted January 16th, 2013 at 12:53 AM by CarcharOdin (CarcharOdin's Blog of Stuff About Stuff Involving Stuff That Has to Do With Stuff)

I was a little iffy to post this in the forums, so I decided to post it here in my blog.

A conversation I had today with a friend of mine who immigrated from the UK to the United States, so as to get a little bit of a European output on the Second Amendment, on Gun Control, and gun violence and whatnot. For privacy reasons, I'll refer to him as "Euro" in this post.

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C.Odin: Hey, [Euro] , got a question for you.

Euro: Sure!

C.Odin:
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The New Battle in the Old War on Women

Posted June 9th, 2011 at 06:36 PM by Scarf (The Uncarved Blog)

This is a rant about my country, inspired by something I watched on Rachel Maddow.

So in the United States there are several anti-abortion "personhood" bills being proposed as new laws (in Alabama, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Virginia where they have already passed versions in one half of their legislatures while Iowa, Georgia, and Texas have introduced similar bills. Mississippi has one as a ballot initiative currently tied up in court and its supporters are traveling...
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Rights and Externalities, or tl;dr

Posted March 1st, 2011 at 03:57 PM by Scarf (The Uncarved Blog)
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This wall of text was inspired by an article I read about a couple who wanted to act as foster parents, but were denied because of their views on homosexuality. The article seemed to be more sympathetic to the couple, which got me all rant-y.

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As libertarians like to say: your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins, or however it goes. It’s a pretty simple idea and it makes sense. I rather like how simple it is, how it’s so ideal and, on the outside,...
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Walker vs Wisconsin

Posted February 19th, 2011 at 04:48 PM by TheSmartOne (Short Attention Span)

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http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journa...=177&prid=5622

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#41655758

Apparently, other states are watching to see the outcome of this whole fiasco. And other countries, too- Pic from Egypt, found on Facebook:
Spoiler:


Rachel Maddow in the second link pretty much explains the bare bones of the situation. How it's really the
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