This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee moved forward legislation on firearms … yet, from the onset, it seems that the issue was not about the Second Amendment but the First. Minnesotans who watched “Hearing on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013” via CSPAN had to impressed with Al Franken’s statement (advance the clip to 1:26) [...]
crossposted from Penigma.blogspot.com It has now come to light that the college psychiatrist who had been treating the (alleged) shooter in the Aurora, Colorado theater showing the latest Batman movie had alerted law enforcement that James Holmes presented a danger to others weeks before the shooting. Under ‘may issue’ practice, law enforcement can be more [...]
cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com Today Jared Loughner was found sufficiently competent, although neither cured nor sane, to make a plea bargain deal in court for his life, agreeing to life in prison for the shooting of 19 people in Tucson, Arizona, including the attempted assassination of a serving U.S. Congresswoman, the injuring of 13, and [...]
What this post is about: The role of extremist rhetoric influencing less than mentally sound people to act violently is a legitimate concern for both news coverage and public discourse. But how we engage in that as a finding of fact, and as a subject for discourse varies tremendously; there is a good way, and [...]
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