For the "Children"

A newly issued report on the impact of gun violence on children shows that 131 children were killed by firearms in New York state in 2003, bringing the state up to the fourth ranking in gun-related deaths behind California, Texas and Illinois.

In New York City, 62 children under age 20 died by gunfire...

Hey, the Childrens Defense Fund said it, I believe it, that settles it. Why, the very thought that someone would deliberately confuse adolescent male thugs with Sally, Dick and Jane is...is...hey, that's not a bad idea...

Hell of a job "reporting," John Toscano. I've always admired the way you "authorized journalists" manage to keep bias and editorial content out of straight news.

A Sign of the Times

Although Kansas has a new concealed-carry gun law, employers have the right to prohibit employees and customers from bringing guns on their premises, Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline said Wednesday...

Businesses open to the public should post signs saying that carrying a concealed weapon on the premises is prohibited.

"If you're a retail place, you need to have a sign in a public place," Kline said.

Without meaning to reopen an old debate, gun owners should react to businesses that do this with their wallets. Profit margins are generally pretty slim, and if you let a business owner know you have chosen his competitor and are going to make a personal commitment to warn other gun owners, you'll probably see some behavior modification.

Ohioans for Concealed Carry have a state-specific business card they use for this purpose. I've taken the liberty of developing a universal card based on this principle and have templated a Word file for Avery 5371 card stock labels. It actually looks a lot crisper than the jpeg here:
Anybody know how to make Word files accessible from Blogspot?

If not, you can do one of two things: Develop your own card, or email me and I'll send you the template.

Searching Questions

WTF, are these guys living in Lebanon or the United States of America??? Isn'’t it bad enough the Illinoisans can'’t carry concealed weapons? Isn'’t bad enough that you can'’t own or possess a handgun in the City of Chicago? Isn'’t it bad enough that Chicago is STILL the murder capital of the US??

6pence reacts to Supervisor Joseph Moreno's call for "“...house to house searches to pull every gun out of Cook County."