Questions & Answers

Would stricter gun laws save lives?

No.

How can we stop rise in gun crime?

Easy.

Well, I'm glad that's settled.

[Via Cousin G]

We're the Only Ones Contagious Enough

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It is known in police parlance as "contagious shooting"-- gunfire that spreads among officers who believe that they, or their colleagues, are facing a threat. It spreads like germs, like laughter, or fear. An officer fires, so his colleagues do, too.

In other words, give an "Only One" a gun and mob mentality takes over? I think until we can ensure that this phenomenon has been drilled out of them, there's only one responsible solution.

[I found this link via a Slate article, which blames the guns, naturally, and I found that while reading some excellent commentary over at Armed and Safe.]

They Hate Us Because We're Free

Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies to detect concealed explosives and other weapons...

The technology already is being used in prisons and by drug enforcement agents, and has been tested at London's Heathrow Airport..

I can think of all kinds of other places these would work once we get everybody conditioned to this. Hey, if it makes us safer, why not? Besides, what have you got to hide?

The Root of the Problem IS Obvious

The root of the problem is obvious -- guns...

Renacci knows he's caught in the middle as Warren's gunsmithing company -- Siara Arms, currently located in Coventry Plaza -- prepares to move into the building that formerly housed the Anshutz furniture store...

"With all the school shootings around the country, I think this brings the wrong message to the community and the kids...I'm not saying they can't open," Finneran said. "But what I am saying is that there has to be better locations in Wadsworth than next to the school.

"I just don't think it's appropriate with the current climate to have anything dealing with guns next to a school."

The root of the problem IS obvious. Ignorance and resulting fear.

At least that's an understandable excuse for an hysterical Wadsworth mommy. What's your excuse, Wayne?

Whammer Jammer

What do remote-control garage door openers have to do with national security? A lot, it seems.

A secretive U.S. air force facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., tested a radio frequency this past week that it would use to communicate with first responders in the event of a homeland security threat.

But the frequency also controls an estimated 50 million garage door openers, and hundreds of residents in the surrounding area found their garage doors had suddenly stopped working.

Strengthen your jamming signal, and I'll bet you can put a stop to all kinds of subversive or just plain pesky communications...

So why not add frequency jamming capabilities for civilian guns--you know, the "smart" kind with electronics they tell us will save all those lives that we could soon be mandated to own. After all, the authorities need to be able to control things in times of emergency. Who could possibly be against that, unless they're up to no good?

And hey, here's another idea--once we all get those Tommy Thompson chips embedded in our foreheads, they can usher in a whole new era of domestic tranquility.

In the mean time, here's hoping they don't screw up too many pacemakers...

This Day in History: December 3

In a letter dated December 3, 1776, General George Washington writes to Congress from his headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey, to report that he had transported much of the Continental Army’s stores and baggage across the Delaware River to Pennsylvania.