Sunday, July 22, 2007

Gun Think Tank

Many links on gun control politics & news from Mr Dave Kopel.
Sign up for the free newsletter, this is about 80% of the latest one.


Dave Kopel's Second Amendment Newsletter
July 20, 2007
Dave Kopel's Second Amendment Project is based at the Independence Institute,a free-market think tank in Golden, Colorado.http://www.independenceinstitute.org
The Independence Institute publishes several newsletters on other topics, plus a weekly newsletter containing our most recent op-eds and news of our activities.
E-mail subscription to any of these newsletters is free.
Delivery of this newsletter comes courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation, in Bellevue, Washington.http://www.saf.org

Please visit Dave Kopel's website, containing articles on the Second Amendment and other freedom topics.http://www.davekopel.org
To subscribe to this free e-mail newsletter, please send a request to: kopelnewsletter@liberty.seanet.com
Table of Contents
New By Kopel: "Gold Standard of Gun Control," Asian Religions and Self-Defense; D.C. Gun Ban Appeal; Publishing CCW Permit Holders
New by Kopel, Interview: "In Search of the Second Amendment" segments available for live viewing on YouTube
New by Kopel, Translations: German version of the V-Tech article, Italian publication of "What if We had Taken Columbine Seriously?"
New From the Independence Institute: International RKBA and a Critique of a British Home Office Study on Firearms Crime
International: Australia; Canada; The E.U.; Japan; Mexico; U.K.
Politics: Giuliani's Reverse; Tiahrt Amendment; Salt Lake Firearms Violations
Culture/Media: Moore Movie; Ohio Newspaper Controversy; Gun Rights and Homeschooling; Children's BB Gun Range; Rebirth of the 'Truth Squad'; Virginia Raffle Imbroglio; Shooting and Hunting Sports Management Degree Program; Personal Defense TV re-aired; Priest Calls for Murder of Gun Shop Owner
Self-Defense: We've Forgotten How to Fight; University allows CCW; No Dorm Ban; Students want Concealed Carry; Texas Governor wants CCW Liberalized; Two State Legislators and Crime
Federal: OSHA Regs; Tiahrt Amendment; Shelby Corollary; ATFE Blanket Checks at Gunshows
The States: California; Colorado; Illinois; Missouri; Texas; Virginia
Law: D.C. Gun Ban; McCain-Feingold Decision; Individual RKBA
Research: 'Microstamping' Ineffective; BATFE on Firearms Trace Data; Armed Students; Reception of Kopel; CHL Percentages by State
New by Kopel
Articles
"The Gold Standard of Gun Control"
With Paul Gallant & Joanne D. EisenJournal of Law, Economics & Policy, Vol 417, Issue 2
In PDF Format:In HTML Format:2006
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar software. http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Foreign/The-Gold-Standard-of-Gun-Control.htm
This is a book review of Joyce Malcolm's "Guns and Violence: The English Experience." In PDF. In HTML. The review has just been published in a special symposium issue on self-defense.
Self-defense in Asian Religions
Liberty Law Review, Volume 2
2007, Forthcoming
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar software.
The Article first examines the Chinese religions of Confucianism and Taoism. Next, Hinduism (including Mohandas Gandhi), Jainism, and Sikhism are treated relatively briefly. Buddhism and its development in various East Asian nations are examined in depth. The Article suggests that--regarding the right and duty of personal defense and community defense--the classical religious philosophy of the Far East has many important similarities to Western religious philosophy, although the two traditions developed independently of each other.
Armed Resistance to the Holocaust
Journal on Firearms & Public Policy 19 (Forthcoming)
2007
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar software.
Contrary to myth of Jewish passivity, many Jews did fight back during the Holocaust. They shut down the extermination camp at Sobibor, rose up in the Warsaw Ghetto, and fought in the woods and swamps all over Eastern Europe. Indeed, Jews resisted at a higher rate than did any other population under Nazi rule. The experience of the Holocaust shows why Jews, and all people of good will, should support the right of potential genocide victims to possess defensive arms, and refutes the notion that violence is necessarily immoral.
DC's Gun Ban, Round 2.
America's First Freedom
July, 2007
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar software.
Here is Kopel's analysis of the D.C. Circuit Court's denial of the city's petition for rehearing en banc.
Why Reveal Who's Concealed?
Paul Gallant, with David B. Kopel and Joanne D. Eisen
America's 1st Freedom
May, 2007
What possible motive could some arrogant anti-gun newspapers have for publishing the names of Right-to-Carry permit holders?
Interviews
In Search of the Second Amendment
David HardyYouTube
July 9, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/davidthardy
YouTube excerpts from Hardy's excellent new movie, including some footage of an interview with Kopel.
New Translations of Kopel
Zur Tragödie von Virginia Tech
Wall Street Journal18. April 2007
http://www.davekopel.org/Deutsch/Zur-Tragodie-von-Virginia-Tech.htm
German translation of Kopel's Wall Street Journal article on Virginia Tech and the dangers of "gun-free" zones.
E se avessimo preso la Columbine seriamente?
Io sparo che me la cavo: i Libri di Enclave2007http://tinyurl.com/2ncrce
Here is a new e-book version of an Italian book on the right to arms. Includes an Italian version of Kopel's article "What if we had taken Columbine seriously?"
New from the Independence Institute
"An International Human Right to Keep and Bear Arms"
Christopher J. SchmidtWilliam and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 15, J. 983February, 2007
"This ground-breaking article argues that international law can and should be read to support a right to arms.
A Critique of Home Office Research Study 298 of 2006: Gun Crime: The market in and use of Illegal Firearms
Colin Greenwood
The Second Amendment Project of the Shooting Sports Trust and the Independence Institute
April, 2007
A careful dissection of a deeply flawed British government study promoting more repressive laws against gun owners, notwithstanding the failures of previous laws.
International
Australia

Gun Crime Explodes
Marnie O'Neill
The Sunday Telegraph (AU)
May 06, 2007
"Sydney is in the grip of a wave of gun crime, with a weapon fired or used to menace innocent residents six days in every seven."
Canada

Hubris in the North: The Canadian Firearms Registry
Gary Mauser
The Fraser Institute
July 5, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2djbve
"This paper is a timely effort to evaluate the effectiveness of the 1995 firearm legislation."
Deadly School Shooting
Iain Marlow, San Grewal, and Thulasi Srikanthan
Toronto Star (Canada)
May 24, 2007
"In a grim first for Toronto, a boy is gunned down inside his school."
Tighter Gun Control Resisted
Tonda MacCharles
Toronto Star (Canada)
July 2, 2007
"A federally commissioned poll of "stakeholders" selected by the government to comment on potential changes to gun control found more opposition than support for tighter restrictions."
Shooting Violence in Canadian Schools 1975-2007
Canadian Press
Toronto Star (Canada)
May 23, 2007
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/217023
Here is a list of firearms-related violence in Canada's schools over that time period.
Panel Loaded with Gun Buffs
Susan Delacourt
The Toronto Star (Canada)
May 28, 2007
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/218332
This story reads very much like an opinion column, with a 'fright' photograph for illustration as it questions the make-up of the Tory government's panel evaluating the success of Canada's multi-billion dollar gun registry in preventing crime.
European Union

MEPs Tighten EU Rules on Gun Ownership

Press ReleaseThe European Parliament
June 27, 2007
"New measures to tighten up gun controls, including restricting their sale over the web, were demanded by the Internal Market Committee on 27 June. In a co-decision report, MEPs call for information on guns, including imports from third countries, to be stored in national databases for 20 years, and shared among Member States. Member States would be expected to report back to Parliament, as well as the Commission, on measures giving effect to this law."
Japan

Govt to Introduce Tougher Gun Control Measures
The Yomiuri Shimbun
June 26, 2007
"Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered relevant government offices to tighten gun control in May, in light of a number of incidents such as the fatal shooting of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito in April."
Mexico

Mexico's Gun Laws are as Draconian as they are Ineffective
Bart SkeltonGuns & Ammo
June, 2007
"Gun ownership in Mexico is an exclusive club. You must be either wealthy or a criminal, or both. Permits for firearms can be obtained, however, after much bureaucratic nonsense that can only be avoided by those with connections or a monetary favor, a.k.a., mordida."
United Kingdom

Minister Urges Teenagers to Take Up Shooting to Improve Behaviour
Jonathan Wynne Jones
The Sunday Telegraph (UK)
May 27, 2007
"Anti-gun campaigners have accused the Government of making a U-turn on firearms after a minister urged teenagers to take up shooting to improve their behaviour."
The British Way of Murder
"Theodore Dalrymple"
City Journal
April 9, 2007
"Britain is experiencing a spate of murders that suggests a population increasingly unable, or unwilling, to control itself."
More on Gun Violence in Britain

The Guardian
July 7, 2007
This page is an ongoing complilation of crime stories involving firearms in the United Kingdom.
Government Figures 'Missing' Two Million Violent Crimes
David Barrett
The Independent (UK)
June 26, 2007
"An extra two million violent crimes a year are committed in Britain than previously thought because of a bizarre distortion in the Government's flagship crime figures, it was claimed yesterday."
Politics
Rudy Flips Gun Stance
Craig GordonNewsday
May 23, 2007
"Giuliani's days as a crusading anti-gun mayor are behind him now that he's running for president, and Wednesday he staked out a simple test for concealed-carry permits, which are tightly controlled in New York..."
Reauthorize the Tiahrt Amendment
Lawrence G. Keane, NSSFThe Hill
May 23, 2007
"When it authorized restrictions on public access and use of gun trace data, Congress correctly understood that this sensitive information was a crime-fighting tool, always intended solely for use by law enforcement and that, in the wrong hands, it could be recklessly misused. Those legitimate concerns are still valid today. Congress should continue to put public safety and the lives of law enforcement ahead of gun control politics and reauthorize the Tiahrt Amendment."
Arrests Likely in Trolley Square Massacre Gun Probe
Russ RizzoThe Salt Lake Tribune
May 17, 2007
"The gun originally was bought legally at a store by a man out of state and was stolen, Dyer said. Then it changed hands six or seven times among three people before reaching Talovic, Dyer said."
Culture/Media
"Shooting Michael Moore"
Kevin Leffler
A Chainsaw Productions Film2005
"Join Michael Moore's home town buddy, Kevin Leffler, in uncovering the depths of Moore's deceit- from committing environmental violations to owning the stock of the worlds largest drug company, Pfizer to screwing over the financially poor "stars" of his past movies. You won't believe how Moore also owned Dick Cheney's favorite stock, Halliburton!"
Ohio Newspaper Under Fire for Outing Gun Owners
Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com
July 5, 2007
"An Ohio newspaper's decision to publish the non-public records of concealed carry permit holders drew a strong response, and one gun rights advocacy group published personal but public information about the newspaper's editor."
Man opens BB gun shooting range for children
Associated Press (OH)
July 5, 2007
"In an effort to bring back a tradition from his own childhood, an 84-year-old man has created a BB gun shooting range for children."
Gun rights and homeschooling parallels
Sandy Froman
World Net Daily
May 17, 2007
"There are core values in common between gun ownership and homeschooling. These commonalities are things you and I applaud, but those who think big government is the solution to every problem cannot accept it." Froman is a former president of the National Rifle Association.
At Gun Raffle, A Reminder Of Va. Tech
Fredrick Kunkle and Tim Craig
Washington Post
May 18, 2007
At a 'Bloomberg Gun Raffle' opponents and proponents of civilian firearms ownership exchanged strong opinions about the causes and results of the Virginia Tech shootings.
Gresham Re-launches "Truth Squad" to Confront Media Inaccuracies
Tom Gresham
Press Release
May 25, 2007
"Radio host and television personality Tom Gresham has relaunched his 'Truth Squad' a group of his listeners who are dedicated to correcting the inaccuracies frequently passed off as fact in mainstream media. As Gresham says 'a lie left unchallenged becomes the truth.'"
Community College Adds Shooting & Hunting Sports Management Program
The Shooting Wire
May 30, 2007
"A new two-year associates program offered by North Carolina's Montgomery Community College will give graduates an inside track on careers in the shooting and hunting sports. The curriculum is also structured to also allow students outside North Carolina to participate in all but one portion of the program online, making it considerably more affordable to obtain that degree."
For the program itself at the College, see here. http://www.montgomery.cc.nc.us/newsshootingsports.htm
Personal Defense Television Season 1 Returns to Outdoor Channel for Another Quarter
Press Release
The Outdoor Channel
July 2, 2007
"Due to its popularity, Personal Defense Television Season 1 is returning to Outdoor Channel for another run. Beginning this week, you will be able to catch your favorite episodes of PDTV again. The show will air for 13 weeks on Outdoor Channel and in stunning HD on Outdoor Channel 2HD."
Self-Defense
We've Forgotten How to Fight Back
Billie Louden
The Denver Post
May 12, 2007
"We have got to stop sticking our heads and our children's heads in the sand, pretending evil does not exist. Unless we recover the fight-back spirit buried inside ourselves and pass it own to our kids, we are doomed. No one can predict or stop the next horrendous act that will surely come to be. What we can do is assure that our survival instincts will lower the number of victims." 'Colorado Voices' columnist Billie Louden is a deputy sheriff in Denver and an Army veteran.
This newsletter is compiled with help from Dr. Rob S. Rice. For more on this creative, yet pragmatic individual, see here. Dr. Rice is proud and exhausted to announce the first publication of one his novels, to be found here. Your prayers and purchases are most appreciated.
Al Qaeda delenda est!

posted by 10 men at 3:35 PM

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home