There's one sure-fire way to build up your lobbying organization: require people to join it in order to participate in local associations devoted to their hobby ( Read more... )

It's astonishing how ridiculously easy it is for any idiot or crazy person in this country to get a gun. The term "black market" would be laughably inappropriate. A simple Google search can keep you shopping for days. Just go here or here or here or better yet, here where you don't even have to have ID ( Read more... )

The news is saying that police in New York have arrested a woman who pushed a man in front of a subway. According to reports, she admitted pushing the man and said she did it because she's hated Muslims since 9/11 and decided to take revenge. She also thought it would be a "cool" way to kill someone. Incidentally, the man is from India but it's ( Read more... )

1. Say what you will about the debate over gun control, but a New York newspaper crossed a major line when it published the personal information of all gun permit holders in two New York counties. Whether someone agrees with the status quo or not, owning a gun in itself is perfectly legal in most places. The names and addresses published were ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, I've been watching a few episodes of Doomsday Preppers, which you can watch for free on Hulu. I've written about preppers and the mountains of cash generated by conspiracy theories and far-fetched disaster scenarios before, but this series has been particularly enlightening. There's parts where I think to myself that a lot of ( Read more... )

No Science Friday again today because I just don't have the time and I have other things on my mind. Among those things is the NRA breaking its silence today in the wake off last week's shootings in Newtown. Since the gun control issue is one that I've recently struggled with, I was waiting patiently to hear what they'd have to say ( Read more... )