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America has a terrible problem with guns that will never go away. The reason is that so many Americans don't even see guns as a problem, but a solution. My British perspective is that such thinking is pure madness. More guns=more gun deaths. Period. It's obvious to just about everyone else on the planet apart from the American people. Good luck with that one America, you're in deep.
You say America has a terrible problem with guns. I say we have a terrible problem with criminals. You say "more guns= more deaths." But the stats say that gun deaths caused by criminals and accidents has substantially decreased in the US during a period when tens of millions of additional guns have been purchased here. What has increased is the number of criminals shot and/or scared away by law abiding citizens armed with guns.
The UK has an even worse rate per 100,000 of rapes, burglaries, and assaults, but fewer gun deaths. Maybe the people calling for the UK solution are too weak, lazy, or irresponsible to learn how to own and use firearms for self defense. Maybe it's easier to lay back and reflect on how civilized you are and trust the government to handle your personal security. Many in the US are like me and would prefer to provide for our own security. In this way we actually have security during those minutes when the police have not yet arrived.
Refusal to properly deal with violent criminals is at the heart of why the US, the UK, and many other Western nations have such a problem with crime. We wring our hands about "the children" whilst doing nothing to actually protect them. Why are there perverts who have raped more than one child free in society? What, you think they won't do it again? Seriously? Why don't we get severe in our punishment of thieves? Why do you think they do it over and over?
Those of you in the UK who are victims of crime and believe in this anti-gun, anti-personal freedom policy deserve exactly what you get. You dial the police and then hope that throwing your cell phone at your attacker makes him stop. Good luck with that. Those who live in places that don't respect freedom and the right of self defense are making their own choices. In the meantime, anyone who chooses me as their next victim will have his moment of fame on the evening news. And he won't do it again to anyone else.
Maybe one the more enlightened thinkers here can enlighten me as to why the same group of people who rail against the use of guns for self defense are also those who insist upon lax sentences, and never successful "rehabilitation" for gangsters and sociopaths who prey on women, children, and elderly victims.
Finally, the one that just takes them all are the rich, elitist snobs who preach to us about the horrors of personal gun ownership from behind the protection of armed security. Mayor Bloomberg and countless "entertainers" come to mind here. How about we take guns from their security details first? Just for their own safety of course. Since, according to their propaganda "a gun in the home is more likely to kill a member of the household than defend against a criminal..." What a bunch of hypocritical trash.
Explain that to the 2.5 million citizens of America who have saved their lives and the lives of those around them by using a concealed firearm against an assailant. Explain that to all the people who have stopped home invaisions by having a gun. Explain that to all the people who have suffered from police brutality. Explain that to me, a law abiding citizen who owns guns to defend myself from criminals both street and political.
Wow, this is an interesting group. I spent hours reading threads for and against gun control schemes and read nothing suggesting criminal control. With all the people spewing stats about the gun murder rate in the UK, has anyone thought to look at the stats regarding those committing the murders? Not just the mass murders but how about the vast majority of murders where only one or two were killed? In liberal controlled areas suck as Chicago, DC, Detroit, and Los Angeles. How often is it that a person who just used a gun in a criminal and felonious manner a first timer? How many have multiple felonies?
I read all this crap about the dire need to disarm law abiding citizens but zero about why we allow guys who have committed two or more violent felonies to be back on the streets when they're still under forty!
We wring our hands about "saving the children" but refuse to execute the 20+ year old rapist whose victim is under fourteen and there is DNA present inside them. They serve a few years, they get out, and they do it again.
Where is the call to execute on the first offense anyone who is convicted with DNA and/or video evidence present of using a gun in a violent crime? It doesn't matter whether they fired it or not. If a person uses a gun to commit a robbery, rape, or any other violent felony they have clearly demonstrated a wanton disregard for others. Game over. No chance to kill another person or possibly kill the next victim will be allowed.
How about life sentences for those who beat the crap out of or rob defenseless women, children, or senior citizens? What, no room you say? But there's plenty of room in prison for thousands of potheads because they defied the Prohibition? How'd the Prohibition on booze work out? How's the War on Drugs working out? Is there any common sense left around here?
Until I see these types of real controls put on violent criminals I refuse to take seriously those who want me to give up any of my rights to keep and bear firearms. I do have a permit to carry and I do carry every day. No one need guess what my response to coming home and finding someone burgling my house would be. Unfortunately I have had to use force three times in my short life to protect life and property. There is nothing fun or empowering about carrying a weapon and it's an awful day when it's used. In return for the responsibility, cost, and nuisance of carrying a weapon and paying attention to my surroundings I have never been hurt too badly by the criminals I've crossed paths with. All had criminal records. All were violent.
Your personal safety and that of the women and children who accompany you are your responsibility. Not the government's. Not the police's. It's incredible that many here will call me a nut for accepting and bearing this responsibility.
"And my hunch is that the model found in places like Japan or Britain—no guns in homes at all, or almost nonetheless —is on balance safer."
Your hunch? That's what you've got? Bear in mind academia and 90%+ of media (both news and fictional entertainment) are virulently gun-hostile. If there was actual EVIDENCE that gun control works it would have been crammed down our throats a thousand times. Instead we get lots of studies and statistics that are completely besides the point. Like the comparison between British and US murder rates, but no discussion of whether they began to differ when UK gun controls got tighter. In fact they were the same whe the UK had LOOSER gun.laws than the USA.
Your "hunch" is simply prejudice and has no place in a news item, let aloneness as it's central claim.
There are statistics of the murder rate going up as the control is debated and still rise the first year then start to go down However civilian gun deaths go up in war and somewhat stay up for the people who experience war for the rest of there lives. The NRA gets another conclusion from lots of guns and little gun crime with the Swedes and the Swiss
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True, British "Bobbies" don't carry firearms, but what tourists don't see are the masses of unnoticeable, and armed, plain clothes officers. As was reported to me by a British student I befriended while there, "If you had a gun, and pulled it out in public, you'd likely be dead before you could pull the trigger."
Two more main arguments:
1. Britain's gun crime rate is lower, yes. But gun crime is only part of the equation. Britain's TOTAL VIOLENT CRIME RATE is actually significantly higher than that of the U.S. Why? Because if you let loose a lone psychopath into a city of pacifists, armed only with a butter knife, you will soon have a lot of dead pacifists. Those who wish to harm or kill people will not choose to do otherwise simply because they lack the convenience of a firearm.
2. It is not narcissism that promotes the belief that an armed citizenry can and will be the last defense against a tyrannical government. Rather, it is history that has taught us this lesson. Yes, we may be individuals now, but when called upon, as happened with the American Revolution, we will have the capacity to organize and fight. Remember, the standing armies of colonial America were tiny, but when needed the armed populace banded together to fight. They would have been of little use against the British if they had only had butcher knives in their homes. Since then, dictatorial regimes ranging from Nazi Germany to Fidel Castro's Cuba have removed firearms from their citizens because they knew that having an armed citizenry was the single biggest threat to their regimes. It is not an opinion, but a fact; when a country's citizens are armed, they are free, and when disarmed, they are subjects.
So, while I believe that everyone has a right to their own opinion, it is not an opinion when I say that yours are based on either emotions that you have hidden from yourself, whether you know it or not, or they are based on facts which were incomplete or erroneous when you formed your conclusions. This is exactly the problem with American politics; half-cocked theories are put into play before the facts are vetted and the theories are tested.
I hope you decide to re-research your conclusions.
you are an awsome person. i totally agree
however something the author likely isnt ever going to answer, is whether he wants to be subject to the whims of a psychopath, or killer should the situation ever comes about.(without a gun) the author disagrees that citizen arming is the last defence against crime, however when the police come to an unarmed mans defense, body bags are the only necessary equipment to bring along. plus this author did not realize the obvious and simple solution available to our country. posting police officers at schools has been enacted in several states, and has been extremely successful.
now the author would probably argue that this takes away personel that can respond to 911 calls. i frankly think that it wont take that many people to clean up the bodies left over from "gun control".
lastly, is a general responce to gun free zones (even though the author did not adress this) but the only thing that gun free zones acomplish, is telling a potential murderer that the only gun in the building, is what they bring in with them!!
gun control will be like prohibition. unregistered illegal guns springing up everywhere
I think the British Student you befriended was pulling your leg or a complete fantasist. There are 7000 fire armed trained police in the UK at present. Divide that number by 4 to allow for 3 shifts a day plus people on day off. This is 1750 trained but not necessarily armed police at any one time. This number is to cover a UK population of around 62 million over an area 94,000 square miles. Lets assume that 45 million of those are over the age of 10 and under the age of 65 (I make the assumption that people outside the age range are unlikely to be in the market for a gun and comment a crime). That means that each officer has to watch over 25000 people. I think we can safely say your student friend is wrong. By the way I'm a recently retired UK Police officer and never felt the need to be armed. I left that up to my trained colleagues.
I think the British Student you befriended was pulling your leg or a complete fantasist. There are 7000 fire armed trained police in the UK at present. Divide that number by 4 to allow for 3 shifts a day plus people on day off. This is 1750 trained but not necessarily armed police at any one time. This number is to cover a UK population of around 62 million over an area 94,000 square miles. Lets assume that 45 million of those are over the age of 10 and under the age of 65 (I make the assumption that people outside the age range are unlikely to be in the market for a gun and commit a crime). That means that each officer has to watch over 25000 people. I think we can safely say your student friend is wrong. By the way I'm a recently retired UK Police officer and never felt the need to be armed. I left that up to my trained colleagues.
The free trade new world order anti Bill of Rights Economist comes exactly to the wrong conclusion once again, and again, and again, etc... ad infinitum.
"I think the private ownership of guns is a tragic mistake" writes Lexington, in this article.
/Yet Britain's elite enjoy the personal protection of arms.
Cart. Horse.
There are 270 million registered guns in the US although this does include everything in inventory not sold yet. There are projections that there are somewhere between 110 to 200 million illegal, untrackable guns in the US.
This article reeks of Statism, oppression of the individual by the collective and coercion of the "majority" on the "minority".
you need to read your history a bit more. Statism and oppression and cooercion of the majority (in favor of regulating or controlling ownership of guns) on the minority (the individual gun owner)?
The more I read on the history of gun ownership in this country, going back several hundred years, the more I realize many Americans and myself don't really understand the complexity of gun ownership and supply of guns to state militias and the role of the Federal government in arming them. The passing of Amendments like the 2nd Amendment may have been motivated by concerns that state militias wouldn't be adequately armed by the Feds for national defense.
This, at least, is what I understand to be some of the points made by by Kevin Sweeney and Saul Cornell, in All Guns are not Created Equal, in the Chronicle of Higher Ed:
The main reason why gun control works so well in the UK and Australia where it wouldn't work here is because the UK and Australia are fairly isolated in that they really don't boarder on anywhere else. It's much easier to control what goes in and out of small island countries than it is to control what goes in and out of a country like the US, where they boarder on Mexico, a country home to one of the most prolific traffickers of illegal firearms and illegal round types. If I had the money and desire, I could find the Zeta Cartel and buy a full auto AK, incendiary rounds, and literally even a bazooka, possessing any of which will land you a minimum of 20 years in prison. Even if you somehow got gun laws similar to the UK and magically made all guns currently in the US disappear, you'd still have the bad guys getting them from the cartels in Mexico. Just for the record, I got nothing against Mexicans and I'm not one of those anti-immigration nuts, but those Zeta guys are some real jerks, and they're pretty powerful, too. In the UK, Japan, or Australia the only way to really smuggle guns in would be by boat or plane, which are both very difficult to do, and even if you could do it why bother? The market wouldn't be nearly as big since the population isn't nearly as big for one, and in the case of Japan the population pretty much stays the same all the time, meaning the gangs stay the same and are therefore easier for law enforcement to keep under control since they know what to expect and as a result keeps black markets limited. In the US you have all different gangs from all different places and it adds new black markets each day. The point is there are many different factors as to why gun control works better in some places than it does others.
yes, no doubt, geography and having contiguous land boundaries make control of what comes over the border harder to police. But patrols or officials continue in their work and some reality of state/national borders persists, as in ocean-bordered ountries and elsewhere.
I'll guess that the largest weapons sources for the Mexican cartels are gun manufacturers in the U.S. and you can buy your weapons (including military-grade) from them, just as the cartels do. And large markets and the profits help to keep gun manufacturers in this country prosperous. They are likely the real financial power behind the gun lobbies in the country.
You are right when you say gun control works better in some places than others, but the fact remains alongside gun ownershipo, gun control has always existed in this country -- there's ample evidence in the historical record.
It is perplexing to hear people comment on this site that gun control and bans will likely lead to more bans and of other things that can be dangerously or criminally used, like bats, knives, fertilizer, explosives, and the like -- slippery slope arguments. There are hopefully already are some safety regulations for some of them, adequate or not, as well as just individual caution and common sense.
The slippery slope arguments don't rationally convince. They just evoke more fear and paranoia and likely encourage more people in this part of the world to run out and purchase guns, lest there be laws in the future to make it harder to do so.
For anyone here:
An excellent, insightful commentary by Marc Pitzke can be read at Speigel Online, on what many Germans and many (including myself) think of Americans' delusions and fantasies about self-defense and guns. He also notes:
[The] old fairy tale of self-defense is popular in the pro-gun lobby. It has also been statistically disproved. Civilians who shoot back usually miss. And those self-proclaimed defenders of law and order often hit the wrong target, such as Trayvon Martin in Florida. Or 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who was shot at a gas station recently because the music in his car was too loud.
...America leads the world in shooting deaths, with some 30,000 people killed by guns each year.
Also, Gregory Gibson, a father who lost his son in a shooting, on
Americans' love of gun ownership and the real cost, to our children, with their lives:
Guns kill. That is what they are for. More guns, more public shootings. Backyard shooting is permitted in my state, just as it is in Newtown and so many states in America. Do you think we want our children playing in our backyards anymore, knowing that our neighbors can fire guns and maybe only be taken to jail on criminal negligence charges?
So many of the the pro-gun posts on this site spout their dimly mercenary, insecure, Hobbesian world view to justify their gun rights...to self-defense, as something naturally given or endowed. Truthfully, as long as we continue to pass laws and grant the pro-gunners rights that define and make their gun ownership a reality, everyone in this country suffers.
Actually it hash't been statistically disproved, in fact it's been confirmed. Police are 5 and a half times more likely to shoot the wrong person than ordinary citizens. Of course you know the statistics aren't with you which is why you don't cite any. In fact it is your view, that your neighbours are terrible people who can't be trusted and must be controlled by the government, which is Hobbesian.
I must add my two cents here. Had someone entered a school with a gas can and a Bic lighter, covered those same children with gas and ignited them, would we still be having this conversation? Ban gasoline? Would the security at the school have stopped this from happening? How many assault weapons were used at the world trade center? Who did Timothy McVeigh shoot with a high capacity weapon? Are there no laws concerning terrorism? Go ahead, take away everyone's right to protect themselves, and maybe you'll sleep better...
I have read this article a few times over the past four weeks, each time through the prism of the latest offence (in both senses of the word) from the NRA and attempts from well-meaning politicians to move tepidly in the direction of more sane gun laws. I share the sense of despair, more so as each day goes by. The gun control train left the station years ago. It has picked up so much momentum - one gun for every man, woman and child in the US - that no efforts at applying the brakes now will make any difference. The train may slow down, but it won't be turning around. Even if it stops completely, the fact is that the firepower already in the hands of private citizens is more than enough to keep the carnage going for generations. That isn't to say that the efforts to control guns shouldn't continue, if only for the symbolic value of demonstrating a change in attitude, but no one should be deluded into thinking it will make America as safe as other developed countries any time soon.
Some thoughts:
The lowest US murder and violent assault rate in a generation with more than 300 million firearms in the hands of law-abiding private citizens. Compare to the violent assault rate in England, which is THREE times higher than ours. The english medical establishment has called for a ban on LONG KITCHEN KNIVES due to their prevalence in assaults and murders in England.
The innocent children's lives taken at Sandy Hook are a great tragedy and everyone on the left claims that if you are a supporter of second amendment rights and assault weapons, you don't care about those victims. I have four school age children and care about the victim's deeply. As a police officer, I can tell you that "assault rifles" are used in a fraction of a percent of all assaults and murders. In 15 years, I have NEVER been to a scene where an "assault weapon" was used in a murder and only know of one case where one was fired at someone.
I do know 100's of people, personally, who own, hunt, target shoot and use "assault rifles" very responsibly. MOST are military veterans who are extremely skilled with said arms. Have we had a mass shooting involving a veteran-those, like I, who risked our lives to protect all of the amendments of the constitution-nope...
This is probably the best anti-gun article I've read in the last month, and this is coming from a hardcore 2nd Amendment advocate. I appreciate the humility, respect and intelligence you used in approaching this subject. This article should be a model of political discorse for both sides.
The Constitution does not give us the right to bear arms. It says the right to bear arms "shall not be infringed". ... We already have this right, because it doesn't come from government —it comes from God. Life and liberty come from God, not government.
/Government only infringes rights.
God given right to own weaponry? Where in the Bible does it say "Thou shallt have assault rifles?"
As a component of self-defense, the right to bear arms is tied to the reality expressed in our Declaration of Independence —that all men have rights to Life and Liberty —these are the rights endowed by our Creator (God).
/And Congress shall not infringe our means of protecting those rights.
I don't know if you're a troll LWE, but giving you the benefit of the doubt: are you really saying that God (I assume you mean some sort of Christian god) bestowed upon humanity a "right" to bear assault weapons? I have read the Bible quite widely and must have missed the passage in which this right was granted.
No, I did not.
As the 2nd Amendment implies, the right to bear arms isn't given to us by government, and it isn't just an American right. It is a human right. As a fundamental part of self-defense the right to bear arms is intimately tied to our Declaration of Independence —that all men have rights to Life and Liberty —these two, are rights endowed by God.
Every person on the planet has the right to defend themselves from those who would oppress them, or kill them.
When felonious criminals have weapons, taking away the right to bear arms is nothing less than eliminating the right to self-defense; Life itself.
/History majors, pay attention.
scroll down and you'll see elsewhere what others and I have observed and said to LWE and others like him.
Doesn't his name suggest what his position is more than likely to be?
Fortunately for us, many Americans aren't zealots. Unfortunately, though, we've listened for too long to the view that guns aren't the problem. They are, as is the irrational belief that rights aren't limited or to be infringed on. LWE doesn't see any connection between his and every group's uninfringable, God-given rights to own guns, the special interests who've had their best years weakening gun control laws, influencing politicians and mainstream culture, and the reality of an increasingly unsafer public sphere.
And YOU lone Wolf are the epitome of 'fault self perception'. I suppose you were one of those who shot themself in the foot in the "pro guns march'?
I've never been to a pro-gun march.
I'm a lawful advocate of the 2nd Amendment, because when felonious criminals have weapons, taking away the right to bear arms is nothing less than eliminating the right to self-defense, Life itself.
Its stated in the Bill of Rights, no interpretation necessary. To protect oneself from a tyrannical government has not changed.
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The obvious - this nation is spending billions creating the most heavily watched society in history. Has this stopped crimes? There isn't a single video from Newtown, Aurora or any of the other mass shootings.
Why are we talking about guns when our problem starts with the economy. Obviously, the DHS and all of the other surveillance programs are a waste of money. They're stopping anything. THe wars aren't stopping anything either.
Stop the wars, dismantle the police state, take money out of politics, invest in the US and the crime rates, the mass murders, violence in our culture - these things will all begin to decline.
Guns aren't the problem - the path we started down after 9-11 is the problem. Corruption and the loss of freedoms always leads to a more violent and unstable society.
Since the problem is violent criminality, and it is not guns or knives or baseball bats; how can society deal with its criminal elements?
Those countries that have extremely strict gun bans also have extremely high violence rates — and irony of irony — England's experience is the most stunning example. From the time it imposed limitations on guns so stringent that almost all law-abiding citizens are now disarmed, England has seen its violent crime rate soar to the point where the number of violent crimes per capita is the highest in the First World:
/Criminal Justice majors, pay attention.
mmm actually no they are not, you have been misinformed. if you believe a country that has 4x less murder than the US has 5 times the violent crime than you really are a bit silly. Violent crime is measured completely different in the U.K, all assaults, robberies, sexual assaults are classified 'violent' and the % of reporting has also increased. so really the violent crime rate is very similar the US. what isnt similar though and what can 100% be compared is the murder rate. The US has 4x the murder rate of the U.K and the rest of the 'developed world'.
Also your knowledge of British Gun law is completely skewed. Guns have been banned for self defense purposes for 70 years. the only guns affected by the 1997 act were those available to private collectors and sports shooters. Don't get me wrong we do have an increase i some violence and some places are seeing more illegal guns surface. But this is due to the rapid increase of gang culture. which im sure you are aware of in the US.
i'm not blaming you for being mislead, but its not only America that has 'fox news' unfortunately the daily mail is ours...
First you call me silly, then you admit that U.K. violent crime rate is similar to the U.S. ... Silly boy ... Cite your murder rate stats.
Furthermore, why is the U.K. seeing a rapid increase in gang culture in such a polite society?
/Criminal Justice majors, pay attention.
Too true. I looked into this and discovered the UK reports unarmed robbery as violent crime. Guess what? Britain has an autotheft problem, which Americans love to point in the violent crime stats. In the UK someone takes your car, in the US someone takes your life. I fear the gun culture, fanatical adherence to a 250 year old amendment designed when the US was too poor to afford a standing army and wanted to create millitias,and paranoia of their own government has condemned the US to the state it i8s in. I can't understand how Americans ignore the correlation between a massive pile of weaponry and the problems they have. No other western democracy has anywhere near the violence the US is experiencing.
Something I did for another board, but presumably on point:
I thought it wouldn't require explanation that 388 deaths and injuries from gun crime in the UK was a self-evident improvement over the thousands of fatalities and injuries we have every year, but since you asked I consulted FBI Uniform Crime Reports and UK published crime statistics:
2011 firearms homicides
2011 firearms homicide rate per 100,000 population:
2011 overall firearms offenses:
US: 271525 (homicide, aggravated assault, armed robbery only)
UK: about 7500 (UK includes property damage offenses and other non-person crimes)
2011 Firearms offenses rate per 100,000 population:
US: 87 (homicide, aggravated assault, armed robbery only)
UK: 12 (includes about 20-25% fake weapons, and 30% criminal damage only - i.e. vandalism. In other words, it's really lower than that.)
Firearms-related death rate (all causes):
As someone else pointed out, the UK is much broader in its definition of "violent crime": getting shoved in a bar fight counts. They also count BB guns and imitation guns as "firearms" for purposes of counting firearms crimes.
And as an American who lived in the UK for several years, I think it's safe to say that they view our gun mania as irretrievably nuts. They sure aren't interested in emulating our example. At all.
And citing one newspaper article as evidence that the poor virtually gun-free UK has somehow degenerated into a cesspool of violent crime is about like getting your news from Rush Limbaugh. Both the US and UK have credible sources of online crime statistics that may be used to make assessments based on actual data. Turn off Fox and give it a try!
With regard to the dubious effectiveness of an armed citizenry to thwart violent crime, I respectfully suggest that readers investigate the policy of the Swiss government which requires most men between the ages of 20 and 30 to be in possession of a fully automatic weapon which the government provides to them. Regardless of that government's reasoning for arming its young males with assault rifles, the consequence of this policy, which would give the advocates of "no guns in America" apoplexy, is a country with an extremely low violent crime rate. Many of the gun related murders quoted in American statistics by the prohibitionists occurred in urban areas where gang violence is rampant, fueled by a highly competitive illegal drug trade. Regardless of any "no guns allowed" law that may be passed, there is only a minority of individuals who, in my opinion have their heads in a cloud somewhere, really believe urban gangs will hand over their weapons.
In addition to that improbability, one has to ask what cost to the taxpayer will accrue to enforce such a ban. The idea has been floated that the government might run a program similar to "Cash For Clunkers" and offer to buy back all the civilian owned weapons. Just such a program was done in Australia, netting the government just over 600,000 weapons, but at a cost of $50 million. If estimates are even close for the number of firearms in America, and assuming an approximate parity in cost with Australia, the taxpayers will be footing the bill for an amount akin to the bailouts we've already been saddled with. I don't recall when or where, but I do recall that a local government years ago made an attempt to run a program of this nature within its jurisdiction. It was an expensive proposition and ended up being "Cash for Clunkers" of another sort. Many of the weapons turned in were barely serviceable and hardly useful to any madman seeking to create his own war zone.
While it isn't an idea that originated with me, I would love to see the reaction of the prohibitionists if the government were to issue signs stating "The owner of this home is unarmed" and mandate that those signs must be visibly posted near the home's entrance 24/7.
It seems to me, with all things considered and a little time passes to cool the heels of the ardent prohibitionists who have jumped on all the recent firearm related tragedies as examples of what's wrong with private gun ownership,that the prudent action to take is to leave the issue alone. If they cannot, then it seems to me that the appropriate way to change a right specifically stated and provided for in the Constitution is by Constitutional Amendment. As was the case with the last unsuccessful prohibition, I suspect just such an Amendment would subsequently also be repealed after enforcement is proven impossible.
The delirious notion that effective gun control or prohibition can result from an Executive Order may satisfy the Progressives and Liberals, but as with any effort to enforce an illegal law, the public has an obligation to resist by simply refusing to participate.
Theirs is a delirious notion indeed! Eurocentric subjects don't understand the United States of America:
There is an irrevocable reality about gun ownership in America: It is irrelevant how many or few gun deaths occur, how many crimes are committed with guns or how many guns are acquired illegally.
All that matters is that every man is born with the inborn right to defend their life, safety and honestly acquired property. ... To do so, one must be armed to a degree that they can oppose the most sophisticated and powerful weapons currently employed by anyone who may threaten their life, health or property.
I have a right to be armed sufficiently to defend against any criminal or government agency which may try to attack me. That is the spirit, intent, and purpose of the 2nd Amendment.
/History majors, pay attention.
Nobody in power has ever floated the idea of firearms prohibition. To paint the current push for some kind of national legislation tempering Americans' "right" to own military-grade weapons without thorough background checks or sensible waiting periods (which is what the current situation amounts to) as a prohibitionist movement is utterly false. Unfortunately, the White House's grasp of spin on this issue is astonishing, allowing the NRA's extreme libertarian viewpoints to gain more traction than they should; that Biden even mentioned the possibility of executive orders has provided ammunition (sorry) for the extreme factions to paint the impending proposals as a threat to the Second Amendment. Nobody but nobody of any importance is going to repeal that thing, so you can lay down your "Don't Tread on Me" flag for the time being.
Even ardent gun-rights advocates such as Sam Harris (http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-riddle-of-the-gun) support such measures as closing the gunshow loophole and requiring stringent background checks and mandatory training for firearms owners. What possible reason could there be to oppose such measures?
Switzerland's gun policy requires all purchases of ammunition to be registered and recorded, and every gun legally sold to bear a serial number; the requirements for ownership of militia weapons mandates annual training and practice; laws for transportation and storage of firearms are strict and permits to carry are difficult to obtain; citizens are limited to a maximum of three firearms apiece. The Swiss model is often held up as an example of a gun policy that works. Too bad the Americans who praise it from abroad are the very ones opposing proposals for even much less stringent policies at home.
Feinstein's bill prohibits more than 120 types of weapons, to include many prohibited based on 'military characteristics.' The bill also included shotguns, handguns, rifles, 'assault rifles,' and a whole list of others.
Pay more attention - yes, there are bills being pushed to ban a wide array of guns.
I'm with you though on the background checks though. In Pa, you're not getting anything other than a single shot shotgun or rifle without a complete State Police background check. They can deny, accept or 'no response' those checks. No response is simple - 'we don't know enough at this time.' This is a very effective method for delaying gun purchases for people who have missing records or for any other reason and - these checks are required whether you are buying in a store or at a gun show.
That type of gun control seems reasonable so long as there is a clear policy that allows a citizen with no criminal record to obtain a gun. As for mental health - that's a whole other bag of worms.
Agree with you on all points; the only spot where we disagree is whether limiting access to certain firearms constitutes prohibition. My point stands: that nobody, not even Feinstein (who is probably asking for twice as much as she thinks she can get in order to get half of what she's asking for), is proposing taking guns away from the law-abiding public.
It is incumbent on both pro- and anti-gun stakeholders to come to a bipartisan agreement on what constitutes reasonable and necessary access to firearms under the second amendment. When you dig beneath the thin skin of hysteria surrounding this issue, it becomes pretty clear that although the extreme fringes will never budge, the vast majority of reasonable Americans are not nearly as far apart on this issue as it might first appear.
>> I have a right to be armed sufficiently to defend against any criminal or government agency which may try to attack me...
For most people, a water pistol would entirely meet those requirements.
Not for normal people ... excluding water pistols, other preferences should include:
.38 Special +P (for street thugs)
12 gauge Pump-action (for home-invaders)
AR-15 (for protection against violation of "the right of people to keep and bear arms")
/History majors, pay attention.
...readers investigate the policy of the Swiss government which requires most men between the ages of 20 and 30 to be in possession of a fully automatic weapon which the government provides to them...the consequence of this policy, which would give the advocates of "no guns in America" apoplexy, is a country with an extremely low violent crime rate.
Investigate away. According to my Swiss friends, you'll find most of those military-issue guns in the back of a closet, with no ammo. How that has any effect on the crime rate is a mystery.
If we were only arming a "well-regulated militia" instead of pretty much anybody who can afford the armload of AR15s of their dreams, I wouldn't be apoplectic at all. In fact, it would be a major improvement. Not going to happen, though.
You might want to move to a better neighborhood...
Have you noticed? --so-called 'better' neighborhoods are victims of criminal home-invasions all of the time.
/Criminal Justice majors, pay attention.
Question: What about my right to be protected from you?
It is a fact that the vast majority of gun crime is done by perfectly normal and sane folk that go insane for just a tiny bit, usually as a result of stress or trauma. The other big reason is that people leave their guns around where kids cannot get them.
Now, every gun owner that's had their gun stolen or their's gun's ripped a kids head into tiny pieces of flesh "by accident" has, until that point, assured everyone that they are safe and responsible with their guns.
What assurance, 100%, do I have that you will:
A: Never, ever, ever go crazy and put me or my own in danger (literally you must assure me that you never interact with anyone or anything that could cause you any sort of emotional response given that you have access to death).
B: That your weapons cannot and will not EVER be stolen or left out, etc, etc.
Given that you can't give those assurances, you ARE the problem. You're the one that everyone needs protecting from. It's weak, paranoid individuals like yourself that make the US a dangerous place. You say you get your weapons to defend yourself but that's not true, you're weak and scared, you're a coward that can't fight his own battles and must keep items around to feel strong. You will not fight, you will run away like a little kid and hit the person from far away where you're safe.
Weak, pathetic, paranoid coward, I pity you.
The only 'weak', 'pathetic', 'coward' that will ever harm you, is you. (In addition, you cannot give me the same assurances about you, --that you just outlined about me). Furthermore:
A. Liberals (you) point to criminals who kill, then reflexively give criminals the benefit of the doubt, and want to solve the problem by infringing on the rights of the law-abiding!
B. Liberals (you) are only able to think on behalf of criminals and debate on their terms.
/That's abnormal behavior.
While anecdotal comparisons of homicide rates between the US and Britain are interesting, there's remarkably little evidence that Britain's strict gun control has had any effect on homicide rates.
The bulk of Britain's current gun control legislation was passed in 1988 and 1997 in response to Hungerford and Dunblane. A look at the BBC's graph of homicide rates in Britain: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18900384
shows that homicide continued dramatically upward peaking at an all time high in 2003. The guns confiscated by these laws were taken quickly from licensed owners, so the laws had realized their full effect within a year or so of passage.
Homicide rates go up and down in Britain for reasons that have nothing to do with gun control as evidenced by these laws and their lack of any effect.
BBC's graph cannot show a link between guns and homicide.
/Wanna bet that England's elites employ armed personal protection?
correct they go up and down, but they never go up to the third world rate of the united states! why do you think that is?
the gun control legislation were to stop massacres, and they did.
So lets just look at the numbers.
There are approximately 310 million people in the United States with 210 million guns. If semiautomatic weapons like the .223 Bushmaster or AR-15 were declared illegal tomorrow and everyone was ordered to turn them in to the federal government, what law enforcement agent would want to be the first person through the door of someone who not only refused to give up their weapon but knew how to use it. How many people would we be wiling to have killed in the line of duty to enforce a law protected by the Constitution?
Granted the founding fathers were not considering modern military weapons when they created the 2nd Amendment, but neither did they consider women's right to vote, Native American land rights, or an end to slavery.
Nor did our Founders ever consider political-correctness.
Political correctness is a relatively modern phenomenon. Virginia Tech as well as the U.S. Dept. of Defense suffered from PC-inspired silence and this resulted in murders; both are therefore culpable in the murders of innocent people at VA Tech and at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Start Date: Wednesday, December 31, 1969
I. Position: Head Sail Training Program Instructor
II. Job Summary:
The Head Instructor will work with the Sail Training instructing staff, the Sail Training Vice Commodore and Club Manager to implement the Sail Training programs. The Head Instructor will work with the Head race Team Coach, Sail Training Vice Commodore, and Club Manager in determining the staffing and equipment needs for the various programs.
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- Conduct and supervise sailing classes at all levels
- Conduct adult clinics when offered
- Maintain a detailed log of Learn to Sail equipment.
- Oversee and assist with the preparation of equipment for the season.
- Assist in the maintenance of Sail Training equipment between May and October. Work with the Sail Training Vice Commodore and the Waterfront & Boatyard Foreman to ensure that program assets are properly maintained.
- Ensure proper maintenance of equipment and the storage of equipment at the end of the season.
- May be asked to attend specific Sail Training committee meetings.
- Work with Sail Training Vice Commodore to assign instructors to teaching roles.
- Manage the enrolment process and maintain enrolment information (class lists; medical and contact information, lunch slips) for Sail Training participants
- Work with the Sail Training Vice Commodore to continually improve communication between clubhouse and sailing school facilities.
- Recommend and implement approved strategies to raise member and non-member awareness of the programs available to them.
- Supervise Sail Training staff including providing feedback to instructors and reporting that feedback to the General Manager and Sail Training Vice Commodore where necessary.
- Assist with instructor development, program development and delivery including preparation and approval of lesson plans of Sail Training instructors.
- Ensure Sail Training staff are teaching current CYA standards and recording student achievements, including CYA checklists, mid-term reports and certificates as required.
- Ensure Safety is paramount in the delivery of programs and the participants
- Assist in team development including team-building activities and regular staff meetings.
- Aid in resolving parent and student concerns. Where necessary include instructors, Sail Training Vice Commodore and/or General Manager in resolution of these incidents.
- Prepare year-end report to Sail Training Vice Commodore.
- Provide recommendations for the Sail Training annual awards.
- Ensure that RNSYS policies and procedures are adhered to by all participants and report any major infractions to the Sail Training Vice Commodore and/or the General Manager.
- The Head Instructor will be responsible to the General Manager and Sail Training Vice Commodore.
- Additionally, the Head Sailing Instructor participates with in a variety of Club activities carried out under the direction of the Club Manager. Such activities include, but are not limited to assistance in Club social events, including weekends and Club opening and closing responsibilities
IV. Reports to: General Manager & Sail Training Vice Commodore
V. Supervises: Sail Training Instructors
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Twenty schools participated in the State contest in Jamestown Nov. 25-26. Kindred High School won the competition.
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Judges complimented the cast on their ability to "give and take" with dialogue and action. Each cast member had a moment of stardom and then allowed another cast member to take control of the show. Judges felt the flow of action as well as movement was very natural and effective.
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MLS opened up the tournament on Thursday, November 21st by playing Northern Cass, the #1 seed in the tournament. The Jaguars won that match in three straight sets. The loss moved MLS into the consolation round where they met Beulah on Friday, November 22nd in the semi-finals. The Mavericks defeated the Miners in three straight sets, advancing them into the consolation championship, which was played on Saturday, November 23rd. MLS faced the Thompson Tommies, who came into the State Tournament as the #2 seeded team. The match went all five sets, with MLS pulling off the 3 to 2 victory to give the Mavericks the 5th place finish at the State Tournament.
Callie Carlson, the lone junior starter for the Mavericks was named to the All Tournament Team.
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By Marlena Chaboudy
I recently had the opportunity to once again tag along with local ghost hunters Carol Arden and Cheryl Flores to investigate the old Bank building in the center of Antler. Also present on the investigation was Bunny Rainwater, sister to Carol and Cheryl, and she is also a paranormal investigator in Colorado where she lives.
The State Bank of Antler, located on Antler Square in Antler, North Dakota, was built in 1905. Also known as the Antler Square Building, it is in Classical Revival architecture. It was also known as the Customs House, an American flag and a Canadian flag are still seen waving situated out front of the building to this day. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. With a road circling around it, It was also used as a Post Office, Rooming House, and Telephone office.
When the building was used as the post office for many years, a faint light could be seen from one of the upper windows as postmaster's would be sorting mail at all hours of the night into the wee morning hours because the mail came on the daily train (The Galloping Goose) during the evenings. Can this faint and flickering light sometimes still be seen late at night? Some can speculate that it is the reflection of the street light, some will say that it is the illumination of the moon, some can also say they believe that it's the postmasters still keeping their nightly routine, you decide.
The evening began with the preparation of several devices to be used during the investigation. Several new items were used, one was an Ovilus, a device containing a pre-programmed dictionary, quite a few investigators have had some success with the device commonly known as a digital "ghost box". Also among the arsenal was a few things that Bunny had brought that I was very interested in... the "old school" items used in ghost hunting, divining rods or dowsing rods, dowsing has been used for many centuries by many different cultures. The L-shaped rod is probably the most ancient of all dowsing instruments. Energy fields around you cross the rods, making it possible to ask simple yes or no questions to spirits.
Two crystal bells were also used during the evening in hopes that placing them in definitive areas that a curious spirit would happen to ring one of them. A crystal pendulum was also incorporated during the night's hunt. These are devices that are usually a delicate chain with a crystal or a weight on the end. These are used sort of like divining rods. One holds the pendulum out and asks a question. If it moves clockwise it's "yes," counterclockwise it's "no."
As we travel from room to room, having to watch our steps as the inside of the building is in a dilapidating state, questions were asked for any lingering spirits to come forward and make themselves known. Sharon Tennyson, Antler historian and owner of the building for the past eight years, was on the investigation as well and asked questions having to do with the people from the past that once occupied the dwelling.
In 1945 Alice and Arnold Thorpe bought the square when it still contained the post office, U.S. Customs office, and the rented rooms. While living there themselves, Alice Thorpe died of a heart attack in the kitchen upstairs, this is where we concentrated our efforts of communication.
As we stood in the kitchen bantering back and forth and asking a barrage of questions to the unseen, I stared blankly at Bunny as the diving rods she was holding began to cross, and to my right the crystal began to spin when it was asked if Alice Thorpe was still there, although the activity was brief and after reviewing the recordings there was no answer, you could plainly hear a whistling that could be heard for 11 seconds in length on the recorder. Sharon later stated that the Thorpe's son, Harold, was known for whistling.
Although it was a quiet night in all, there was one piece of evidence found on the voice recorders other than the whistling. When Sharon was asked, "So, the Thorpe's are the ones that made the apartments?" A man's voice clearly responds "That's right" .
Are the Thorpe's still residing within these walls? Are the postmaster's still sorting through the nightly mail? I can't really tell you the answer to that for sure, but I do know that it does give me the creeps when I look up at the windows on the second floor... it has ever since I was growing up in Antler so many years back.
Sharon Tennyson has future plans to restore this great building back to its prime. A great piece of Antler history, with or without all the bells and whistles.
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I just got my copy of Goodbye Lullaby expanded version in the mail today, only problem I didn't get the guitar Pick...Anyone else order the expanded version and did you get your pick?
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@Don_-58: You have some doubt? Understandable about this long period! But it's true, I ordered the "Expanded Version" on 26th February, it received the "Expanded" on 25th March and this Tuesday I received the pick. This would then be even more than ten weeks. Finally, I'm glad that now I have everything together.
It seems that a lot of people have to wait for a very long tone to get their Expanded Edition huh..... I guess that I am just lucky haha!
@Rachel 'Abbey-Dawn': You didn't get the Expanded Edition? If anything I thought you would be the first to get one! Besides it has a nice fan letter from Avril to her Fans!
Rachel 'Abbey-Dawn':
It's clear! It's never the accumulation of products stamped by a star makes you a diehard fan!
For my part I ordered this edition to boost U.S. sales I received the package and the guitar pick after four weeks. Besides what I've done this bit of plastic?
...Le plastique, c'est fantastique Le caoutchouc, super doux ...
I am soo happy now, I just got my expanded edition yesterday and I absolutely love it, now I am just waiting for the Guitar Pick which has already been confirmed that it is on it's way. I really love the hard cover and the bonus photos in the expanded booklet. But the hand-written note from Avril is the most special out of all of them.
I am actually surprised that it arrived this quickly from the U.S all the way to Australia, it only took 13 days.
@PPbear I think you need to contact customer service.
@PPbear: Have you received then none email in what did this stand the being absent one pick after should be delivered? I have received the "Expanded Version" in the last week. However,I also wait still on the pick. You must have a little patience, that pick and your secound order will be on the move certainly already to you!
I finally decided to get the Ultimate Expanded Edition last week after enjoying my Normal and Deluxe edition CDs. It hasn't arrived in my mailbox yet but I was just wandering if the Pick problem is still here, I didn't get any notice or email about this when I ordered it, I just got an email saying the product was shipped like 1 hour after I ordered it. So anyone know anything about this?
And I was just wandering is the Hand-Written note from Avril directly Hand-Written or is it a photocopy/printed version. Because it would be extreamly special if it was Hand-Writted directly......
Yeah, I have it! Well, who is now happiest boy here The missing pick should be still delivered in a couple days.
Push (Acoustic)- I don't hear really a difference!
Wish you were here (Acoustic)- It's wonderful,likes me very well!
DVD (Making of GL)- It's a little short, but has still succeeded!
Result: I can only recommend it, on shop of the "Expanded" is worthwihle
Hey Guys Just check My email,
This is what the company sent me:
Your copy of Avril Lavigne's Goodbye Lullaby - Expanded Edition has been shipped. Please note that your Avril Lavigne guitar pick will ship separately in a few days. We will send you another notice once this goes out.
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I am so grateful to have had such an incredable opportunity to write and record songs and have them released worldwide for all of you to hear. I still can't believe it. Wow!what a dream come true for me You have been with me since the beginning & I wouldn't be here without all o fyour support. You have always gone above & beyond. Thank You for your amazing websites, votes, request & for being the "Rock Stars" in the front row at my shows! I truely do have the most amazing badass dedicated loyal fans. Thank you to all of you for your continued support. I hope my music gives you strength, encourages and inspires you, makes you smile and have a good time. I love you all so much
Love Avril!
ps. I WANT my pick!
I had already sent the company an email as well before I posted this. I wanted to see if anyone else had this problem Kinda glad to see i'm not the only one, but disappointed by the fact that I spent the extra money for the pick and didn't it when I didn't. Any ways the company told me they were looking into it and would get back to me, thought they were just blowing me off but i'll check my email tomorrow to see if i've gotten anything back from them yet. Thanx to all who have replied very helpful


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You just get up there and lead. I have had weekends where the entire weekend (Friday/Saturday/ sometimes even Sunday morning before church) is nothing but heartache and headache- you can't let it phase you.
We all know that God is unchanging. His goodness knows no end. His love has no end to it- Even though my week was awful- why should I withhold my love for God? He didn't do anything to deserve that.
So I just keep that in mind.
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
I agree with those who have posted about 'feeling' closer to God when they are broken. If things are going great, I'm more likely to think that it's me who is doing a good job of sorting my life out, instead of praising God continually for the constant blessings I take for granted.
To truly worship my God, I need to deny myself ~ He is truly worthy of my praise whatever I am going through. His ways are Higher then mine, as are His thoughts. When times are tough, I try to focus on the fact that God has eternity mapped out. He can see forever, whereas we are limited to seeing the here and now. He knows what is best for us x
Reply to Stevo: :)
By 'deny myself' I mean to rise above whatever I am feeling. I have had a tough start to the year and I have had to force myself to get up, when most mornings I wanted to wallow in pity and stay in bed. My interpretation of that passage is that feelings are from my human self - I can worship in the spirit even though my flesh is weak. Not saying that's by any means the correct interpretation, but it would be a boring old world if we all thought the same.
Thanks! I was only interested in seeing how you applied it. No intent to discuss ad nausea.
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Sat, Oct 19, 2013 | 20:48 BST
Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land shots show a ranch, Elize and Veronica
Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land, which releases in Japan in February, has some new screenshots available which you can have a gawp at over on Silisconera. The game takes place in a town called Oaktree Town where NPCs such as Madam Elise, Fritz, the elderly Edda live. Other farmers in town include a tutorial character, and each farmer has its own personality. The game includes the StreetPass feature and at present is 80% finished. No word on when or if it will head west just yet.
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Harvest Moon: Linking the New World announced for a February release in Japan
Harvest Moon: Linking the New World has been announced in the latest Weekly Famitsu for Japan.
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Harvest Moon: A New Beginning is out in Europe next month so here's a new trailer to celebrate
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning for Nintendo 3DS will be released across Europe next month, and to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the series, a new trailer has been released.
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Pikmin 3 heads up this week's North American eShop offerings
Nintendo has announced its line-up for the North American end of the eShop, and Pikmin 3 is the the big ticket item come August 4. But there's more to be had, like Cloudberry Kingdom and Kirby's Dream Land 2, and the arrival of Hulu Plus, so head below for the full update.
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Nintendo Downloads Europe, July 30: Cloudberry Kingdom, Harvest Moon, more
Nintendo has released a rather nice-sized list of downloadable titles this week through the eShop, such as Cloudberry Kingdom, Harvest Moon, and a nice list of discounts. The entire list of content available is posted below.
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Nintendo Downloads NA: Super Mario Bros. 2, LEGO Batman 2, The Starship Damrey
Nintendo has updated the North American end of its eShop and Virtual Console offerings with all sorts of goodies. Get updated below.
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 02:18 BST
Harvest Moon GBC hits 3DS eShop this week
Natsume is bringing the Game Boy Colour version of Harvest Moon to the 3DS eShop on March 16. The announcement seems only to apply to North America at present. This particular incarnation of Harvest Moon released in 1998, having appeared in black-and-white form the year before.
Thanks, Destructoid.
Tue, Nov 06, 2012 | 20:32 GMT
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning now available on 3DS in the US, screenshots released
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning is now available on 3DS in the US. To celebrate, Natsume has released a large batch of in-game screenshots, which we've posted below. Have a look.
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 | 21:10 BST
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning English trailer is as adorable as it gets
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning has an English trailer available. You can feast your eyes on the adorable glory that Natsume has produced below. Harvest Moon: A New Beginning has gone gold and releases on 3DS November 6.
Wed, Oct 17, 2012 | 22:08 BST
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning goes gold, pre-orders of Anniversary Edition end next week
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning has gone gold and due to overwhelming demand, Natsume has announced that pre-orders of the New Beginning Anniversary Edition on the Natsume Online Store will end October 23.
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 | 03:52 BST
Harvest Moon developer inspired by violent games
Yasuhiro Wada, the man behind one of the most non-violent gaming franchises imaginable, is driven to create his paradise gaming worlds by the mayhem of mainstream release.
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 | 16:14 BST
Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns releases June 29, looks adorable
Rising Star Games will release Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns on 3DS and DS in Europe starting June 29, and to celebrate the Natsume and Marvelous' farming and adventure title, the frim has released a batch of adorable screenshots which are posted below. Enjoy.
Tue, May 29, 2012 | 20:16 BST
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning being localized for US, releasing later this year
Natsume has announced Harvest Moon: A New Beginning will be localized for North America and hit the region sometime this year on 3DS. The game contains full character customization and farms can be customized as well. The Harvest Moon series turns 15 this year. Via Polygon.
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 | 06:25 BST
Harvest Moon creator believes Farmville has helped Harvest Moon
Yasuhiro Wada believes the success of Farmville has helped grow the Harvest Moon fanbase.
Wed, Feb 08, 2012 | 21:51 GMT
GDC 2012: Classic Game Postmortems return with Harvest Moon, Fallout, more
GDC organizers have announced the return of Classic Game Postmortems, and this year's line-up includes talks on Harvest Moon, Gauntlet, Alone in the Dark, and Fallout.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012 | 02:17 GMT
Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns 3DS may get Euro release
Previously restricted to Japan and the US, it looks like Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns may arrive in PAL territories.
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 | 22:54 BST
Marvelous switches financial forecast from showers to sunshine
Harvest Moon publisher Marvelous Entertainment has revised its half and full year forecasts, throwing out a gloomy loss in favour of a small profit.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 | 01:05 BST
Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns gets US release date
Natsume has dropped a startlingly imminent release date on the first 3DS Harvest Moon game, The Tale of Two Towns – Nobember 1.
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 | 20:36 BST
Marvelous more concerned with fun than making an HD Harvest Moon
Toshinori Aoki, director of digital content at Marvelous Entertainment, believes fans of Harvest Moon are more concerned with having fun, than playing an HD version of the game.
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 | 02:06 BST
Harvest Moon series notches up 1 million sales in PAL territories
Rising Star Games is pleased to announce it's moved over 1 million units of Harvest Moon games in Europe and Australia.


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Why Does the Constitution Protect Religious Liberty? The Natural Rights and Moral Autonomy Approaches to the Free Exercise of Religion
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The Economics of Militant Extremism
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Knight bound for trial for murder of Willie Bell Gill |
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HUGO — After hearing seven witnesses and additional evidence presented by First Assistant District Attorney Johnny Loard, Judge Gary Brock ruled Thursday that there was sufficient evidence to bind Kelvin Kretell Knight over for trial for the murder of Willie Bell Gill. Knight was previously charged with first degree murder in connection with Gill's death. She was found dead in her home, the victim of numerous stab wounds. During Thursday's preliminary hearing, the state called the following witnesses: • Amanda Morris – who testified that on the 13th of June 2011, she had some friends over at her home and the defendant, who she knew in passing, arrived with another person. Around midnight everyone else had gone except the defendant and he asked her for a ride. She gave him a ride to his grandmother's house. She also testified that the next morning he called her from a number she did not know and asked for a ride, but refused to tell her where he was. She refused to give him a ride. • William Jennings – who testified that he was a friend of the family of Willie Bell Gill and on the 16th day of June, he was contacted by Ms. Gill's brother who had not heard from her in several days and asked him to check on her. He testified that he went to her house and no one answered the door. He asked several neighbors about her and none of them had seen her in a couple of days. He stated that he went back to her home and found the back door unlocked. He went into her home which was dark and found her on the floor in her hallway. He checked her wrist for a pulse and found none. He then left the home and called 911. • Jody King – who testified that he is a deputy with the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office. He testified that he responded to the call on June 16 at the home of Willie Bell Gill. He was the first officer on the scene. He met with Mr. Jennings and then entered the home. He found Ms. Gill on the floor and noticed she had multiple injuries to her neck and there was a large pool of blood on the floor. He then checked the rest of the house and finding no one else there left and contacted OSBI. • Brad Knight – who testified he is an agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. He specializes in crime scene investigation. He testified that he examined the crime scene and photographed it. He testified that he noted that two of the bed rooms had been ransacked. He also found a rubber glove and a stocking on the floor and collected those items. He testified that he noted a bloody drag mark on the carpet from the front door around the corner to the body of Willie Bell Gill. He also testified that he found and collected a broken finger nail belonging to Ms. Gill on the chest of Ms. Gill. • Chris Davis – who testified that he is an agent with the OSBI. He specializes in finger print analysis. He testified as to the discovery of two palm prints on the outside of the bathroom window at the home of Ms. Gill. Davis testified that the prints were lifted and he compared them to known prints of Kelvin Knight and there was a match. • Sonny Morris Stewart – who testified that he is an agent with OSBI. He testified that pursuant to a search warrant obtained by agent Chris Dill, he collected DNA swabs from the mouth of Kelvin Knight. • Chris Dill – who testified he is an agent with the OSBI. He is the case agent on this case. He testified that he was familiar with the home that Amanda Morris took the defendant to and is familiar with the home of Willie Bell Gill. He testified that they are in relative close proximity to one another, divided by a wooded area. The State then introduced reports from the OSBI DNA lab that noted the comparison of the known DNA samples from Kelvin Knight and the samples taken from the fingernail, the stocking and the glove found at the crime scene. The court then terminated the preliminary hearing finding that there was probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed and that there was probable cause to believe Kelvin Knight committed the crime. The state then introduced records regarding the defendant's prior conviction for robbery in Lamar County, Texas. The defendant was then bound over for trial on the charge of murder in the first degree after former conviction of a felony. Judge Brock set the arraignment date for Feb. 7, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. The defendant remains in the Choctaw County Jail where bond has been denied. Knight was represented by Joe Robertson with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System.


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