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II. The Feasibility and Communitarian Implications of Domestic Disarmament Communitarians, including President Clinton, argue that the presence of so many guns in America makes it the most dangerous country in which to live.[58] Rhetorical flourish is employed to drive the point home: "[T]he danger that our cities be turned into Beiruts or Dubrovniks must be averted."[59] The gun control proposals that have been enacted into law and those that are currently the subject of political discussion are but "vanilla-pale measures," according to Etzioni; to him, the only truly effective measure to end gun violence is domestic disarmament.[60] Many criminologists agree ...

Divorce can be an extraordinarily painful and unsettling experience. Even in our current culture of laid-back nonjudgmentalism, the primal emotions of sexual jealousy and possessiveness toward one's children remain unconquered, not to mention the deep passions associated with the acquisition and defense of wealth. Everybody knows from common experience that people going through the traumatic experience of divorce are typically more prone than usual to erratic, abusive, and even violent behavior. But what can be done about it? Because we usually look to Congress to address serious problems, perhaps there should be new federal laws aimed specifically at preventing wrongful ...

Road closures hit bump: Hunters, hikers want winter access to watershed area By Steve Miller News-Post Staff A proposal to close the county's mountain roads in the Frederick City Watershed during the winter has hunters and hikers up in arms and lambasting the county roads office for trying to take the Catoctin Mountains preserve away from them. "I don't think they should take this away from the people," said Clarence Craver, a 66-year-old Thurmont man who would rather get his exercise walking the mountain than walking the mall. Closing the roads will cut off Mr. Craver from the mountain trails ...

I am pleased to announce that President William Jefferson Clinton will speak at our Annual Convention in Chicago later this month. ATLA Town Hall Meeting Sunday, July 30, 2:30 pm Grand Ballroom, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago Open to all Convention Registrants (you must have your badge) ATLA supports members of every political party who join us in our fight to preserve the civil justice system. This is the first time that a sitting President of the United States has ever appeared before our entire convention. I believe every ATLA member, regardless of party affiliation, can take pride in this ...

Americans of all politics are going to be faced with a very clear dilemma. In the not too distant future, they will probably be forced to take sides in a revolution against the central government of the nation. And they're going to have to learn how to get out of the way of a civil war. Government should be "deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed", but take a look at the nation today and tell me with a straight face that this is the case. How long has that "train of abuses and usurpations" become? How ...

I received an email alert from a list that Lycos is attempting, like EnCarta attempted to do, to rewrite the definition of the Second Amendment – Click here -----result------ Sec'ond Amend'ment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms as necessary to maintain a state militia. ---------------------One gentleman’s response…--------- June 1, 2000 Lycos Almanac (InfoPlease.com) RE: Second Amendment E-mail: http://www.lycos.com and nquest@infoplease.com, editor@infoplease.com Dear Sirs: Your misreading of the Second Amendment is despicable. I refer to your definition of the Second Amendment in your ...

Cyberletters for Sunday 05/28/2000 . Million Moms should wash their mouth out with soap Re: "Shame on 'Sisters'," Letters, May 24. As a participant in the Armed Informed Mother's March, I sincerely hope that letter-writer Karen Pierce was not one of the caring, sensitive, heartfelt moms who were exclaiming, "I hope your children kill themselves with your guns!" That is a direct quote, and the only one I can share with your readers, as the rest were laced with profanity. These heartfelt, caring statements offered up by the Million Minions were made in the presence of our children and ...

Anyone planning on attending the SAS-AIMM please post here. Lets figure out where we can meet. I am looking forward to meeting you all.

Message on the mall Flint, Columbine, Jonesboro, Granada Hills, Stockton, Paducah, Pearl, Springfield -- the list continues to grow. These are all places where our children were gunned down, usually by their schoolmates. Enough is enough. Most voters do support some form of safer gun legislation. Unfortunately, we are not making ourselves heard at the expense of our children. The National Rifle Association and other gun lobbies have been heard loud and clear by our legislators. It is now time for those of us who wish to protect our children to make a solid stand in support of better ...

------------- We got an interesting post yesterday: It appears that Citibank has an online bank and they're offering $100 to anyone who opens an account with them by 6/30. There might be an opportunity for some payback here. The URL is: HERE Sure enough, that's the offer. Requires a $500 minimum balance on a new account, but no requirement as to how long it must be kept.

America needs tougher gun laws Shannon Frankel (srf128@psu.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism and political science and a Collegian columnist. Sometimes it seems what America is lacking is some good common sense. You have to be hiding under a rock not to be aware of the increasing amount of gun-related violence in the United States. First there was Columbine. Then several workplace shootings. Those were followed by more threats in high schools. It's a rare evening when I watch the news and don't hear about someone being gunned down. At this point most of us have become numb to ...

As of 1120 hours, EST, the following results were published at i-Charity: So far 15029 people have signed this petition.

BEWARE of McCain By Weldon Clark McCain breathed new life into the Juvenile Justice Bill's anti- gun amendments, after it had been KILLED. McCain and 4 other moderate Republicans said they would vote for the Lautenberg gun show ban bill unless the Republican Leadership brought up a bill. They did and it passed the Senate. McCain told Neal Knox and the present Second Vice President of NRA that he would never forget what NRA had done in the 1994 election. He then cosponsored the McCain Feingold Campaign Finance bill. This bill would prevent all independent groups such as NRA, Christian ...

Last week, 200,000 people in Iowa were able to register their opinion on who they thought should be our next President. Next week, the people of New Hampshire will do the same. What about you? Would you like your voice to be heard - before your state's primary is held, and before some of the candidates drop out? Make your vote count. Log on to www.vote.com and vote in the Internet Presidential Primary for the candidate you want to be President. When the vote ends, we will email the results to all of the major media outlets. So far, more ...

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:42:53 -0500 (EST) From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Subject: First analysis of Glendening Gun Grab bill language What have we warned you for the last year? Beware, the public will be told debate is only about "smart guns" but the governor will make his biggest gun grab in the fine print. Remember 1996, when he said it was only "one gun a month" but some of the greatest damages were rendered to our rights in the fine print? Well, it's deja vu all over again, as SB 211 is fifteen pages of bill language, ...

"Our society has entirely the wrong focus when we seek to shift responsibility to an inanimate object from the lack of morality that leads an individual to misuse the inanimate object." Of course this axiom cannot stand when the inanimate object in question is the brain of an immoral politician. Yes, Virginia, politicians do have brains, they just lie dormant. I watched part of an interview with Governor Glendenning on Maryland Public Television over that aired over the weekend of January 14-16, 2000. He was questioned directly on the issue of mandating "smart gun" technology when it does not yet ...

ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization January 13, 2000 Do Everything to Encourage Dr. Laura's Shooting Lessons! Dear JPFO supporters, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the #2 national talk show host, told the world on January 12, 2000 about her first shooting lesson. Her 10 minute discussion might have done more for the gun liberty movement than we can imagine. She described how she was trained on all the rules of safe use, how she was shocked by the noise of the guns, and how she tried both the revolver and the semi-automatic pistol. ...

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Legislature's Democrats Plan to Push Gun Control Capitol: As 2000 session opens today, Democrats plan to push tough bills on registering of handguns and licensing of owners. The battle is expected to be hard fought and closely watched by Bradley, Gore. By CARL INGRAM and MARK GLADSTONE, Times Staff Writers SACRAMENTO--Ignoring Gov. Gray Davis' appeal for a timeout on new gun controls, Democrats plan to start pushing sweeping proposals to license handgun owners and register their firearms when the Legislature convenes today for its 2000 session. The controversial election-year plan promises to be a centerpiece of Democrats' lawmaking efforts, especially ...

As this year's hunting season comes to a close I found myself sitting alone, 20 feet up in a tree with time on my hands. As I sat contemplating the beauty of my surroundings a thought occurred to me. By all "conventional" wisdom, I should be in jail and my son in Foster Care. My ten year old son had hunted deer with me for the first time this year. Our first afternoon out in late October he received a lesson in patience as we watched several does pass by from 3 PM to almost dark. He was very excited ...