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  • Gun debate: Is price of an armed America a more dangerous America? (+video)

    02/03/2014 3:17:40 PM PST · by marktwain · 32 replies
    csmonitor ^ | 2 February, 2014 | Patrik Jonsson
    Charles Ingram and Robert Webster were neighbors in Florida, but friends said the two older men had little love for each other and often quarreled. On a spring day in 2010, the two men, both gun enthusiasts who had state permits to carry concealed weapons, got into another argument across their lawns. This time, police later said, both men pulled out their weapons. When Mr. Webster began approaching, Mr. Ingram raised his gun, as did Webster. Two shots rang out simultaneously, and both men fell. Webster died almost instantly, Ingram less than a month later. That "Deadwood"-style neighborhood gunfight is...
  • Which celebrities and politicians said there was no Al Qaeda, Iraq connection?

    04/27/2003 2:47:14 PM PDT · by syriacus · 9 replies · 234+ views
    4/27/2003 | various
    If it turns out there was an Al Qaeda/Iraq connection, it would be great to be prepared with celebrity quotes denying that connection.Here are two from Sarandon and Streisand.Sarandon plans to act up before State of the Union WASHINGTON - Just before President Bush delivers his State of the Union address tonight, activist actress Susan Sarandon plans to upstage him. "Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, 'What did Iraq do to us?'" the 56-year-old New Yorker asks in a 30-second television spot that...