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A recent article covering Michigan’s proposed Castle Doctrine law prompted this response from the Brady Campaign: “This law is a terrible signal to send to people, that if you had second thoughts before, rest assured the government is on your side, so go ahead and kill somebody,” said Peter Ham [sic] of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington, D.C. “It makes my stomach turn.”[1]  What is most curious is the common thread throughout Brady literature and media statements: their organization focuses on killing, not the dynamics of situations which may require the use of deadly force.  Since they...

One of the foundations of scientific research is the ability to prove or disprove a theory by seeing if one can reproduce the results of one experiment when using the same methods in another experiment.           In my last article, we looked at crime trends in the United Kingdom after the gun ban enacted in 1997. (1)  Australia enacted a similar ban in 1996.  Like the UK, Australia is an Island country, English speaking, and has a bicameral parliament similar to the UK, and even recognizes the Queen of the United Kingdom as the official head of state. (2)  This makes Australia...