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(RNS) As gun control moved toward the top of the American agenda after the Dec. 14 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, gun rights activists began to invoke a curious analogy: the Holocaust. On television, radio and in letters to the editor, the argument went that Hitler’s gun control laws left European Jews defenseless, and that the Holocaust would not have happened — or at least would not have been as catastrophic in scale — had Jews had guns. But here’s the question: Is it true?

Support S. 2766/H.R. 5949, the Clean Boating Act of 2008 Did you know that a recent court ruling about pollution being dumped from commercial ship ballast water will also require all recreational boats to get permits by September, 2008—despite the fact that 99% of recreational boats do not have ballast tanks? Boats and ships are different, and shouldn’t be treated the same. These costly permits—intended for commercial ships and supertankers that have brought harmful invasive water species into U.S. waters—are being developed right now to tax your boat’s engine cooling water, bilge water, and even deck runoff. This will seriously...

I found the above and thought that perhaps others here would like to share their opinions how the lives of four seagulls stack up against what else is going on in the rest of the world with Mr. Ragan (tragan@santacruzsentinel.com). For what it's worth here's my response to his article... Dear Mr. Ragan, Given what's going on in Iraq, why should four dead seagulls be of any consequence whatsoever? The story reads as if the lives of these birds equate to those of humans. I realize that there are many who believe they do (particularly in California), but those of...

Legos could replace pencil and paper college entrance exams February 1, 2000 Web posted at: 10:27 AM EST (1527 GMT) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) -- Standard pencil-and-paper college-admissions exams don't reveal talents like initiative, teamwork and leadership, so select teen-agers are going to get an alternative test -- which includes making a robot out of Legos. Colorado College is joining with eight other schools around the nation in an experiment aimed at recruiting diverse students who otherwise might not win admission. "This puts more emphasis on hard-to-measure characteristics and less on the standardized tests that frankly have been a ...

Police blast hand gun ban 24/8/99.................................................immediate release.   A top police firearms expert has condemned the hand gun ban, imposed after the Dunblane shootings, as a cheap political trick which has failed to halt the rise in armed crime. According to the tactical firearms officer from a major inner-city force a flood of cheap pistols from Eastern Europe makes a mockery of the government’s ban on legally held weapons. Writing in the latest edition of Shooting & Conservation he says;"Specialist teams all over the country are taking on armed villains, head-on, as a daily role supporting the ever-thinning blue ...

This is a letter I wrote to Mr. Joe Rodriguez of the San Jose Mercury News in response to his article entitled; "It's Time We Reconsider the Second Amendment" ...dated September 22nd, 1999. The full text of his article may be found here Dear Mr. Rodriguez, In reference to your article, the title of which is given above, I would urge you to reconsider your position relating to firearms. At this point you have no doubt heard many of the arguments both pro and against the right to bear arms. As I am sure you are aware, freedom is a ...

Take a look at this... Click Here ...for an obscene tax proposition.

See the following link... Click Here ...for what seems to be a reasonable (unbiased?) report regarding guns (albeit only the sale of them)