Daily Archives: March 3, 2010

Chicago Mayor Daley: Why Can’t I Bring a Gun to the Supreme Court?

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is staring down the barrel of a Supreme Court decision throwing out The Windy City’s gun ban. This does not please Hizzoner, who is not used to people telling him what to do. Or, apparently, where … Continue reading →

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UK Hunt Supporter Killed by Gyrocopter

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Yes, a gyrocopter. Like the one in The Road Warrior. Except in this case, the pilot harried hunts, rather than hunted for juice. But the non-fictional British pilot, one Bryan Griffiths, faces a decidedly different fate than his cinematic counterpart. … Continue reading →

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Michigan Mulls Moose Hunt

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Here’s a blurb about The Michigan Moose Project from the state’s Department of Natural Resources: “By the 1970s, the white-tailed deer population in the Lake Superior watershed in the Upper Peninsula had declined drastically, and biologists in the MDNR began … Continue reading →

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Total Recoil 6: Darwin Denied Edition

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago
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Massachusetts Police Screw-Up Gun Licenses

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

“Those who received licenses improperly would have qualified for licenses if they had listed an accurate local address, taken a firearms training course and paid the required fee, police said.” Oh, so that’s alright then. We’ll just ignore the fact … Continue reading →

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Romney: Palin is Armed and Dangerous

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Ha! We SO knew that! Well, actually, not exactly. The only gun we can positively identify as belonging to Republican ex-Governor and non-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is the Henry Repeating Arms “Big Boy,” which she has yet to physically claim. … Continue reading →

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Jafaar Jackson Chases Blanket Jackson with a Taser. Allegedly.

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

From the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up But No One Should Be Surprised” department: “The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services officials are looking into an incident in which one of Michael Jackson’s nephews, 13-year-old Jaafar Jackson, … Continue reading →

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Has Russian Teen Cracked the Electric Gun?

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

The idea of using electricity to fire a projectile (i.e. an electric gun) has been around since, uh, electricity. Back around Christmas ’07, IEEE Spectrum writer Paul Wallich had a look at an article on the challenge and had a … Continue reading →

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Shotgun Wedding

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

And yes, there’s another gun. I mean, “one” after the jump.

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Violent Videogames “Causal Risk Factor for Increased Aggressive Behavior”

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

The latest issue of The American Psychological Association’s Bulletin is out! As excited as I am at the prospect of reading “Understanding disclosure decision making and postdisclosure outcomes among people living with a concealable stigmatized identity,” here’s what really caught … Continue reading →

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