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Archery whitetail seasons start in two months or less. Do you have all your preseason chores finished? Now is the time to make your major intrusion so any mature buck has ample time to forget about you tromping through his bedroom, dining room and mass transit system. [ Read Full Post ]
So why do some hens get shot in spring?
Here’s where it gets tricky. It’s legal in many states. At least if they’re bearded. Sure enough, some hens have beards, often thin, with a kink in the middle, though they can go eight inches or so. Consider recent kill statistics for two states this past spring season: one in America’s turkey-hunting heartland and another on the northern edge of turkey habitat. [ Read Full Post ]
In undoubtedly one of their more unusual missions, members of the U.S. Coast Guard patrolling Lake Erie’s Fairport Harbor in northern Ohio rescued an 84-year-old man who accidentally drove his riding lawnmower off a landing and into the Grand River last week.
After sinking in several feet of water, the man was apparently too weak or too distressed to pull himself to safety. [ Read Full Post ]
It's been a disappointing year for American cities seeking to curb violence via tough gun laws.
Since last June, when the US Supreme Court struck down key parts of the District of Columbia's gun-control ordinance, cities have seen the 20,000 local gun regulations enacted over the years begin to slip from their grip, one by one. [ Read Full Post ]
Dennis A. Henigan, Brady Center Vice President and author of "Lethal Logic," writes in a June 22 column posted by Huffington Post that, "Gun control frequently is referred to -- alongside issues like abortion and gay rights -- as a 'cultural" issue.' Indeed, it is fashionable in some quarters to refer to the cluster of cultural issues as 'God, guns, and gays.' The Obama Administration has taken some heat for its failure to show leadership on this set of issues. As the Boston Globe described it, Obama has declared a "cease-fire in the culture wars." [ Read Full Post ]
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and senators who will vote on her confirmation are engaged in a careful conversation about where she stands on hot-button issues like abortion and gun rights. You probably won't hear any of it, though, since the exchange is taking place in code.
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Nearly 900 people on the FBI’s terror watch list applied for and received a certificate to buy a gun in the United States between 2004 and 2009, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday. In all, some 90 percent of the people on the watch list who applied passed the required background check, said the report, which was requested by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) of New Jersey. [ Read Full Post ]
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