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DC v. Heller - Oral Arguments

Posted in Guns (Australia), Guns (USA), Liberty (General), liberty australia, tagged , , , , , , , on March 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 Today the Supreme Court of the US heard oral arguments in DC v. Heller, for those who know about it. This is first time the court will rule on the meaning of the second amendment.
Not sure how many of you will be interested, but Mark from the Gun Rights Advocates Podcast has recorded a live [...]

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UALR Shooting a little too far….

Posted in Guns (USA), tagged , , , , on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

http://www.huliq.com/51954/ualr-shooting-leaves-one-hurt-arkansas-university
An African American male was shot around 2:10 p.m. today near the tennis court on University Drive. The victim is a current UALR student. Two suspects in a gold car fled the scene. UALR Students, faculty and staff were quickly alerted via an all campus telephone and email alert system.
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The victim in this case [...]

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Arizona Ammunition Registration on the Money

Posted in Guns (USA), Liberty (General) on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/unbelievable-attempt-at-ammunition-ban.html
This is the best idea I have heard of in a very long time. I mean, seriously, how smart is this…
Let’s encode a registration number on a metal projectile that is traveling 1200 - 5000fps aimed, generally, so it will impact directly with a solid surface. Lets print a registration number on an item for [...]

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Social Ethics at University and the Concept of Positive Rights

Posted in Guns (Australia), Guns (USA), Liberty (General) on February 13, 2008 | No Comments »

Social ethics as taught at university is an absolute farce. The very idea of rights as taught in university is a dangerous burden on the capacity for an individual, in an institution of supposed higher learning no less, to be able to critically analyse and interpret information on different issues and political or cultural positions. [...]

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Penn & Teller’s Bull***t - Gun Control

Posted in Guns (Australia), Guns (USA), Liberty (General) on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »

For those not familiar, Penn & Teller’s Bullshit is an enormously successful show in the states. It has got a limited run late at night on Australian television but I don’t believe it’s running any more. The show is basically these two guys, Penn & Teller, exposing all sorts bulls**t in society. They have done [...]

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Armed America by Kyle Cassidy

Posted in Guns (Australia), Guns (USA) on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »

OK. I’m not usually one to buy photo books, but when I heard about Armed America through friends and heard of it’s unusual premise I could not resist.
Four words, I have been converted.
This book truly proves the maxim, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Kyle Cassidy, a fashion and portrait photographer, travels America photographing [...]

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Australian girl shot in India

Posted in Guns (Australia), Guns (USA), Liberty (General) on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In the last week news broke of the rape and later shooting death of 17 year old Australian girl Anandalila Salter in her family’s Indian home of Vrindvan. The killer was 28 year old local Saurav Singh. This story is an absolute tragedy, and reading today’s article When East meets West in the SMH I [...]

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