Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions ATV noise, threat threats, and wasting judicial resources. Reason · Sep 23, 2022
NRA free speech lawsuit against New York regulator is dismissed A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of a National Rifle Association lawsuit accusing a New York regulator of stifling its speech by pressuring banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun rights group. Reuters · Sep 22, 2022
40% of operational staff at nuclear plants lack experience Nearly 40% of the operations staff at the seven electric power companies that have not yet restarted their nuclear power plants since 2011 have no experience with reactors, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey found. The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 18, 2022
NRA's strict standards delay reactor reactivation The reactivation of nuclear power reactors has been delayed in Japan due to the Nuclear Regulation Authority significantly tightening its rules related to natural disasters, and power companies needing to take time to prove their operations are safe under the new system. The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 18, 2022
‘The Good Fight’ review: What a long, strange trip it’s been, culminating in the 6th and final season of this spiky-surreal legal drama Christine Baranski might have one of the best laughs on television. It’s a delighted ripple of sonic caramel and she puts it to considerable use in the sixth and final season of the Paramount+ legal drama “The Good Fight.” Spinning off from the long-running CBS series “The Good Wife” in… Chicago Tribune · Sep 7, 2022
As Trump and GOP blast FBI, Biden claims law and order mantle for Democrats WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — After a remarkably productive month in Congress, Democrats have major legislative accomplishments to trumpet on the campaign trail this fall. But President Biden traveled to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to address a stubborn liability for his party: crime. Los Angeles Times · Aug 30, 2022
Uvalde families protest outside Greg Abbott’s house calling to raise minimum age to buy AR-15 Gunman Salvador Ramos legally purchased the firearm used in the massacre as soon as he turned 18 – thanks to Texas’ lax gun laws The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2022
Ukraine braces for intensified attacks after Moscow car bomb killing Kyiv denies any involvement in death of daughter of ultranationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022
Ex-Russian MP claims Russian partisans responsible for Moscow car bomb Speaking in Kyiv, Ilya Ponomarev alleges bomb that killed daughter of Putin ally was work of underground group The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022
MAGA extremists call for "war" over raid "Trump supporters are REALLY excited about the idea of a civil war" Salon · Aug 10, 2022
Poker machine gambling is getting worse amid cost of living fears, say advocates who are calling for reform Queenslanders lost $253 million to pokies in pubs and clubs in June, up 30 per cent on pre-pandemic levels. Advocates say people are looking for a "false gold glitter of hope" amid cost of living pressures. ABC News · Aug 7, 2022
Uvalde residents outraged by NRA's plans The event was set to be hosted some 40 miles away from the site of the Robb Elementary School shooting Salon · Aug 5, 2022
Uvalde teacher says Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s private meetings with victim families were ‘all for show’ Uvalde residents pressured a nearby city to revoke a rental agreement for an NRA fundraiser raffling off an AR-15, the same type of gun used in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
John M. Crisp: A tale of 2 shootings Consider these two recent shootings: Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022 Mass shooting at Indiana mall that left four dead raises controversial ‘good guy with a gun’ theory Conservatives often claim only a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop shootings. The data paints a more complicated picture
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022 NRA slams Trump's Wisconsin candidate over false endorsement The National Rifle Association has issued a stinging rebuke after Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tim Michels' campaign falsely claimed the gun advocacy group had endorsed him
The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022 Fleet of school buses formed like rifle protests gun violence against children at Ted Cruz’s home The NRA Children’s Museum aims to spotlight the toll of mass shootings and reduce the association’s influence
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 13, 2022 Gun advocates, politicians have blood on their hands Gun Industry. Gun lobby. The NRA. You own this. You own every single one of these senseless and preventable deaths.
Reason · Jul 8, 2022 Slippery Slope Arguments and the Role of Ideological Advocacy Groups [For the last month, I've been serializing my 2003 Harvard Law Review article, The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope, and I'm finishing it up this week.] Being aware of the slippery slope mechanisms can help counter them: such awareness may help prevent the initial decision A that might set the…
WEKU · Jul 8, 2022 Most gun owners favor modest restrictions but deeply distrust government, poll finds Overwhelming majorities want to see universal background checks, raising the age to buy any kind of gun to 21 and red flag laws. But just a quarter trust the government to look out for them.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022 We hear Americans support gun control, but I know the truth is more complicated It was only when I moved to the US that I understood that this issue, more than any other, encapsulates our differences, says the Guardian’s Devika Bhat
Salon · Jul 7, 2022 Gun violence: Both/and, not either/or As behavioral scientists, we know there's almost never a single cause. But gun control is a good place to start
Reason · Jul 5, 2022 Political Momentum Slippery Slopes [For the last month, I've been serializing my 2003 Harvard Law Review article, The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope, and I'm finishing it up this week.] Following the passage of the Brady Bill by the House of Representatives in 1991, the pro-gun-control movement was jubilant, not only savoring its victory…
Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2022 Singer Richard Marx lashes out at NRA after July 4 slaughter in his former hometown He’s right here waiting for answers.
The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022 Lesotho due to hold elections despite lack of progress on key political reforms Lesotho is due to hold national elections in mid-October. The polls were expected to be held under a new constitutional regime resulting from a reform process that started in 2012. But, the process has not yielded much fruit.