Archives for the ‘Security’ Category

Aging is a disease that can be cured

At least that’s what Aubrey de Grey believes. I want to believe it as well. I am not interested in dying at this time. Transhumanists may not be in the media spotlight now, but it’s likely the future will change that.
…James Hughes, an administrator and instructor at Trinity College in Hartford, is a leading transhumanist [...]

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Crime statistics and gun control appear to have an inverse relationship

I read a fascinating article this morning that directly correlates gun control in an area with the crime rate. The two are statistically inverse. In other words, the more gun control a place has the more crime it has.

For many years, the Brady Campaign [...]

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Intrepreting the meaning of the second amendment

Personally, I’ve never found the wording of the second amendment to be unclear. However, people will argue about nuances when they disagree in any area. Stephen Halbrook tries to clear up original intent in his article entitled In Webster’s English.
The Second Amendment states simply, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a [...]

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Bullets and Bibles

This weekend, I fired a variety of pistols and a rifle at a dummy that had a Holy Bible and then a Holy Quran as his sole means of protection from the projectiles. The results were, at least in my mind, illustrative. The end result of my experiment is that I am much less confident in using the 32 ACP pistols in my collection as primary defensive weapons - although they are the easiest to conceal I’m afraid they would be useless in many situations.

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Georgians gain expanded carry rights under new law

Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue signed into law a bill that expands the locations where concealed carry permit holders (I am one of these) may carry their personal defense weapons.
With Perdue’s signature, restaurant patrons will be permitted to carry a firearm, but would be barred from drinking while doing so. Violations would be a misdemeanor. Concealed [...]

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