Aurora, gun control and the US Constitution
The mass shooting in Aurora, Colarado, has inevitably sparked a debate on gun control. There is lots of wringing of hands and lots of questions about how it could happen and how.
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The mass shooting in Aurora, Colarado, has inevitably sparked a debate on gun control. There is lots of wringing of hands and lots of questions about how it could happen and how.
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It is a matter of some regret that the Syrian government press conference yesterday was held so late in the day that I could not be there. Clearly it was some spectacle. Not since the dying days of the Saddam regime in Baghdad and the primetime performances of “Comical Ali” have we heard such arrant nonsense coming from a government mouthpiece. In fact, several government mouthpieces.
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