Category Archives: BANG! BANG!

Gun Use As a Public Health Problem

Posted on October 4, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Steve M. at No More Mr. Nice Blog makes an excellent point (boldface mine): I’m not part of the gun culture — I don’t own guns and haven’t known many people who do. But I don’t condemn the culture outright. … Continue reading →

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D.C.’s Crime Wave: Deadlier, But Not More Of It

Posted on September 1, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Since D.C. is the nation’s capital, things that happen here have a disproportionate influence on the policy-making class (politicians, pundits, reporters, and policy wonks). While that’s an unfair burden for any city to bear, especially one that has limited control … Continue reading →

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Racism, Guns, and Democrats

Posted on June 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

It goes without saying that any Democratic presidential candidate will be better on gun control than any Republican. But as we often note in the context of healthcare, better than does not mean good. So I have to admit I’m … Continue reading →

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Gun Control and Original Intent

Posted on May 8, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve written before about the misunderstanding of the Second Amendment: despite the widespread belief to the contrary, it was not written to enable citizens to protect themselves from a tyrannical government, but to preserve the freedom to hunt your slaves*. … Continue reading →

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Every Gun Has A History

Posted on March 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Other than to remind readers that guns make everyone stupid, noted without further comment:

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Guns Still Make You Stupid

Posted on February 15, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Philip Gourevich (boldface mine): “Isolated incident” was the preferred verbiage of Ripley Rand, the local U.S. attorney. Rand said that he saw no reason to treat the targeting and assassination of these three Muslims as “part of a targeted campaign … Continue reading →

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Security Theater: 153 Guns Got Through Airport Security

Posted on January 5, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

This recent failure of airport ‘security’ demonstrates how it’s really just ‘security theater‘ (boldface mine): The authorities say that on Dec. 10, while 1.7 million other passengers were being routinely screened for weapons at security checkpoints in airports around the … Continue reading →

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Nocera Gets It Half-Right: On the Freedom to Hunt Your Slaves

Posted on May 27, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Joe Nocera does a good service with this history lesson, but he misses the key point (boldface mine): The surprising discovery is that of all the amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights, the Second was probably the least debated. … Continue reading →

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Bringing Tenure to a Gun Fight

Posted on April 25, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

If you haven’t heard, the faculty and students of the University of Maine have been fighting to have a bunch of idiotic cuts restored. As you might imagine, there have been non-violent protests and heated faculty meetings. And then there’s … Continue reading →

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Trolls, Armed and Dangerous

Posted on February 18, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Verily, there are assholes, and they walk among us. Last week, a study (unfortunately behind a paywall) argued that internet trolls are not like other humans: The research, conducted by Erin Buckels of the University of Manitoba and two colleagues, … Continue reading →

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