Tag: Gun safety
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What becomes of a country that cannot protect its young?
March for our lives, Washington DC, 24 March 2018 It’s too early to say if the grassroots social movement initiated by students who survived the gun massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida will be successful in nudging America’s gun laws in the direction of rationality and evidence. After killing 17…
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Dancing on Christopher Hitchens’ grave? The tricky business of talking about consequences
A “pro-smoking blogger for the libertarian right” accuses me of “dancing on Christopher Hitchens’ grave”. And other stuff. Christopher Snowdon is a Research Fellow for the UK-based Institute of Economic Affairs, a think tank that receives tobacco funding. He is an opponent of plain tobacco packaging, keeper of the pure flame of libertarianism etc. My sin…
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Patching up America’s broken heart: Could regulatory theory offer a solution to gun violence in the US?
On Wednesday morning, the US suffered another gun-related tragedy. This time, reporter Alison Parker and camera man Adam Ward from WDBJ-TV, Virginia, were shot dead on air by a disgruntled former colleague. Alison Parker’s father has said that he will not rest until the US introduces stronger gun control laws, and he challenged the media…
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