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		<title>Should people be charged if their gun is used in a crime?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/01/should-people-be-charged-if-their-gun-is-used-in-a-crime/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Violence and Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, just as if their car is used in a crime. Obviously if someone breaks into your house, breaks open your gun safe, takes your gun, goes down the street and robs a bank with it, that is not your fault. But if you leave a loaded gun laying around unsecured, and a four year &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/01/should-people-be-charged-if-their-gun-is-used-in-a-crime/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Should people be charged if their gun is used in a crime?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our gun culture kills children</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/05/18/our-gun-culture-kills-children/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Violence and Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ammo cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun cabinet]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Years ago, my parents were still alive and living in Albany, New York. I had arranged a lunch with some colleagues at their house. I do not recall why exactly, but that is what I did. In the house lived my parents Joe and Betty, Grandma (dad&#8217;s mother) and Great Aunt Tillie (mom&#8217;s stepfather&#8217;s sister). &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/05/18/our-gun-culture-kills-children/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Our gun culture kills children</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mass Murder: A Perspective on Young Male Killers</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/10/mass-murder-perspective-young-male-killers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 21:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demonic males]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Loyola University&#8217;s James Garbarino, author of Listening to Killers: Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases, addressed the questions (two years ago), why do males do most of the mass killings: Some of it appears to lie in their (“our”) biological vulnerability. &#8230; about 30% of males (versus &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/10/mass-murder-perspective-young-male-killers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Mass Murder: A Perspective on Young Male Killers</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>More guns equals more gun deaths</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/02/more-guns-equals-more-gun-deaths/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 02:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Violence and Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun ownership]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[And lax legislation and elected representatives who run their elections using money from the gun industry make sure there are PLENTY of guns to go around. People who are running for office who have pro NRA positions and/or take gun money should be drummed out of politics. The rate of gun ownership in a state &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/02/more-guns-equals-more-gun-deaths/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">More guns equals more gun deaths</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The chilling effect of concealed carry law on the Texas classroom</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/02/24/the-chilling-effect-of-concealed-carry-law-on-the-texas-classroom/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faculty-student conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stupidest idea ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Texas]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Texas has adopted a law that allows students to bring a handgun to class, or to meetings with professors. As a response to this policy, the president of the Faculty Senate, Jonathan Snow, gathered a group of faculty and gave a powerpoint presentation that included the slide at the top of the post. Snow&#8217;s presentation &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/02/24/the-chilling-effect-of-concealed-carry-law-on-the-texas-classroom/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The chilling effect of concealed carry law on the Texas classroom</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Hope, Minnesota Shooting Raises Interesting Questions</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/27/new-hope-minnesota-shooting-raises-interesting-questions/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last night, in the Minneapolis suburb of New Hope, two police officers were shot by a long-gun wielding man, who was immediately killed by other police officers. Here&#8217;s the story as we know it: Two New Hope police recruits were at the City Council meeting being sworn in. They left the City Council room, and &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/27/new-hope-minnesota-shooting-raises-interesting-questions/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New Hope, Minnesota Shooting Raises Interesting Questions</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rate of mass shootings has tripled in three years</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/28/rate-of-mass-shootings-has-tripled-in-three-years/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The frequency with which shooting events in the US occurs has gone way up in the last few years, according to recent research. Amy Cohen, Deborah Azarael and Mathew Miller have an article at Mother Jones reviewing the research: Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows&#8230;And: Why claims in the media &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/28/rate-of-mass-shootings-has-tripled-in-three-years/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rate of mass shootings has tripled in three years</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Does The George Zimmerman Not Guilty Verdict Mean?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/07/14/what-does-the-george-zimmerman-not-guilty-verdict-mean/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Violence and Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Zimmerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[First, I want to say this to George Zimmerman and his lawyer. Stop whining. You are the one who chose to kill someone, and did so, then got away with it. It is not you who lost or who has had your life torn apart or taken away or anything like that. So stop being &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/07/14/what-does-the-george-zimmerman-not-guilty-verdict-mean/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What Does The George Zimmerman Not Guilty Verdict Mean?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A little gun math</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/19/a-little-gun-math/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you know, I often mention reports from the Ohh Shoot blog, which chronicles the virtually daily instances of someone doing something accidental with a gun and the associated serious wounding or killing of one or more other individuals. These events are not part of the large number of suicides using guns that happen every &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/19/a-little-gun-math/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A little gun math</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy Gun Appreciation Day!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/19/happy-gun-appreciation-day/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Gun Appreciation Day! Let&#8217;s spend a little time to appreciate guns. Because this is the very first Gun Appreciation Day! I&#8217;m not sure why we&#8217;ve never had a Gun Appreciation Day before, but now that we have one let&#8217;s celebrate with a review of the last month&#8217;s interesting stories about guns! Yay! For completeness, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/19/happy-gun-appreciation-day/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Happy Gun Appreciation Day!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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