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More than 33,000 Americans die by suicide each year—the equivalent of one suicide every 16 minutes. There may be as many as 25 suicide attempts for every death by suicide. Suicide can be attempted by individuals of any age. In fact, suicide is currently the third-leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, and the fourth-leading cause among preteens. More than 15 percent of high school students report that they have seriously contemplated suicide, while even more experience thoughts about suicide at one time or another. Furthermore, the highest suicide rate of any age group occurs among older adults (American Association of Suicidology, 2009). One consideration for this is that as individuals grow older, they may experience one or more physical illnesses - and physical illness can increase an older adult's risk for depression and/or suicidal ideation.
Indeed, the majority of individuals who attempt suicide have a diagnosable mental health condition such as depression, bipolar disorder, or substance dependence. Research shows that older adults suffering from depression and/or experiencing suicidal thoughts are not likely to seek psychiatric care (Conwell, 1993). However, data indicates that older adults contemplating suicide may well have visited a primary care doctor but the signs and symptoms of suicide have gone unnoticed. Suicide is preventable if such conditions are recognized and treated, and if warning signs are taken seriously. Indeed, former Surgeon General David Satcher (who issued the first National Strategy for Suicide Prevention) described several ways in which suicide could be prevented in his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide (1999).
Certain events in a person's individual or family history can also put that person at increased risk of attempting suicide. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these risk factors - for any age - include:
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In Massachusetts
Organizations with hotlines
Call2Talk is a confidential mental health and emotional support call line that assists individuals and families through stressful times in their lives, helping the despondent and those who may be suicidal. When calling Call2Talk, those who are struggling with mental health concerns have a safe place to call and will be encouraged to discuss their current experience. Some callers even talk openly about their thoughts of suicide and are in search of options. By sharing their personal stories of tragedy, recovery, despair and grief, callers feel relief, comfort and hope.
Samaritans' Crisis Services are available 24 hours a day/seven days a week. If one is feeling isolated, desperate or uncertain about anything in your life, this orginization is here to hear about it – contact them anytime. The services are free, confidential, and anonymous. There are Samaritans staff on-site 24 hours a day to support those who phone, chat or text our volunteers for help. Samaritans' Crisis Services include a 24-hour befriending service and online emotional support via text and phone call.
Samaritans of Boston
Samaritans' purpose is to alleviate despair, isolation, distress and suicidal feelings among individuals in our community. Their mission is to educate the public about suicide prevention and reduce the stigma associated with suicide. The Samaritans provides a free and confidential 24-hour phone, which provides unconditional and non-judgemental support to those who are alone, depressed or in crisis. Samaritans also offers peer support services to those who have lost a loved one to suicide, including our SafePlace support groups in communities throughout greater Boston and Metrowest, and visits by trained Survivor to Survivor Network Volunteers. For a list of survivor support services, visit the website.
The Samaritans of Merrimack Valley
978-327-6671 (Direct line for Staff)
978-327-6600 (office)
The Samaritans of Merrimack Valley was formed in 1980 by three local school teachers in response to an increase in the rate of teen suicide. The organization set out as a small group of volunteers aiming to reduce the incidence of suicide in the Merrimack Valley by providing "befriending" to individuals who were lonely, depressed and contemplating suicide or self-injury. Suicide prevention remains one of the primary goals of the Samaritans. In 2004, the Samaritans of Merrimack Valley joined Family Service, Inc., which now provides financial and administrative support to the Samaritans. Suicide prevention remains the primary goal of the Samaritans.The Samaritans of Merrimack Valley is also dedicated to supporting individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. The Samaritans offers individual and group support to survivors to facilitate a healthy grieving process and help individuals come to terms with their loss. Samaritans staff and volunteers provide educational support for schools, businesses, youth and senior centers, civic organizations, faith-based institutions, and volunteer groups. Samaritans provides information to help the audience identify individuals who may be at risk, to educate them so that they can talk with a person at-risk, and to provide resources for those at risk. The Samaritans provide a crisis helpline, survivor services, outreach & education among other services.
Organizations without hotlines
Berkshire Coalition for SUICIDE firstname.lastname@example.com
The Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention was formed to address the higher than state average rates for self-harm and suicide in Berkshire County. Volunteers from the health sector, law enforcement, educators and students, community organizers, social workers, mental health providers, policy makers, survivors of suicide loss and concerned citizens with the mission of saving lives. They EDUCATE about risk factors for suicide & self harm. ASSIST populations identified as being at-risk. REDUCE stigma and break barriers to self-help. PARTNER with schools, agencies, and providers. SECURE funding from public and private sources. ADVOCATE for public policy issues & budgets. If you would like to become involved or see their local events visit their webpage at: http://berkshirecoalition.org/localevents/
Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention
Crisis Line: 800-273-8255
The Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention is a broad based inclusive alliance of suicide prevention advocates, including public and private agency representatives, policy makers, suicide survivors, mental health and public health consumers and providers and concerned citizens committed to working together to reduce the incidence of self-harm and suicide in the Commonwealth. Since 1999, the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention (MCSP) has been working to bring about awareness and mobilize community action in response to the public health crisis of suicide in the Commonwealth, a tragedy that claims more lives in the state than homicide and HIV/AIDS. The MCSP seeks to serve as a bridge between those on the front lines of suicide prevention and local communities seeking to make their communities safe and healthy.
MassMen.org is a comprehensive resource for Massachusetts men and their loved ones, offering statewide mental health information, resources, and online self-assessments. Online self-assessments are provided for free and are available anytime through Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
Needham Coalition for Suicide Prevention
781-455-7500 ext 277
The Needham Coalition for Suicide Prevention was organized in 2006 as a community response to the deaths by suicide of four young people over the previous eighteen-month period. It is a broad-based coalition reaching out to the town's diverse constituencies across the age continuum. NEEDHAM ACTS is the Coalition's website. It offers information for all ages on how to recognize the warning signs of suicide and connect with a variety of local services to prevent suicide.
Now Matters Now
Have you had thoughts of suicide? Emotions and problems that have felt unsolvable? Now Matters Now offers stories and specific skills to use to not only survive, but to build more manageable and meaningful lives. This online video-based program includes real people who teach specific coping skills, like mindfulness, paced-breathing and opposite action. This website is available for those struggling with suicidal thoughts and skills are based on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
SANS - See A New Sun email@example.com
SANS was founded in 2002 by a group of concerned citizen bound by the shared tragedy of a loved one lost to suicide. Their mission is simple: prevent suicide. They believe education is the key to prevention so they are currently focusing our efforts on advocacy and funding for school based suicide and mental health education programs. SANS is unique in that it is the only suicide prevention organization of its kind. SANS works directly with school administrators to fund suicide prevention programs and to bring down the suicide stigma within secondary schools. SANS primarily operate at a grass-roots level, working with schools, churches, and local organizations to raise awareness of the true nature of suicide and in turn giving organizations the tools to prevent suicide. The SOS program (developed by Screening For Mental Health) has been the main program which SANS funds in the schools. Since SANS started its necessary work it has successfully reported multiple incidents of prevented suicides and represents hundreds of grateful recipients of our programs.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is the nation's only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. SPRC is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under grant no. 1U79SM062297 and is located at Education Development Center, Inc. SPRC provides technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide. They promote collaboration among a variety of organizations in the field of suicide prevention.
Teenage Anxiety and Depression Solutions
The mission of TADS is to raise awareness about mental health issues in society, especially depression and anxiety, and in so doing, help to prevent suicide. TADS believes education is the key to prevention and that the best way to prevent suicide is through the early recognition and treatment of depression and other psychiatric illnesses. Therefore, TADS concentrates its efforts on advocacy, funding for school-based suicide prevention and mental health education programs, and enabling community-based services.
What Happens Now?
Life after suicidal thinking. A project for the American Association of Suicidology. This is the first organizational site to share the voices of suicide attempt survivors and anyone who's had suicidal thinking. The website not only includes the experiences of those who have had suicidal thinking or have survived an attempt, but also includes resources about finding support groups for survivors as well as guidelines for those considering disclosing past suicidal thinking to others. The project has recently ended but the website contains current and active resources to utilize for the prevention of suicide.
Outside Massachusetts
Organizations with hotlines
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing them access to free, 24/7, emotional support and information they need via the medium they already use and trust: text. Just text "HOME" to 741741. Here's how it works:
- A teen texts into CTL anywhere, anytime.
- A live, trained specialist receives the text and responds quickly.
- The specialist helps the teen stay safe and healthy with effective, secure counseling and referrals through text message using CTL's platform.
CTL partners with existing organizations that are experienced, highly trained, and well-equipped to respond to teens in crisis: experienced crisis centers, youth-serving organizations, and experts in the youth and mental health fields. CTL also lists resources on a variety of topics with helplines or email addresses where they can learn about additional support.
919-832-3326 (office)
HopeLine is an organization originally founded by a group of concerned local citizens. In 1970, through local research, they determined that Wake County needed a confidential telephone service for people in crisis to call. HopeLine offers a free crisis service via phone or text and makes referrals to appripriate services. HelpLine also produces many community programs on the helpline itself as well as training on how to recognize signs of distress and appropriate services within the community. Volunteers also run a free reassurance program for senior citizens and those who are disabled consisting of telephone calls as well as crisis counseling.
Kristin Brooks Hope Center
Kristin Brooks Hope Center is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization the focuses on suicide prevention, awareness and education. This organization provides help and hope through college campus and high school events, online suicide crisis chat, suicide crisis hotlines and other educational programs. The Hope Center offers the first networked Hopeline helping to coordinate efforts of over 200 crisis centers across the country. In addition, they support IMAlive, the world's first virtual crisis center, that welcomes volunteers from all over the world. If one needs support, they can call their crisis hotline, or connect with them to chat with an experienced volunteer.
National Runaway Safeline
773-880-9860 (Office)
The mission of the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) is to help keep America's runaway, homeless and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. They are the federally-designated national communication system (hotline and website) for runaway and homeless youth. Youth and family members can call 24 hours a day to work through problems and find local help from social service agencies and organizations. Some callers just need someone to talk to, others need help finding a shelter, food, medical assistance, or counseling. Some callers are on the streets, others are struggling with other issues and they work with them to identify options to prevent them from leaving their home, when possible and if appropriate.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis. If you need help, please dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. With more than 130 crisis centers across the country, their mission is to provide immediate assistance to anyone seeking mental health services. Call for yourself, or someone you care about. Your call is free and confidential. Para obtener asistencia en espanol durante las 24 horas, llame al 1-888-628-9454. A program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
NFL Life Line
In 2012, the National Football League provided a grant to establish the NFL Life Line for members of the NFL family—current and former NFL players, coaches, team and league staff, and their family members who may be in crisis. The NFL Life Line is a free, confidential, and independently operated resource that connects callers with trained counselors who can help individuals work through any personal or emotional crisis. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. In addition to operating the hotline, the NFL Life Line website includes resources for anyone connected with the NFL previously or currently, including resources about seeking support, career transitions and neurocognitive assessment.
The Real Warriors Campaign
866-966-1020 (For information and resources)
The Real Warriors Campaign is an initiative launched by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning service members, veterans and their families. There are tons of resources that cater specifically to active duty service members, National Guard & Reserve members, veterans, families and health professionals.
The Trevor Project
1-202-304-1200 (Text Line)
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. In addition to providing a 24/7 national crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBTQ youth, the organization also provides TrevorChat, a free confidential, secure instant messaging service available from 3-9pm ET, and TrevorText, where youth can text a trained Trevor counselor for support and crisis intervention on Fridays from 4-8pm at 202-304-1200.
Trans Lifeline
(415) 483-5361
This line is primarily for transgender people experiencing a crisis. This includes people who may be struggling with their gender identity and are not sure that they are transgender. Their goal is to prevent self-harm; however, they welcome the call of any transgender person in need. They will help connect the caller with services that can help them meet that need.
Veterans Crisis Line
Text: 838255
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans or Active Duty service members in crisis, and their families and friends, with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Many of the responders are Veterans themselves and understand what Veterans and their families and friends have been through and the challenges Veterans of all ages and service eras face. Veterans and their loved ones can call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Support for deaf and hard of hearing individuals is available.
Organizations without hotlines
American Association of Suicidology
(202) 237-2280
The American Association of Suicidology works to promote the understanding and prevention of suicide and support those who have been affected by it. This organization provides training for a diverse audience from primary care practitioners, to students, and school staff. This organization applies research in developing and disseminating strategies that reduce the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behaviors as well as compiling, developing, evaluating and disseminating accurate information about suicidal behaviors to the public. In addition to their research, training and prevention efforts, the AAS also has information for those who have survived suicide attempts, or those who are suicide loss survivors. Their website includes a list of finding support groups for suicide loss survivors in their area.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
(212) 363-3500
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention compiles resources for survivors of suicide loss. The resources include books, poetry, and inspirational writing for children, adolescents, and adults. AFSP also comples a newsletter and comments on current and relevant media topics.
Ben's Friends
Ben's Friends is the food and beverage industry support group offering hope, fellowship, and a path forward to professionals who struggle with substance abuse and addiction. Ben's Friends exists to provide a safe haven and an anonymous, judgment-free forum for workers in an industry that has one of the highest rates of substance abuse in the country. Ben's Friends models acceptance and gratitude, and though unaffiliated with either AA or NA, shares an important commonality: the only thing you need to bring through the door is a desire to stop drinking or using. Ben's Friends offers a safe and constructive haven for those grappling with and maintaining sobriety. By coming together, by starting a dialogue, and by acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome in isolation or by willpower alone, Ben's Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of our country's talented and dedicated food and beverage professionals.
Best Grief Books
Stories are how we make sense of the world. When you read a book, watch a movie or listen to an audio—you expand your potential for healing.
Books, movies and audios help:
Unlock hidden feelings
Encourage insight and self-awareness
Stimulate dialogue
Provide reassurance
Offer hope
Promote continuity between sessions
Chefs with email@example.com
There had never been a study that looked specifically at F&B, so the Heirloom Foundation partnered with Kat Kinsman and her Chefs with Issues project. Heirloom had a PhD epidemiologist and statistician review the findings in the Chefs with Issues survey and for the first time could point to specific problems. They found higher instances of mental health issues, especially depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance use. They found that the culture in kitchens made most people feel that they couldn't speak openly when they needed help. Those factors combined with long hours, an inability to take sick or personal leave, and minimal health benefits, were creating a hotbed for crisis. This website, and related Facebook community, provides a forum for connection to others who are struggling as well as resources that have been particularly helpful for those in the food and beverage industry.
Child Mind Institute
Phone: 212-308-3118
The Child Mind Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. The team works every day to deliver the highest standards of care, advance the science of the developing brain and empower parents, professionals and policymakers to support children when and where they need it most.
Freedom From Fear
(718) 351-1717
Freedom From Fear is a national not-for-profit mental health advocacy association. The mission of FFF is to impact, in a positive way, the lives of all those affected by anxiety, depressive and related disorders through advocacy, education, research and community support. There is plenty of information on anxiety and depression along with self-screening tools for these conditions, referrals for support groups and mental health professionals, and resources on accessing treatment for those with and without health insurance. This website contains valuable information based on research findings on anxiety and depressive illnesses and the treatments that work.
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
Suicide and non-fatal suicidal behaviour are major public health problems across the world. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that approximately one million people worldwide die by suicide each year. This corresponds to one death by suicide every 40 seconds. The number of lives lost each year through suicide exceeds the number of deaths due to homicide and war combined. Suicide attempts and suicidal ideation are far more common; for example, the number of suicide attempts is up to 20 times the number of deaths by suicide. On this organization's website one can find IASP newsletters and other publications, information about their Special Interest Groups, and Congresses, all dedicated to suicide and self-injury prevention locally and throughout the world.
The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) is dedicated to:
- preventing suicidal behaviour,
- alleviating its effects, and
- providing a forum for academics, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers and suicide survivors
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
As our nation pulls together and focuses on our individual and collective roles in suicide prevention, we can develop effective strategies to prevent suicide and its devastating aftermath. Everyone has a role to play. A public health approach considers long-term prevention strategies, as well as crisis responses. It leverages large systems changes and targets specific vulnerable populations who are at higher risk.
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) will ensure a sustained, nationwide public health effort, as it implements the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention to accomplish the ultimate goal of eliminating the tragic experience of suicide.
National Institute of Mental Health
1-866-615-6464 (toll-free)
1-866-415-8051 (TTY toll-free)
NIMH, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , funds and conducts research to help answer important scientific questions about mental illnesses. Though research, NIMH works to determine what is promising, what helps and why, what doesn't work, and what is safe. NIMH also communicates with scientists, patients, providers, and the general public about the science of mental illnesses based on the latest research.
Suicide is a major public health concern. Over 41,000 people die by suicide each year in the United States; it is the 10th leading cause of death overall. Suicide is tragic. But it is often preventable. Knowing the risk factors for suicide and who is at risk can help reduce the suicide rate.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
The mission of SAVE is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide. SAVE's prevention and education programs are designed to increase knowledge about depression, other brain illnesses and the need for assessment and treatment as suicide prevention; increase knowledge about symptoms of depression and the warning signs of suicidal thinking and behavior; increase understanding and the use of intervention skills that can help avoid the tragedy of suicide; and increase knowledge about community resources and how to access and use them. The SAVE website includes information about the symptoms of depression and the signs that someone is suicidal, as well as tools for survivors coping with the loss of a loved one to suicide.
Survivors of Suicide Loss
(619) 482-0297 (Support Line)
(619) 752-4055 (Office Line)
SOSL reaches out to and supports those that have lost a loved one to suicide. Their goal is to give survivors a place where they can be comfortable expressing themselves, a place to find support, comfort, resources and hope in a judgment-free environment. Currently, SOSL is earnestly involved in educating the community about suicide and its effect on surviving family and friends ‐ providing information about grief‐related services. From its inception, the SOSL group goal has been to provide a relaxed, caring environment of mutual support and understanding in which to give comfort and help to one another ‐ a place to regain our sense of hope for future happiness.
The Balanced Mind Parent Network
Helpline for Resource and Referral: 800-826-3632
The Balanced Mind Parent Network (BMPN), a program of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), guides families raising children with mood disorders to the answers, support and stability they seek. BMPN is a family-focused community for parents of children with mood disorders with 24/7 access to information and support.
Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Violence is a serious public health problem in the United States. From infants to the elderly, it affects people in all stages of life. In 2016, more than 19,000 people were victims of homicide and nearly 45,000 people took their own life. The number of violent deaths is just part of the story. Many people survive violence and have permanent physical and emotional scars. Violence also erodes communities by reducing productivity, decreasing property values, and disrupting social services. This CDC website includes information on a variety of topics related to violence prevention including youth violence, child abuse & neglect, relationship violence, elder abuse and suicide.


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U.S. stocks rise Tuesday following a relatively smooth Italian bond auction and as eurozone ministers work to move forward with plans to bolster the region's bailout fund.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks were higher Tuesday following a relatively smooth Italian bond auction and as eurozone ministers worked to move forward with plans to bolster the region's bailout fund.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were rising 96 points, or 93 points above fair value, at 11,594. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 13 points, or 13 points above fair value, at 1204. Futures for the tech-heavy Nasdaq were rising 20 points, or 17 points above fair value, at 2241.
Confidence in the ability of European leaders to resolve the region's debt crisis appeared to be improving, with Italy selling €7.5 billion ($10 billion) of debt Tuesday. The country sold three-year bonds at a 7.89% yield and 10-year bonds at a 7.56% yield.
The euro was rallying to its highest level against the dollar in a week following the Italian bond sale, up 0.5% against the dollar.
European Union finance ministers are expected to agree Tuesday on the specifics on the plan to expand their bailout fund to rein in debt contagion risks. This, after President Barack Obama on Monday pressured EU officials for more aggressive actions on resolving the debt crisis.
Moody's said it could downgrade the subordinated debt of 87 banks across 15 countries on worries that governments wouldn't have the capacity to rescue them. Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's warned of a possible downgrade on the outlook on France's triple-A credit rating.
London's FTSE 100 was up 0.15% and Germany's DAX was higher by 0.6%. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei Average finished up 2.3% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 1.21% .
January oil futures were rising 50 cents to $98.71 a barrel and February gold futures were up $3.40 to $1,717.90.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury was falling 7/32, lifting the yield to 2%, while the U.S. dollar was falling against a basket of currencies, with the U.S. dollar index down 0.5%.
Stocks soared Monday on robust Black Friday sales and signs that Europe is making progress toward resolving its sovereign debt crisis.
-- Written by Andrea Tse in New York.
>To contact the writer of this article, click here: Andrea Tse.

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What Foreigners Want From Chhattisgarh
"Let's hear a round of applause for a global Chhattisgarh," the MC shouts from a large podium crowded with around 50 people – a mixed crowd of politicians, business executives and diplomats.
But the two-day business gathering held in Naya Raipur over the weekend was hardly global. The politicians were mostly local, as were the companies in attendance.
Compare this with the annual global investors meet in the state of Gujarat, which consistently attracts big-name Indian and foreign companies.
Naya Raipur is the state's capital-in-the-making, soon set to replace Raipur, a non-descript town with bad roads and maddening traffic. The new city is part of the Chhattisgarh government's broader efforts to improve infrastructure and make the state more appealing to investors. Located 20 kilometers away from Raipur, Naya Raipur has new administrative buildings, colleges, apartment and even its own cricket stadium.
The companies attending Chhattisgarh's summit in Naya Raipur were mostly India-focused metals and mining firms. The biggest names there were London-based miner Vedanta Resources Coal India Ltd. and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
If you looked hard enough, you could spot the odd diplomat or foreign executive in the conference's tented venue. Among them was Alexey M. Mzarevlov, a senior Russian diplomat. Ties between this region and Russia go way back.
Russian technology was used to build one of the biggest industrial projects of post-Independence India: the state-run Bhilai steel plant, in what is today Chhattisgarh.
"People still have warm feelings for Russia as they emotionally connect Bhilai with Soviet Union," Mr. Mzarevlov told India Real Time on the sidelines of the event.
Mr. Mzarevlov said he will report back to Moscow on the state's many mineral resources as well as on Chhattisgarh's leaders, who he describes as "full of energy." Chhattisgarh, which was carved out of the state of Madhya Pradesh in 2000, has large reserves of bauxite, coal and iron ore.
Mr. Mzarevlov said there is room for business opportunities for Russian mining companies in the state. He singled out the world's second-largest aluminum producer, Rusal.
Despite foreign interest in areas like mining, the state's government has made it clear it wants to attract investment in non-core areas. This means something other than mining, power, metals and cement.
This is partly because of local opposition to such projects, which require plenty of water and vast areas of land. Extreme left-wing insurgents, or Maoists, have long championed the land rights of locals against industrial interests in the area.
Mr. Mzarevlov says Russia would consider cooperating with local security forces to counter the insurgency and allow projects to go through. "We can co-operate with the state government on security if they want. Russia has several years of experience in anti-terrorism measures," he added.
Other diplomats at the event included Gudmundur Eiriksson, Iceland's ambassador to India. He was there to scout for opportunities in the geo-thermal energy sector. "Chhattisgarh's Tattapani region is quite promising for exploring," said Mr. Eiriksson, who noted that Iceland meets 80% of its power needs from geo-thermal energy. "The question is how long the state takes to decide whom they want to explore this area. We hope the process is expedited," he added.
Iceland's Reykjavik Geothermal last year tied up with India's Thermax to explore geo-thermal projects in three Indian states, including Chhattisgarh. Geo-thermal energy is produced from hot springs. But the local government is not keen on getting foreign companies involved in exploring the Tattapani area.
"We want to go along with state-run power company NTPC initially. Then we will see if a foreign partner is needed," said a Chhattisgarh government official.
G. Thor Thormodsson, chief executive of Greenline Solar, a renewable-energy company, flew in from Oslo to see if there are opportunities in the solar energy and thermal energy sectors for them.
"I am quite impressed with the state. There are no power cuts here, unlike in Bangalore where we make turbines," said Mr. Thormodsson.
A sclerotic bureaucracy, in Chhattisgarh as elsewhere in India, seems to be the major source of frustration for foreign investors.
"There is definitely a need to cut down bureaucracy and put in the right systems in this state, as it is anywhere else in India. We have signed initial agreements with the state government for some projects, but the key issue is when and how is business going to actually happen. I have to just keep following up on these agreements," said Michael Kedem, an Israeli citizen, who runs a Mumbai-based company that sells soil-stabilizing enzymes used in infrastructure projects.
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Old Lady Ruins Fresco, Claims Copyright, Demands Money
from the turn-jesus-into-a-hairy-monkey...-turn-a-profit? dept
Remember that sweet octogenarian lady in Spain who tried to restore a 19th-century fresco "Ecce Homo" and ended up producing something that the BBC's Europe correspondent described as "a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic"? Remember how the poor woman had an anxiety attack as a result of the criticism she received, but that everything worked out fine when her work became an Internet meme, and sightseers started flocking to see it?
It would be fascinating to know where the idea came from: whether somebody suggested to her that she had a "right" to some of the church's money, or whether the sense of entitlement -- in this case for more or less ruining an admittedly minor work of art -- is now so widespread that everyone, everywhere, naturally assumes they ought to get their cut as soon as money is involved. Either way, it's a sad commentary on our times -- and on what a belief in copyright can do to otherwise generous people.
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Benghazi attack: Libya's Green Resistance did it … and NATO powers...
The NATO powers and the bureaucrats they installed in Libya want you to think that all 5.6 million Libyans are happy that NATO and its proxy terrorists destroyed Libya, a country which under Qaddafi had the highest standard of living in Africa. They want you to think that there is no Green Resistance to the NATO imperialists or NATO's Islamist allies in Benghazi. Because of this denial, the internet is filled with blind guesses regarding the Benghazi incident Sept. 11 in which U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and at least three other American personnel were killed.


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An appeals court has ruled that Paris Hilton can continue pursuing a lawsuit against Hallmark Cards Inc. over the use of her picture and catch phrase "That's hot" on a greeting card.
Hilton sued the company in 2007 after it began selling without her permission birthday cards of a cartoon of a waitress serving a plate of food to a patron. A photo of Hilton's face was pasted on the cartoon's body.
Hilton alleges that the card ripped off her appearance as a waitress in an episode of her reality television show "The Simple Life."
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The Vine Line, the monthly magazine of the Chicago Cubs, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a new look and new size. The Cubs monthly mag is quite a bit smaller, 9"x10 7/8" than the 10"x12" that has been the norm for many years. The Vine Line also features a new logo ... and a new publisher, EMI Network....
This got me started all these:
Matt Murton was someone whom the Cubs organization, GM Hendry and his "guru" team, didn't really care as soon as they signed Alfonso Soriano.
Murton had excellent numbers and favorite scouting report back in his Minor days, especially pre-2007. The details are around googlesphere (more specifically, Baseball Cube, Fangraphs, etc.); I'm not here to bore you out with numbers.
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Koshien, the home park of Hanshin Tiger (Kobe / Osaka), has one of the biggest fields in N.P.B. (Japan's big league). So, when I first heard Murton will take over the biggest part of this field, I was like: "Wut the hell are those coaches thinking."
Yeah, Murton was not supposed to field center. As the season goes on, I'm sure the old number-et-projection will reveal and there'll be a regress a ...
"When You Reach For Your Food, It's Nice to Have Money."
Inspired by Neil's:
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We start with the character that is true about arbs.
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In this article Lou says
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Hey dumbass...yes you have depleted Iowa about as much as can be. Now how about PLAYING the kids that you did get?!?!?! Fuld would provide a TON of energy and has! Fox has earned a chance to play regularly! Hoffpauir should have been used more! Don't make such a stupid comment that you don't have the luxury of using kids to give a spark. N ...
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After all: Wilder's one-handgun-a-month ban may survive
It was part of L. Douglas Wilder's campaign platform, but two weeks ago it appeared that the former governor's 17-year-old ban on buying more than one handgun a month seemed headed for repeal. Wilder had always described the ban as a commonsense way to end Virginia's dubious reputation as the weak link in the interstate effort to keep handguns out of the hands of thugs. And Delegate David Toscano seemed to agree. But in a 61-37-1 repeal vote, the House of Delegates–- including Charlottesville-area Delegate Rob Bell–- moved the other way. The Washington Post inveighed against potential "mayhem," and along with a measure to allow guns in bars, Virginia was getting some national attention for such controversial measures. But in the Senate, according to a Post political blogger, the bill undoing the gun-a-month law now appears doomed to die in a special subcommittee.
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Guess what GoGoo... I've been here for 20 years and moved here from New Jersey so don't give me that Northernphobic crap. I love it here and will rationally debate for ALL of our rights..
Another rational argument for sure.
Engage your brain before your fingers.
Hollow boy, I don't know if you meant to but you get a 100 on the quiz.
While the pencilnecks fight over the issues, I'm stocking up.
The Framer's intention was to enable the people to protect themselves from a tyrannical government, that's all, nothing more. There is no misinterpretation whatsoever... Review history and read The Amendment for what it is, not for what you'd like it to say.
The illegitimate rebellion by the poor, failed southern states was a pathetic experiment in states' rights. There is not a single law nor a single court ruling that proclaimed that south carolina or any other member of the United State of America may secede from the union.
South Carolina ratified the Constitution of the United States of America. Once she did that, she submitted to the Federal Authority enshrined in that document. End of story.
Andrew Jackson established the illegality of the nullification movement in South Carolina. Abraham Lincoln conquered South Carolina.
What part of this history are you not comprehending?
I think we need to repeal this one gun a month thing. I cannot afford to buy a gun every month. This law is bankrupting me.
I didn't call the NRA nuts. I said its been taken over by the extremist nuts at least vocally.
Yes, i agree the FFs meant is to defend ouselves against a tyrannical government, but it was a bit more than that. They recognized the sort of border problems we currently are having, and absolutely believed the private citizen had the right to protect their property and their town. The ability for the locals to defend themselves when the Fed could not or would not is a perfect example of what they meant.
Personally, I did not care for how the Minutemen portrayed themselves, but I do agree with their premise and right to organize.
Yes, I do know one or two of those gun 'nuts' and one lived in this area for quite a while. i sort of chuckle, because one of these guys in brilliant, but his response to everyhing is
1) Run for the hills
2) Bar the doors
3) Get your guns out.
He's a good guy and dead honest and holds a good job, but he takes things a mite too far is all.
Go to gun shows sometime and you might surprise yourself about the intense ones you find.
I'm going way out here but this little quiz is for anyone who is really good at connecting the dots.
Can anyone tell me how gun control relates to cheap and widely used indonesian palm oil? (of course I mean the palm oil that is used in thousands of commercial products)
"Tim McVeighs compared to responsible gun owners (and NRA members for that matter) is so small as to be insignificant, the press just gives them inordinate airtime because most of them are anti-gun and want to portray negative stereotypes of gun owners."
I'm sorry but " the media is picking on all us gun owners and distorting things for lib pinko commie UN loving anti-gun fanatics" dog ain't gonna hunt no more.
The NRA is very vocal and it is not run by the average gun owner like myself, it's run by the gun nuts. The NRA calls around asking for money so they can lobby Congress claiming lies like " The UN wants to take away your guns." I get the calls and run into decent but very ignorant older folks who then believe that nonsense.
It's time for responsible gun owners to take their Association back away from the extremists, and stop blaming the media. If we are all about personal responsibility then we should have trouble doing this, should we?
"actually tend to agree with them that father figure type bureaucracies like the UN do want to take guns away, when you look at the most liberal cities like Chicago and DC with the strictest gun laws,"
See, this is the problem, and why youa re part of it. The UN has nothing to do with either Chicago or DC's gun laws, or their crime problems. But it's not lost me why you picked those cities. Miami is a dangerous town and it ain't liberal.
I won't deny the global reach of the UN, that was what it was developed to be by countries like the US. One could easily argue that the UN has been a very convenient tool for spreading US and Western European pre-eminence through the world, not vice versa.
When I was a little boy the NRA was about kids doing a sport with their parents. Usually boys with their dads but girls were out there too, like my sister. That's the image they portrayed. Sport and family. Now it's about owning uzi's and hating anything that might have a blue donkey for a party tag.
It's really simple. It's time to take the image back from the gun nuts, and go back to what it was about- responsible gun ownership and a family activity.
I would suggest to you that if the NRA spent time educating people and developing shooting ranges instead of being a political platform for the gun nuts, you might find the real anti-gun nuts have nowhere to go. I support the second amendment and I felt the overturn of the handgun ban in DC was right on, but I find the flakes feeling they need a large personal armory to be secure is a bit buts.
The irony is the flakes with the NRA as their sound platform spend more time spreading lies like the UN is out to get their guns, while voting for the very people who are taking away their constitutional rights day by day, handing their money to corporate thieves, and setting the laws so that corporate malfeasance is legal.
"Ken, the majority of the population in Virginia only being allowed to purchase one handgun per month is no big deal. The problem is the fact that law abiding gun owners don't like being led around like a little puppy dog on a leash because a few criminals ruin it for EVERYBODY."
It's even worse, but in a more subtle devious way. By putting limits on things, you give the hint to the undecided that the law secretly disapproves of them, because if something was beneficial it would never be regulated in such a way. There are far more common sense ways of cracking down, for instance we could increase penalties on those convicted and making it less profitable to gunrun and allow certain sales only to residents who have lived X amount of time. But anti-gun nuts clearly want public sentiment to be turned against guns so they will eventually be outlawed, so they frame legislation in manners that will cause the most ostracism of gun owners instead of the ones that will inconvenience criminals the most. When your average citizen is more afraid of guns than crime is when criminals are going to thrive.
Well, okay--but we need some common sense restrictions. You can only buy one nuclear weapon a month. Also, although we can't make this mandatory, I think there should be some degree of community consensus before anybody blows up another community. Waynesboro, for instance. I have had my doubts about the usefulness of Waynesboro. But there may be those who are fond of it.
Why doesn't the Right to Bear Arms extend to explosives? They're much more effective. Nobody is going to stop a government tyranny standing on the sidewalk brandishing their Smith & Wesson six shooter. The government has tens of thousands of Glocks, and Heckler & Koch machine guns, and M-16s, and grenade launchers, and tanks and planes and aircraft carriers. Hardly a fair fight. But let us citizens walk around Washington DC wearing Undies of Mass Destruction--THAT'll give 'em something to worry about.
I am unafraid of any government restriction on guns. Anyone with a lick of sense can make a gun in about an hour.
Just look at we these 13th century animals are doing in Iraq and Afghanastan with roadside bombs.
I am a lot more afraid of the IRS the EPA and the zoning board than gun restrictions.
The "rebellion" was not illegal...Show me where it says in the constitution that states couldn't secede....
"Review history and read The Amendment for what it is, not for what you'd like it to say"
Sounds like you need to do that more than I do.
I was referring to the historical inaccuracies in his post. I argued the facts quite succinctly and cogently. Which "argument" of mine is "invalid"? The southern rebellion was illegal and put down by force. Do you dispute that?
If you want to debate gun control, show me the ONLY amendment in the bill of rights where the words "well regulated" appear.
Government regulation of gun ownership is enshrined in our Founding Document and, if you truly loved America, you would not try to destroy the right of the people to regulate the bearing of arms. The right of the people to well regulate is American!! If you don't love America, please leave it for those of us that do.
One more invalid argument, deciding to chastise someone's grammar and spelling rather than debate facts.
re:"I had a great history teacher that pretty much through the book out the window "
You mean the spelling book? It shows. The word is "threw" and is the past tense of the word "throw". My son learned that word in second grade. Someday you'll get there!
And the "tarrif"? I hadn't realized that Abraham Lincoln, whose election and inauguration precipitated the illegal rebellion of the failed southern states, ran on a platform against the "tarrif".
Perhaps this totally awesome "teacher" didn't educate you regarding Andrew Jackson's Nullification Proclamation? Had more southerner's been familiar with it, much bloodshed could have been averted.
As it was, the failed and illegal rebellion was ruthlessly and unconditionally put down. The south "seceded" alright. And it took over one hundred years for it to recover.
Please do ederkate us o' learned one.
daniel boone, Every southern state submitted to federal authority by ratifying the Constitution of the United States of America.
You cannot simply say, "I ignore the law so therefore the law doesn't apply to me". By submitting to federal authority and joining the united states, a state entered into a compact. Such a compact can only be broken by ignoring the law.
There is no part of such a rebellion that is NOT illegal. But so what? The rebellion of the colonies against Britain was also illegal, according to British law. The rebellion of the south was illegal according to federal law.
The difference is this: The colonies had justice on their side, the south did not.
I am sorry, but the majority of your post was in my opinion, degrading the aforementioned poster for his spelling and grammar. I do not dispute your history lesson and concur with our founding fathers enshrinement of gun ownership by the people... Which is in fact, the point of this debate. My apologies.
So they made a special subcommittee and stacked it with anti-gun liberals. Tyranny of the minority.
correction, buts=nuts
Well to be honest this law means nothing to me. I can buy 1000 guns tomorrow if I wish, and it would take me about a half hour of my time. This is just another law that is worthless, when was the last time a criminal obeyed the law?
I can go on to a hour long rant here, but I am just going to post a few examples then move on. First off my top pet peeve is "Gun Free Zones" if you never heard of this term, every school and most every shopping mall is one. This is where the establishment unarms every law abiding citizen for the criminal's courtesy. examples include the Springfield Mall, The Illinois mall, Virginia Tech and many other malls across the country, just Google the term above and see the thousands of results and not one of them is going to be something positive that's for sure.
Next I like to look at two cities one in 1983 mandated that every head of household purchase a gun and ammo. Kennesaw Ga a suburb of Atlanta, within a year of the law, crime dropped 50%, now it boasts the lowest crime rates in the entire state 27 years later.
Now let's head north to our nation's capital, Washington DC with the strictest laws in the nation.
In 2004 during the heat of the war, there were more gun related deaths per 100,000 in Washington, then in Baghdad Iraq.
quote: "ââ?¬Å?The law restricting people to one gun a month significantly dropped the flow of guns into DC. This is very well and undeniably documented."
quote: "article about one gun a month that offers evidence of its benefit"
Still waiting. Show us the documentation about the District of Columbia. The article you linked to is about the guns flowing into New York decreasing. It was never true and still isn't. Bloomberg just needed somebody else to blame their crime problem on. Bloomberg is so anti-gun I am surprised that he even allows NYPD to carry firearms.
There are already hundreds of illegal "gun laws" on the books. All of the worst tyrants in history have risen to power through aggresive disarmament of the people.
The rebellion was not illegal.
THe North conquered the south and the south surrendered and had to ratify the 13th 14th and 15th amendments to be readmitted.
You cannot be readmitted unless you seceded.
Scalia... I can read.
It's broken down into two separate parts:
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,"
You've left out the most important part:
"the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
Now, let us be reminded of the times. A new government that has been subjected to the tyranny of England and declaring independence. Ensuring the people of this great new country would not be forced into the same oppressions, by their own governing body. That's what the second part, of the second amendment is about.
Here is the makeup of the special committee. You can't tell me it's not stacked.
Senator Toddy Puller (Democrat) - chairperson
Senator Henry Marsh (Democrat)
Senator Janet Howell (Democrat)
Senator Louise Lucas (Democrat)
Senator Frederick Quayle (Republican)
In other news:
The restaurant ban repeal (SB 334), guns in locked containers and compartments in vehicles (SB 408), CHP renewals through the mail (SB 3), and the right to an ore tenus hearing for first time CHP applicants who are turned down (SB 533) ARE ALL SAFE from this subcommittee and, unless the House somehow really fumbles the ball, should be heading to the Governor's desk in the near future.
Wow, this discussion is awesome! "Undies of mass destruction"?
Paul and GSOE and others are correct about the Second Amendment. Its not about hunting or protecting yourself from criminals. The Founders intended that people would be able to fight a tyrannical government , one that came to power and decided to toss out the rest of the Constitution.
Notice we haven't had any coups in this country?
I saw somewhere the statement that "No one can conquer Russia. Russia has too much land. No can conquer China.China has too many people. No one can conquer America. America has too many guns." And Japanese Admiral Yamamoto was said to have made a statement in World War II that it would be senseless to invade the mainland US." There'd be a rifle behand every blade of grass."
Wonder how it would have fared with the Taliban if every Afghani woman had had a gun and knew how to use it.
It seems to be that most gun control legislation only affects those who are not going to engage in criminal activity anyhow.
I really don't care for calling the NRA "gun nuts." Thats a lot like saying the ACLU is "First Amendment nuts."
Yeah, the problem exists that the biggest gun fanatics are raving wackos but the amount of Tim McVeighs compared to responsible gun owners (and NRA members for that matter) is so small as to be insignificant, the press just gives them inordinate airtime because most of them are anti-gun and want to portray negative stereotypes of gun owners. Most gun owners I know (I am not one) respect the hell out of guns and would prefer that all owners be trained, nothing is more dangerous than someone waving something that destructive with no idea how to use it.
I actually tend to agree with them that father figure type bureaucracies like the UN do want to take guns away, when you look at the most liberal cities like Chicago and DC with the strictest gun laws, the most crime per capita is there. Not because citizens aren't armed, of course, as most wouldn't own guns even if they were legal, but because there is a genuine feeling of submission that they can trust some nameless organization that doesn't care 2 bits for them to protect them and can't put 2 and 2 together to figure out why that's not working out. They fear guns, they fear individual responsibility, and do not benefit from the upside of either.
You make a good point that gun owners overlook other constitutional rights going away, and I agree with that. But that's a different discussion, and I guess theoretically as long as there's a 2nd amendment, all the other rights lost can be reclaimed, as was the original intent.
Ken, the majority of the population in Virginia only being allowed to purchase one handgun per month is no big deal. The problem is the fact that law abiding gun owners don't like being led around like a little puppy dog on a leash because a few criminals ruin it for EVERYBODY.
If a person buys 20 handguns, and 18 of them show up being used in crimes in other states, pick that person up and put him in jail for 10 years. Don't make laws to penalize the law abiding citizens because criminals do what they do.
To make this discussion even more awesome, there can be no such thing as gun control in this country anymore anyway. The streets are flooded with handguns. The FBI estimates that there are 200 million firearms in America right now. Other best guesses are around 350 million. Any criminal who wants a handgun will find one easily, with or without Virginia's stamp of approval.
The FBI estimates that there are over 200 million privately-owned firearms in the US. If you add those owned by the military, law enforcement agencies and museums, there is probably about 1 gun per person in the country.
If you want to get a rough idea of how many guns there are out there just look at how many people you see out there then multiply by a factor of estimated ownership. The last best guess was about 350,000,000 total. That would be 1 weapon for every man woman and child. The average gun enthusiast owns several firearms which includes pistols, shotguns, and rifles of all makes and models. It is often estimated that about 1 in 4 people own any firearms and on average firearms owners own 4 guns each.
quote: "Violent crimes in DC 2600 to 1400"Š Granted not all of this is gun related or directly from Va, but regardless DC or New York, Va easy guns of the past contributed to illegal gun ownership..."
Pound Foolish, the law does not affect me. I am exempt from the "one handgun per month" law.
According to the FBI, violent crime is supposedly down nationwide. But it has nothing to do with the "one handgun per month" law in Virginia.
quote: "but no uzi for you...
Incorrect. Not only can a person own an UZI, they can purchase and possess a full automatic UZI in this country as long as they acquire it legally through BATF.
This actually brings up another point... lawmakers have no clue when it comes to drafting and passing laws. It wasn't long ago I could not purchase a Colt semi-automatic AR15. It was banned as one of those evil assault weapons. But, at the same time, I could purchase a Colt full automatic M-16. Where was the logic in the assault weapon ban that expired not long ago?
Cant say I could afford one gun purchase a month even, probably would have to be a dealer to do that.
I buy more than one box of ammo a month just because I think it's fun to go to the range. Also I believe prices are going to go up drastically in comming years and ammmo is a pretty good deal right now.
I worked at the Federal Cartridge company in Anoka, Minn. right about the time the Clinton administration proposed an increased tax on ammunition, we recieved very large incentive bonuses that year because sales were fantastic.
Obama caught hell for his comment about people who "cling to their firearms" but he was right on and not many politicians are ever that honest about that subject.
Gun control efforts are a bad idea in this country. Any time you even hint about it, sales go through the roof.
Relax Earl. Go brush your tooth. When you don't know how to have a rational argument you start sceamin' libral libral libral. Since you obviously have a computer why don't you pound another Bud and go research the committee members' voting records.
It's called incrementalism, and it's how Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Lenin, etc. all got control - step by step, the first steps being things that sound "reasonable". Then you are acclimated to that "reasonability" and the next step, which would have sounded unreasonable at first is now "reasonable" to those acclimated to the first step. Learn how Holocausts start before you foment one, please.
"It's time for responsible gun owners to take their Association back away from the extremists, and stop blaming the media. If we are all about personal responsibility then we should have trouble doing this, should we?"
The point is that they're harping on a "threat" that doesn't exist. How many anti-government survivalist gun nuts do you actually know? This is a small town, everyone knows everyone, and I don't know a one. Do you?
"See, this is the problem, and why youa re part of it. The UN has nothing to do with either Chicago or DC's gun laws, or their crime problems. But it's not lost me why you picked those cities. Miami is a dangerous town and it ain't liberal."
Who's trying to make a direct connection? It's the mentality that citizens should submit in every way to a higher authority, which starts with legislation penalizing those who want to exercise rights and put divides between them and others with no interest in exercising those rights. The whole "gun nuts are dangerous" lie has no bearing to reality, yet big government types and sensationalist media people still push it every chance they get. Which is why instead of a healthy respect for guns, most people in cities who have been conditioned to hear such drivel over and over have no interest in them even for proper means such as self defense.
Guns are a huge responsibility, there's absolutely no doubt about that. But instead of cultivating a healthy respect and fear for them, those who would have them taken away want to cultivate an instinctual panic and distrust in them. And that's what's so devious about legislation like this, it's a punitive measure for legal gun owners who statistically are much less likely to commit crimes than the rest of the population, for *no reason* except to make them seem like criminals.
I am a strict constructionist when it comes to the 2nd amendment. I fully support the right for us all to own muskets, which is what "arms" were when the amendment was written. I seriously doubt that the framers had modern handguns or automatic weapons in mind. If you disagree, I'd like to know whether you think the 2nd amendment applies to all modern arms, such as nuclear devices. Should every citizen have the right to own a nuclear bomb? If not, then why do you think the constitution guarantees the right to own assault rifles? Where do you draw the line?
OK. Hello, Angel Eyes.
I see where Starbucks, over the objections of the usual anti-gun crybabies, will -NOT- ban customers from either openly carrying firearms or carrying them concealed.
The score is now Starbucks 1, Crybabies 0
Gas Bag;
I just realized who you are!! Don't construe that the wrong way. I like your posts and generally agree. I too, am exempt from the one handgun rule, but long ago had all I needed.
There's a story about Khrushchev being asked by a reporter about the U.S. having enough nukes to destroy the USSR twice while they only had enough to destroy the U.S. once. He laughed and said something to the effect that destroying us once was quite enough and added "After all, we're not barbarians"
I can't see why any reasonable person needs more than 12 pistols a year.
That video must have been titled and uploaded by an anti-gun nut. It did not break the girl's wrist.
Some of you are so gullible!
Haven't you heard, the bad guys don't buy guns legally. Having a one gun a month limit is a joke and holding back a law biding citizen from purchasing the guns they want. thank you, JOe
I'm not sure I care one way or the other. Any person holding a Concealed Handgun Permit can buy more than one per handgun per month anyway. Cops and cop shoppes are exempt too.
The change I am watching closely to see if it passes or not is whether a person will be able to carry a concealed firearm into a restaurant with an ABC license. As the law is currently worded, I would have to take my coat off and display my firearm in plain view to go into an ABC licensed restaurant. This is more dangerous than having it concealed, IMHO. What in the world were the lawmakers thinking when they passed the current law? And as the law is currently worded, it gets the cops in big trouble when some anti-gun nut calls 911 and reports a man walking around with a gun in a restaurant. There's been quite a few lawsuits up in Northern Virginia when the cops arrive and falsely arrest people for openly displaying their firearms in ABC licensed restaurants.
The law restricting people to one gun a month significantly dropped the flow of guns into DC. This is very well and undeniably documented. It raised the price of black market guns which put them out of reach of many wannabe thugs who actually caused significant amounts of damage. Sophisticated gangsters seldom use their weapons and no amount of gun restrictions will stop them. The law is a fair compromise and turned out not to be a burden on law abiding citizens as claimed by the gun lobby.
For those who want to cite the 2nd amendment I simply refer to the line that says "well regulated". One gun a month falls under "well regulated" to me.
Obama Mamma spouted:
"Relax Earl. Go brush your tooth. When you don't know how to have a rational argument you start sceamin' libral libral libral. Since you obviously have a computer why don't you pound another Bud and go research the committee members' voting records."
Nice... One more northern liberal stereotypical comment, justifying their existence and cannot have a rational argument because of their closed minded views.
Oh Paul....sorry you are Northernphobic. Maybe you need a slave to turn on your Fux News for you so you can masturbate between the ears. Nothing will "come" of it though. Civil War is over, you lost, you were wrong, get over it, you're an embarrassment to the beautiful South. Repent to God.
We in the south call it The war between the states. Slavery was not the only reason it was fought. You may want to look at the tarrif issue that was going on. Sorry if that was left out of your history books. I had a great history teacher that pretty much through the book out the window when it came to that time period. Liberals wrote the books.
The only thing gun laws do is give a false sense of security. If you break in my house and I shoot you with a legally bought gun and you fall out of the house. I am charged with murder/manslaughter, and use of a fire arm in a felony. Even if you have a gun. Does that sound OK to you?
The misinterpretation of the Second Amendment to justify easy access to any and all firearms is one of the greatest scams ever foisted on the American public. A century of ignoring the "well-regulated militia" aspect of the amendment's language (the military component) has yielded the current widely held view that anybody with a trigger finger has a God-given right to any gun, anytime, anywhere, and for any purpose.
This was not the Framers' intention.
quote: "The law restricting people to one gun a month significantly dropped the flow of guns into DC. This is very well and undeniably documented."
Please show me the documentation.
New York claimed the same garbage.
It was never true and still isn't.
article about one gun a month that offers evidence of its benefit
This one gun a month law is but an infringement on americans second amendment rights. The government wants you to believe this deters crime but does nothing but sanction law abidding americans. Does the government think this stops anyone from picking up a local bulletin board type of classified paper and buy a firearm from "John Doe" who is advertising there? You can go almost anywhere and anytime and buy a firearm from these classified publications with no paperwork. I guess you could call it the one gun a day plan. The crooks that the government tries to stop from buying too many firearms think this plan works best for them.
gas dog
suck on this awhile:
Violent crimes in DC 2600 to 1400... Granted not all of this is gun related or directly from Va, but regardless DC or New York, Va easy guns of the past contributed to illegal gun ownership and the one gun a month was a good decision.
It harms no one or we would have had court challenges by now...
The 2nd amendment gives you the right to bear arms, so if you are a strict constituionalist then you are entiled to buy as many muzzle loaders and 1783 pistols as you want...
but no uzi for you...
This is why we need some restrictions on guns...
There WAS a thriving business of people buying guns in Va and selling them on the black market whether it was new york DC or richmond. This law helped a lot at very little inconvience to Va residents.
One gun a month is fair. If you are a collector then you can out it on hold and get it next month. It can be escrowed with an attorney.
No but I wonder where the bullet ended up since it appears to have been fired a little higher than it was initially aimed.
Can't argue with that
Sounds like "gun control" in Washington, DC isn't working. Are the criminals really that bull headed in DC? :)
Can anybody guess what this cop is saying?
Let me point you to the key words....
"Charles, depending on the circumstances, they might get cuffed and stuffed, but it wouldn't be without a *struggle*, if they committed an assault in my presence."
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