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Mass shootings, mental health, and the sensationalization of violence — at what cost!

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The latest shooting rampage of 26 people, including six adults and 20 children in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, is a senseless tragedy, and words cannot convey the horror and the magnitude of the loss of innocent life. The second deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was carried out by […]

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The UN and Gun Rights — Taking a Soporific or Guarding the Precious Jewel?

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In a recent article, Bill Ferguson, a local columnist for The Telegraph (Macon, Georgia), attempts to give readers a strong political soporific, as to deaden their need to remain informed and vigilant when it comes to guarding their Second Amendment rights from usurpation by a UN treaty.(1) But before that, he takes a swipe at

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America, guns and freedom: Part II — An international perspective by Miguel A. Faria, MD

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In anticipation of the release of my new book by the same name, I’m republishing this seminal article on the subject. The need for reducing gun violence is discussed along with the necessity for citizens to assume some responsibility for protecting themselves, their families, and their property from criminal elements because the police cannot physically

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Faria: The Tragedy in Arizona — A Mental Health Challenge Failure!

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Evidence mounts that Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old disturbed individual accused of the attempted assassination of blue dog, conservative Democrat, U.S Representative Gabrielle Giffords; the cold-blooded killing of five other citizens, including an innocent 9-year-old student and a conservative judge; and the wounding of fourteen people — should have been under psychiatric treatment. It is obvious

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Feel good gun buy back

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Ken Jones’ “Tunes for Gun Buyback” offer may be noble but there may be more “feel good” and publicity intentions than meets the eye. And Rick Hutto, as a public servant, you should at least know better. This is a “feel good” proposal intended to be more beneficent to the giver (Jones) than the recipients

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A Nation of Thieves

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Writer’s note: Difficult as it is to be critical of a friend and ally on the war on terror, Great Britain has instituted a cruel and unjust gun-control policy, a worsening evil, upon her law-abiding citizens that needs correcting. The title of this essay comes from the seemingly paradoxical unrelenting tide of thievery and burglaries

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Mass shootings, mental health, and the sensationalization of violence — at what cost!

The UN and Gun Rights — Taking a Soporific or Guarding the Precious Jewel?

America, guns and freedom: Part II — An international perspective by Miguel A. Faria, MD

Faria: The Tragedy in Arizona — A Mental Health Challenge Failure!

Feel good gun buy back

A Nation of Thieves

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